Peter Hurley, Oregon policeman and father of three, was introduced to how serious foodborne illness can be when his son Jacob fell ill. Jacob was sick for 11 days, and later the family found out that during his illness, they had unknowingly been feeding him exactly what made him ill – his favorite food, peanut
$12 Million to be divided between 123 Peanut Corporation of America Victims Within the Next Week
Bryan Gentry of the Lynchburg News & Advance covered a recent hearing of the Bankruptcy Court overseeing the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) bankruptcy. Mr. Gentry noted that “[m]ore than a year after a nationwide salmonella outbreak, victims and surviving relatives have not received any money in insurance policies held by [PCA] that a bankruptcy
“The more things change, the more they stay the same.”
A quote by French novelist Alphonse Karr seems to fit all too well when comparing the Epidemiologic Curve of both the ConAgra 2006-2007 and the Peanut Corporation of America 2008-2009 Salmonella Peanut Butter Outbreaks.
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The New York Times Reports that Peanut Corporation of America was Cited for Violations in Past
(Actually, Channel 11 in Georgia reported it first). 491 (Actually 501) persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 43 states and Canada. Eight are dead. According to the CDC, patients range in age from <1 to 98 years; 48% are female and 22% reported being hospitalized. Now
Three Families Spared Another Salmonella Peanut Butter Death – Ohio Reports 1 Not 4 Deaths
There was a bit of confusion over the weekend about whether there were one or four deaths in Ohio from eating Salmonella-tainted Peanut Butter. At this point, we will assume that it is one per the Ohio Department of Health Press Release. Good news is that it downgrades the death count from 11 to
Another Salmonella Peanut Butter Outbreak – “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
Five months after the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak began, and nearly three weeks after the Minnesota Department of Health “spilled the beans” that tainted peanut butter was the vector, the public still has little idea why nearly 500 became ill with over 125 hospitalized and eight deaths. Now, Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) has shuttered its
Ohio appears to be the State with most Peanut Butter Salmonella Illnesses and Deaths
Sixty-seven cases of Salmonella poisoning have been reported in Ohio, the most in any state during a nationwide outbreak linked to peanut butter products. The Ohio Department of Health announced Friday that four deaths (but that was a typo, there is "only" 1) have been reported among the 67 cases and 19 people
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 (
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?
31,000,000 pounds of Peanut Butter Now Recalled
From AP. Stunning, just stunning. I can not keep up with the FDA recall list. Nancy Luna from the OC Register has created her own recall database. So far, the Food and Drug Administration has listed 181 products recalled nationwide because they contain peanuts or peanut paste linked to a salmonella outbreak traced