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Posted on Feb 15th 2007 7:00PM by Bethany SandersFiled Under: Diet & Weight Loss
ConAgra Foods has issued a recall of certain jars of its Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter after an outbreak of salmonella involving 300 people in 39 states.
This is the nation's first known case of salmonella poisoning from peanut butter, and ConAgra says the company is unsure why the CDC is identifying them as the culprit. Tests of their peanut butter have routinely turned up negative, but the company will shut down their plant anyway and try to find the cause. The recall involves jars with the code "2111" on the lid.
Salmonella can cause diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and dehydration. This current outbreak began last August, but officials have only recently linked it to peanut butter. Because it's so unusual, I'm not surprised that it took them this long to find the source. If you eat Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter, take a minute today to check your lids!
This is the nation's first known case of salmonella poisoning from peanut butter, and ConAgra says the company is unsure why the CDC is identifying them as the culprit. Tests of their peanut butter have routinely turned up negative, but the company will shut down their plant anyway and try to find the cause. The recall involves jars with the code "2111" on the lid.
Salmonella can cause diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and dehydration. This current outbreak began last August, but officials have only recently linked it to peanut butter. Because it's so unusual, I'm not surprised that it took them this long to find the source. If you eat Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter, take a minute today to check your lids!
