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 (
Minnesota
Third Minnesota Death Linked to Salmonella Tainted Peanut Butter
Deaths have now hit seven; hospitalizations 108, with nearly 500 total sickened. Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) has now laid off its employees; bankruptcy is in the offing because PCA only has $10,000,000 in insurance. Nearly 200 lines of peanut products have been recalled. Now, why is not preventative food safety a good idea?
Another Peanut Butter Death – The Toll Now reaches six – Idaho, Minnesota, Virginia and North Carolina
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), Idaho…
Community steps up to help Isaiah Peters with E. coli – Summer petting zoo in Brandon may be site of exposure
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…