"The FDA urged consumers on Saturday to avoid eating peanut butter and products that contain it until they can determine the scope of an outbreak of Salmonella food poisoning that may have contributed to six deaths."
"We urge consumers to postpone eating any products that may contain peanut butter until additional information becomes available,"
Perry’s Ice Cream is the latest company to recall products made with either peanut butter or paste made at the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) salmonella contaminated plant in Georgia.
Perry’s is distributed in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia under the Perry’s, Shurfine, and Wegman’s brand names.
The recalled products made with
Iowa-based Hy-Vee Inc. today recalled the following products made in its bakery departments because they contain peanut butter that has the potential to be contaminated with salmonella:
There is bad news today for Blakely, GA. The town of 5,300, where a majority of the population is Black and incomes run less than half that of the statewide average, is now looking at its Peanut Corporation of America plant ceasing production due to Salmonella contamination.
In an expanded recall notice, the company
Very early Saturday morning, Kellogg Company recalled certain Austin® and Keebler® branded Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers and select snack-size packs of Famous Amos® Peanut Butter Cookies and Keebler® Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
Products included in the recall were produced on or after
Connecticut says its found the first unopened tub of King Nut peanut butter definitively found contaminated with Salmonella Type B.
And the state has sent its Consumer Protection Commissioner, Jerry Farrell, Jr., into the battle.
“This is the first unopened tub of King Nut peanut butter found in the country that is definitively identified as
In its update today on the investigation into the ongoing Salmonella outbreak, the U.S. Drug Administration acknowledged:
In many instances, the peanut butter and peanut paste manufactured by PCA (the Georgia plant implicated in the outbreak) are further distributed to manufacturers to be used as ingredients in many products, including cookies, crackers, cereal, candy and
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Today, the CDC reported 453 persons (454 if you count the Canadian) infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 43 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arizona (9), Arkansas (4), California (60), Colorado (10), Connecticut (8), Georgia (6), Hawaii (1),
The CDC just reported that the number now is 448 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 43 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arizona (8), Arkansas (4), California (60), Colorado (10), Connecticut (8), Georgia (6), Hawaii (1), Idaho
From A Company Press Release As Distributed by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Battle Creek, MI — January 14, 2009 — Kellogg Company today announced it has taken the precautionary measure of putting a hold on Austin® and Keebler® branded Toasted Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers, Peanut Butter and Jelly