There is one contaminated facility found. It is in Georgia and makes peanut butter and peanut paste for use in institutions (not home peanut butter jars) and in the making elsewhere of other items that contain peanuts. There IS a general mention of the products being sent to a North Carolina facility which makes pet treats in http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4347461/ Yes, until more has been announced it may be best to avoid giving those pet treats with peanut in them. Right now the places are still being tracked down, both in the U.S. and outside it. According to news brand name peanut butters do not have material from that source so are safe. Peanut butter isn't exactly a ferret-healthy item, but some people do give certain meds -- preferably only after the pharmacist or vet has confirmed that med may be given that way -- in smooth peanut butter. Do be sure to never let ferrets have any peanut product with pieces of the peanuts in them since those could cause blockages. 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 6220]