The Food and Drug Administration is warning Americans to avoid cookies, crackers, ice cream and other foods that have peanut butter in the ingredients until it can determine how widespread the salmonella outbreak is across the country.
The FDA now says dozens of products made with peanut butter may be contaminated with salmonella. The warning does not include peanut butter jars sold in retail stores.
Officials found salmonella contamination in peanut butter and peanut paste made at Peanut Corporation of America’s plant in Blakely, Georgia which ships peanut products to 85 food companies. But a direct link has not yet been found to the strain that has now made 474 people sick and may have caused six deaths.
Kellogg Company expanded its recall and now includes Austin and Keebler peanut butter snacks and some Famous Amos and Keebler Soft Batch cookies.
And today, McKee Foods Corporation recalled its Little Debbie Peanut Butter Toasty sandwich crackers and Little Debbie Peanut Butter Cheese sandwich crackers.
The FDA says to throw away any recalled products. It has a complete list here.
All the illnesses began between September 8, 2008 and January 2, 2009. Below is a map from the CDC showing the spread of the outbreak across the U.S.
The death rate is high compared to last summer’s outbreak in tomatoes and jalapenos. The CDC says the outbreak strain - salmonella typhimurium - is not especially poisonous, but the peanut butter was distributed to schools, hospitals and nursing homes. Salmonella is especially dangerous to the very old and the very young.
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The FDA now says dozens of products made with peanut butter may be contaminated with salmonella. The warning does not include peanut butter jars sold in retail stores.
Officials found salmonella contamination in peanut butter and peanut paste made at Peanut Corporation of America’s plant in Blakely, Georgia which ships peanut products to 85 food companies. But a direct link has not yet been found to the strain that has now made 474 people sick and may have caused six deaths.
Kellogg Company expanded its recall and now includes Austin and Keebler peanut butter snacks and some Famous Amos and Keebler Soft Batch cookies.
And today, McKee Foods Corporation recalled its Little Debbie Peanut Butter Toasty sandwich crackers and Little Debbie Peanut Butter Cheese sandwich crackers.
The FDA says to throw away any recalled products. It has a complete list here.
All the illnesses began between September 8, 2008 and January 2, 2009. Below is a map from the CDC showing the spread of the outbreak across the U.S.
The death rate is high compared to last summer’s outbreak in tomatoes and jalapenos. The CDC says the outbreak strain - salmonella typhimurium - is not especially poisonous, but the peanut butter was distributed to schools, hospitals and nursing homes. Salmonella is especially dangerous to the very old and the very young.
[Photo Credit: stock.xchng]
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FDA Warning: Do not eat foods containing peanut butter
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