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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors reported, following a two-week inspection of the Blakely, Georgia, plant in January 2009, that the company had information that its peanut-butter products were tainted with Salmonella, but shipped them anyway after "retesting" them. This occurred at least 12 times in 2007 and 2008.
A combination of epidemiological analysis and laboratory testing by state officials in Minnesota and Connecticut, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the CDC confirmed that the sources of the outbreak of illnesses caused by Salmonella typhimurium were peanut butter, peanut paste, and peanut meal produced by the PCA at its Blakely ...
Salmonella from Peter Pan and Great Value Peanut Butter (both manufactured by ConAgra) in 44 states. By March 7, 2007, the outbreak had grown to 425 cases in 44 states since its start in August 2006. The CDC said it is believed to be the first salmonella outbreak associated with peanut butter in United States history. [65]
Jars of Jif peanut butter have been recalled nationwide. The salmonella outbreak is now up to 16 cases, with two hospitalizations, according to the FDA. Meanwhile, many products that use Jif ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- A unit of Hain Celestial Group Inc. is recalling some peanut and almond butter because of possible salmonella contamination. The company said Tuesday that there have been reports ...
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In September 2012, Sunland issued an initial recall of the peanut butter it made and distributed due to Salmonella contamination. Officials from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found Salmonella bacteria all over the plant, as well as improper handling of the products, unclean equipment and uncovered trailers of peanuts outside the facility, expanding the recall to include all the ...
As of the final report on 27 August 2012, there were 33 deaths and 147 total confirmed cases since the beginning of the first recorded case on 31 July 2011. [68] 2011 – contaminated illegal alcohol in West Bengal resulted in an estimated 126 deaths. The alcohol may have contained ammonium nitrate and/or methanol.