Last year's peanut butter recall due to salmonella poisoning has caused more than 628 cases of food poisoning in 47 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

While ConAgra foods has located the cause of the salmonella problem and has isolated the plant to fix it, the company will begin shipping its peanut butter products sometime this summer again, according to the company.

The Peter Pan brand is still not available and Wal-Mart is selling its store brand "Great Value" made by suppliers other than ConAgra. Are you still eating peanut butter? I am -- and putting the trust of various food manufacturers possibly ahead of where it should be.

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The recent salmonella outbreak from ConAgra's peanut butter products looks to have a cause: leaky plants and moisture contamination.

Looks like a faulty sprinkler helped along with a leaky roof was responsible for making salmonella bacteria grow and contaminate peanut butter, according to ConAgra. Nice plants you have there -- faulty sprinkler heads is understandable (I guess, in a plant where food is processed). But a leaky roof?

At least ConAgra responded pretty quickly to the peanut butter recall by finding out the cause of the problem (even if it is embarrassing). Peter Pan and "Best Choice (Wal-mart's private label brand) should be returning to store shelves by July

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The recent salmonella outbreak as a result from infected peanut butter containers has spread to 43 states as of last evening, according to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. The CDC said that the outbreak had widened to 329 people in 41 states so far.

The FDA last week indicated that all Peter Pan peanut butter bought since May 2006, and all of Wal-Mart's "Great Value" peanut butter with the batch code 2111 should be discarded. That's over a half of a year of peanut butter, which makes one think -- "wow, we're just now finding out?"

ConAgra, which makes the Peter Pan brand along with many store brands like the "Great Value" brand at Wal-Mart, said that tests by some states found the salmonella bacteria in peanut butter produced at its Sylvester, Georgia, plant.

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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!

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