Personal Injury Law

Salmonella Peanut Butter Deaths - Ohio Counts 4, Minnesota 3, Virginia 2, Idaho 1 and North Carolina 1

By Bill Marler, Esq.

It is likely that bird or rat feces in the peanut butter stated all of this.  The FDA list of products containing peanut butter continues to grow as does the list of the deaths.  This morning Ohio reported four more deaths linked to Salmonella-tainted peanut butter.  Yesterday, Minnesota reported three deaths.  Before that, Virginia, Idaho and North Carolina had reported a total of four deaths.  By my math, that adds up to eleven people killed by eating peanut butter.  However, the CDC reports only seven deaths - so far. 

Weeks ago now I asked the CDC, FDA, King Nut and Peanut Corporation of America to respond to the following, but still limited, or no, response to my To Do List.

1. Make sure ALL product is promptly recalled;?

2. Do not destroy any documents;?

3. The companies should pay the medical bills and all related expenses of the innocent victims and their families;?

4. The companies should pay the cost of all related Health Department, CDC and FDA investigations;?

5. Provide all bacterial and viral testing of all recalled product and any other tested product (before and after recall);?

6. Release all inspection reports on the plants by any Governmental Entity or Third-party Auditor;?

7. Release all Salmonella safety precautions taken by either King Nut or Peanut Corporation of America - especially after the 2007 Salmonella Peanut Butter Outbreak;?

8. Provide the public with the Epidemiological investigation (with names redacted), so it is clear who knew what and when about the likely source of the outbreak; and,?

9. Show the public what is being done to prevent the next outbreak.

Full post as published by Marler Blog on January 24, 2009 (boomark / email).