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The CDC reported today that 488 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 43 states and Canada.
The FDA is adding more company press releases as the recall expands:
* Trader Joe’s Announces Voluntary Recall of Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter
As of a few moments ago, the FDA website has added at least two more recalled products. Please check the site and your cupboards. My advise is to simply stay away from peanut products for a few more days until things clear up a bit more.
From the CDC – Monday, January 19, 2009, 485
Talked to the folks at USA Today between fielding phone calls of upset parents and family members of people, many kids, sickened with Salmonella-tainted Peanut Butter. The story in part reads:
The pace of new recall announcements has been slow, some food-safety experts say….
The recall has engulfed snack foods popular with children. Salmonella is
A lawsuit stemming from the national outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium in peanut butter will be filled Tuesday against the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) in the US District Court, Middle District of Georgia. The complaint was filed on behalf of Vermont residents Gabrielle and Daryl Meunier, whose son was sickened in the outbreak.
The outbreak
From the CDC – showing illness beginning August 30, 2008 (just got off the phone with the nice lady) linked to Peanut Butter consumption. Last illness shown is January 2, 2009, but it is expected that the green bars will continue to the right as more cases are counted over the coming weeks.
Hopefully, the
Email I just received:
So this may just be coincidental, but I have had a very sick dog for the last few days and the only real difference in her diet has been the new peanut butter dog biscuits I purchased a little over a week ago. Where do the pet food industries get thier
As part of the “press release a minute,” Kellogg announces that FDA tests reveal that some of its cracker products are contaminated.
Products impacted by the previously-announced Kellogg Company recall were produced on or after July 1, 2008, including:
Austin(R) Quality Foods Cheese Crackers with Peanut Butter – all sizes
Austin(R) Quality Foods
I got an email last night from Washington DC asking with all the news of the recalls, how did the Salmonella get into the peanut butter in the first place and how did it get “spread” into seemingly everything else?
Well the first part is easy – its likely bird or rodent shit.
Brendan
As I said on King TV last night:
"This outbreak has been going on since Labor Day," said Seattle attorney Bill Marler. "We’re finally figuring it out on Inauguration Day. To me, I find that appalling.”
From a Company Press Release on FDA Website:
Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) is expanding the recall of peanut
More products with Peanut Butter in them are being recalled. Frankly, it is hard to keep up on the company press releases – The FDA is sure "doing a heck of a job" of keeping them in one place – see Link. efoodalert is doing an even better job at keeping up (full time job)
