The CDC and state and local health departments are advising consumers who are no longer ill with a diarrheal illness after eating potentially contaminated Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter to throw the product away; however, if you have contacted Marler Clark and we are pursuing a legal claim on your behalf, we advise
February 2007
Source Of Salmonella A Mystery In Kane County
NBC Chicago News reports that Illinois Department of Public Health will investigate a salmonella outbreak that has affected dozens of residents in Kane County over the past year, officials said.
The source of the outbreak has not been located, and it’s not related to a national strain linked to peanut butter, said Claire Dobbins, the…
Salmonella Case in Allentown May Be Related to Peanut Butter
WFMZ News reports that one Allentown woman says she had no idea the peanut butter she was feeding her child was allegedly making him sick. Now weeks later, she says salmonella has cost her more than her son’s health.
CDC: Salmonella case total is up to 370
WRIC Atlanta News reports that federal health officials say the number of lab-confirmed cases of peanut butter-associated salmonella has climbed to 370 — up from the 329 reported last week.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday that North Dakota had now joined the count, raising the number of states with confirmed cases…
Peanut butter jam snares local mother
At least one Cecil County family isn’t eating much peanut butter these days.
Not that Kelly Jackson ate that much peanut butter to begin with.
“And it was sugar-free, low-carb peanut butter. No one else in the family was eating (from that jar) but me,” said the 34-year-old Rising Sun woman. “I ate it sporadically.”…
S. Korea recalls U.S. peanut butter linked to salmonella
Yonhap News reports that a South Korean food watchdog said Monday it is recalling imported American peanut butter after it was linked to an outbreak of salmonella food poisoning in the U.S.
Salmonella Linked to Peanut Butter
WTOC reports that Officials with the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta say they suspected the peanut butter was linked to the outbreak all along, but never had any proof until Friday.
The jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter came from the same plant in Sylvester, Georgia, right outside of Albany. Just…
Two More Cases of Salmonella In NYS
13wham.com reports that at least 34 people in New York State can trace recent illness to tainted peanut butter. The state health department says two more salmonella cases have been confirmed in New York.
Testing finds salmonella in peanut butter jars that came from Georgia ConAgra plant
Per the Houston Chronicle, a week after ConAgra Foods Inc. recalled peanut butter from its Georgia plant after a salmonella outbreak, the Center for Disease Control confirmed the presence of the dangerous germ.
No deaths have been confirmed, although a Pennsylvania family filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming a relative died from eating tainted peanut butter.…
Salmonella Recall – Cantaloupes
A wholesale produce importer on Friday recalled several thousand cartons of cantaloupes after some tested positive for salmonella.
Castle Produce said the recall covered roughly 2,560 cartons of cantaloupes delivered on or after Feb. 16 to wholesalers in Los Angeles and San Francisco for distribution in the western states. The cantaloupes originated in Costa Rica.…