September 15, 2022 
The J.M. Smucker Company (Smuckers) issued a voluntary recall in 2022 for several Jif peanut butter products manufactured in its Lexington, Kentucky, manufacturing facility. Jif peanut butter products were potentially linked to a multistate outbreak of Salmonella. Salmonella is an organism that cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in people. This recall potentially covers millions of Jif peanut butter products, including Jif Creamy Peanut Butter, Jif Crunchy Peanut Butter, Jif Natural Peanut Butter To Go, and many more.
Several other companies issued related recalls because their products could contain the potentially-contaminated Jif peanut butter. Among these companies were Prairie City Bakery for its Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Ooey Gooey Butter Cake and Taharka Brothers for its Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream.
A month after the Jif peanut butter recall, Smuckers announced that the recall would cost it approximately $125 million.
View a quick tutorial video about the costs of quality at this link and then answer the following questions.
Questions
1. Prior to the recall, what specific costs of quality could Smuckers incur in the design, production, and distribution of its Jif peanut butter products? Use your imagination.
2. What specific costs do you think that Smuckers included in its recall cost estimate of $125 million. List as many costs as you can imagine might be incurred related to the recall.
3. Classify the costs you listed for Smuckers (for both #1 and #2) by type of quality cost: prevention, appraisal, internal failure, or external failure.
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