According to the news: Normal brand name peanut butters are safe because they have their our manufacturing plants rather than using the one contaminated GA plant. (Of course, even for a rare treat ferrets should not have chunky peanut butter because a blockage can occur.) http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/happytails01_09.html >Happy Tails And Shoppers Valu Brand Multi-Flavored Dog Biscuits >Recalled As Part Of Nationwide Peanut Corporation Of America Recall >SUPERVALU is Recalling Happy Tails and Shoppers Valu Brand Assorted >Dog Biscuits Sold at ACME, Albertsons, Jewel-Osco, and Shaw's/Star >Market There is more at the URL. I do not have time to check this regularly so people should check on their own. Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 6238]