Updated Again and Again - Salmonella Peanut Butter Deaths - Ohio Counts 4, Minnesota 3, Virginia 2, Idaho 1 and North Carolina 1
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It is likely that bird or rat feces in the Peanut Corporation of America peanut butter started all of this. There is the ever-expanding list of Salmonella free products. The FDA list of products containing tainted peanut butter continues to grow as does the list of the deaths. This morning Ohio reported four deaths (not confirmed by Department of Health which now says 1) linked to Salmonella-tainted peanut butter. Yesterday, Minnesota reported three deaths. Before that, Virginia, Idaho and North Carolina had reported a total of four deaths. By my math that adds up to eight people killed by eating peanut butter - eating peanut butter for goodness sake. However, the CDC reports only seven deaths - so far.
Weeks ago I asked the CDC, FDA, King Nut and Peanut Corporation of America to respond to the following, however, there still has been limited, or no, response to my To Do List.
1. Make sure ALL product is promptly recalled;
2. Do not destroy any documents;
3. The companies should pay the medical bills and all related expenses of the innocent victims and their families;
4. The companies should pay the cost of all related Health Department, CDC and FDA investigations;
5. Provide all bacterial and viral testing of all recalled product and any other tested product (before and after recall);
6. Release all inspection reports on the plants by any Governmental Entity or Third-party Auditor;
7. Release all Salmonella safety precautions taken by either King Nut or Peanut Corporation of America - especially after the 2007 Salmonella Peanut Butter Outbreak;
8. Provide the public with the Epidemiological investigation (with names redacted), so it is clear who knew what and when about the likely source of the outbreak; and,
9. Show the public what is being done to prevent the next outbreak.
Where is the Corporate and Governmental responsibility to the people?
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Isaiah Peters is usually an active little boy. The 3 1/2-year-old red-headed youngster loves to kick his soccer ball around the backyard and play “Guitar Hero.” But instead, Isaiah is lying in a hospital bed in Minneapolis, where he is fighting through a painful illness, H.U.S., a complication of E. coli that can cause kidney failure. Since that time, Isaiah’s little body has withstood dialysis, transfusions, excruciating abdominal pain, IVs, catheters, pneumonia and more at the Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota.
