The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has this week announced that products from the peanut butter brand, ButtaNutt (Pty) Ltd, have been recalled for health and safety reasons.
According to the NCC, it had received a product recall notification from the peanut butter manufacturer after it found higher-than-legally-acceptable levels of aflatoxin in the product.
These high levels of Aflatoxin can reportedly lead to several health complications, including nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
According to the commission, the affected products failed to meet the quality standards as set out under the Department of Health’s Regulation R.1145 Governing Tolerance of Fungus-Produced Toxins in Foodstuffs.
The NCC Acting Commissioner, Mr Hardin Ratshisusu, has advised consumers to immediately stop consuming the affected products and return them to the point of purchase for a full refund.
The affected products were manufactured on 15 January 2026 and distributed as follows:
These products were sold in the Western Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape at various retailers, as listed below:
- De Dekke Trading (Pty) Ltd t/a De Dekke Spar
- Jackson’s Real Food Market – Kyalami
- Sea Point Spar
- Cannon Rocks Holiday Resort CC
- Helshoogte Foods CC t/a Stellenbosch Superspar
- Irene Townships (PTY) Ltd t/a Irene Farm Shop
- Jacksons Real Food Market – Bryanston
- Pick’n Pay Retailers (Pty) Ltd – Scottburgh (KZN)
- Pick’n Pay Retailers (Pty) Ltd – The Pavilion (KZN)
- Tait Supamarket t/a Bedford Spar
- The Spar Group LTD t/a Sonstraal Spar 1967/001572/06
- Wilderness Village Market (Pty) Ltd T/A Spar Wilderness Village
“The NCC is engaging the supplier on the extent of the contamination, including potentially from the raw nuts’ supplier,” added Ratshisusu
According to Ratshisusu, the NCC is monitoring this recall in accordance with the Consumer Protection Act.
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