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CDC Now Reports 491 Persons Ill with Salmonella Typhimurium Peanut Butter in 43 states and Canada, 108 Hospitalized and 7 Dead

Posted on January 23, 2009
The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arizona (10), Arkansas (4), California (62), Colorado (12), Connecticut (9), Georgia (6), Hawaii (3), Idaho (11), Illinois (6), Indiana (4), Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Maine (4), Maryland (8), Massachusetts (42), Michigan (25), Minnesota (35), Missouri (9), Mississippi (3), Nebraska (1), New Hampshire (11), New Jersey (19), New York (18), Nevada (5), North Carolina (6), North Dakota (10), Ohio (67), Oklahoma (2), Oregon (7), Pennsylvania (14), Rhode Island (4), South Dakota (2), Tennessee (9), Texas (6), Utah (5), Vermont (4), Virginia (20), Washington (13), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin (3), and Wyoming (2)...

Salmonella in Peanut Butter - Its Impact on One Woman

Posted on January 23, 2009
On February 14, 2007 the FDA announced a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella in ConAgra peanut butter produced at the Sylvester, Georgia plant.  The CDC eventually reported that 714 people suffered culture-confirmed Salmonella Tennessee infection with a genetic pattern matching one of the three strains associated with the ConAgra outbreak...

Two Sentenced to Death in Melamine Milk Scandal in China - What United States Food Company Executives are Thinking?

Posted on January 22, 2009
Reuters reported yesterday that a Chinese court sentenced two men to death for their role in the production and sale of melamine-tainted milk that killed at least six children and made nearly 300,000 ill.   The former head of the dairy firm at the heart of the scandal, the now bankrupt Sanlu Group, got life in prison and a fine...

31,000,000 pounds of Peanut Butter Now Recalled

Posted on January 22, 2009
From AP.  Stunning, just stunning.  I can not keep up with the FDA recall list.  So far, the Food and Drug Administration has listed 181 products recalled nationwide because they contain peanuts or peanut paste linked to a salmonella outbreak traced to the Peanut Corporation of America...

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Where Marler Blog Really Gets The News - Obamafoodorama and the Haphazard Gourmet Girls

Posted on January 21, 2009
OK, I must admit, I am a bit pissed that the Washington Post found out where I get all my hot food topics - that "blog minx, Eddie Gehman Kohan," "Obamafoodorama" and the other "Haphazard Gourmet Girls." And, it has nothing to do with the picture of Eddie...

It Has Been a Busy Week with the Peanut Butter Press

Posted on January 21, 2009
- "First suit tied to peanut butter-related salmonella outbreak is filed" - "Peanut processor faces lawsuit in salmonella outbreak" - "Burlington Mom sues over salmonella" - "Vermont couple sues peanut butter product maker, says 7-year-old son sickened by salmonella" - "FDA confirms salmonella in Kellogg peanut butter snack" - "FDA says to skip peanut-butter products" - "Peanut butter recall list grows" - "Feds do little to determine scope of spreading peanut butter poisoning" - "Government issues peanut butter warning"

Salmonella Typhimurium Peanut Butter Illnesses Increase By One to 486, CDC Does A Podcast and FDA List of Recalls Grow

Posted on January 21, 2009
486 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 43 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arizona (10), Arkansas (4), California (62), Colorado (12), Connecticut (9), Georgia (6), Hawaii (3), Idaho (11), Illinois (5), Indiana (4), Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Maine (4), Maryland (8), Massachusetts (42), Michigan (25), Minnesota (35), Missouri (9), Mississippi (3), Nebraska (1), New Hampshire (11), New Jersey (s19), New York (18), Nevada (5), North Carolina (4), North Dakota (10), Ohio (65), Oklahoma (2), Oregon (7), Pennsylvania (14), Rhode Island (4), South Dakota (2), Tennessee (9), Texas (6), Utah (5), Vermont (4), Virginia (20), Washington (13), West Virginia (2), Wisconsin (3), and Wyoming (2)...

Marler Girls at Inauguration

Posted on January 20, 2009
Sydney, Olivia and Morgan waiting in the DC cold for the 44th President.

The Recall of Peanut Butter Products Grows as Do The Salmonella Illnesses

Posted on January 20, 2009
As of a few moments ago, the FDA website has added at least two more recalled products.  Please check the site and your cupboards.  My advise is to simply stay away from peanut products for a few more days until things clear up a bit more. From the CDC - As of Sunday, January 18, 2009, 475 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 43 states and Canada...

Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak Update - 485 Ill from 43 States and Canada, 112 Hospitalized and 6 Deaths - List of Recalled Products

Posted on January 20, 2009
I sometimes just have to look out the office window. The CDC reported today that 485 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 43 states and Canada. The FDA is adding more company press releases as the recall expands: *PetSmart Voluntarily Recalls Grreat Choice® Dog Biscuits (January 20)* * Nature's Path Recalls Peanut Butter Optimum Energy Bars Nationwide Because of Possible Health Risk (January 20) * Country Maid Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Classic Breaks® Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Due to Possible Health Risk (January 20) * Evening Rise Bread Co...

UPDATE - Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak Update - 485 Ill from 43 States and Canada, 112 Hospitalized and 6 Deaths - List of Recalled Products

Posted on January 20, 2009
I sometimes just have to look out the office window. The CDC reported today that 488 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 43 states and Canada. The FDA is adding more company press releases as the recall expands: * Chef Jay’s Food Products Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Products Containing Peanut Butter Due to Possible Health Risk (January 21) * Rain Creek Baking Corporation Announces Voluntary Withdrawal of Peanut Butter Turtles, Peanut Butter Baskets and Peanut Butter Princesses Due to Possible Health Risk (January 22) * South Bend Chocolate Company Extends Nationwide Recall of Candy Containing Peanut Butter Because of Possible Salmonella Contamination (January 22) New! * Nash Finch Recalls Bakery Products With Peanut Butter Distributed in Seven States Due to Possible Health Risk (January 20) * Aspen Hills, Inc...

Epi-Curve of Peanut Butter Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak 2008 - 2009

Posted on January 19, 2009
From the CDC - showing illness beginning August 30, 2008 (just got off the phone with the nice lady) linked to Peanut Butter consumption.  Last illness shown is January 2, 2009, but it is expected that the green bars will continue to the right as more cases are counted over the coming weeks...

UPDATE - Does Peanut Corporation of America supply Peanut Butter for Dog Biscuits?

Posted on January 19, 2009
Email I just received: So this may just be coincidental, but I have had a very sick dog for the last few days and the only real difference in her diet has been the new peanut butter dog biscuits I purchased a little over a week ago. Where do the pet food industries get thier peanut butter from? Any thoughts?  Just got this email: PCA did recall: 561000 35 lb Pet Food Paste 561000 475 lb Feed Grade Peanut Butter

FDA Confirms Salmonella in Previously-Recalled Kellogg Sandwich Cracker Product

Posted on January 19, 2009
As part of the “press release a minute,” Kellogg announces that FDA tests reveal that some of its cracker products are contaminated. Products impacted by the previously-announced Kellogg Company recall were produced on or after July 1, 2008, including: Austin(R) Quality Foods Cheese Crackers with Peanut Butter - all sizes Austin(R) Quality Foods Cheese & Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers - all sizes Austin(R) Quality Foods Mega Stuffed Cheese Crackers with Peanut Butter - all sizes Austin(R) Quality Foods PB & J Cracker Sandwiches - all sizes Austin(R) Quality Foods Super Snack Pack Sandwich Crackers Austin(R) Quality Foods Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers - all sizes Austin(R) Quality Foods Toasty Crackers with Peanut Butter - all sizes Austin(R) Quality Foods Reduced Fat Cheese & Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers Austin(R) Quality Foods Reduced Fat Toasty Crackers with Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers Austin(R) Quality Foods Cookie/Cracker Pack Austin(R) Quality Foods Variety Pack Keebler(R) Cheese & Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers - all sizes Keebler(R) Toast & PB'n J Flavored Sandwich Crackers - all sizes Keebler(R) Toast & Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers - all sizes Famous Amos(R) Peanut Butter Cookies (2- and 3-ounce) Keebler(R) Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies (2...

How did Salmonella Get into our Peanut Butter and then into Everything Else?

Posted on January 19, 2009
I got an email last night from Washington DC asking with all the news of the recalls, how did the Salmonella get into the peanut butter in the first place and how did it get “spread” into seemingly everything else? Well the first part is easy – its likely bird or rodent shit...

Peanut Corporation of America Expands Nationwide Recall of Peanut Butter - Again - After Salmonella Found in Blakely, Georgia Plant

Posted on January 19, 2009
As I said on King TV last night: "This outbreak has been going on since Labor Day," said Seattle attorney Bill Marler. "We're finally figuring it out on Inauguration Day. To me, I find that appalling.” From a Company Press Release on FDA Website: Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) is expanding the recall of peanut butter and peanut paste made at its Blakely, Georgia facility because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella...

More Salmonella Peanut Butter Press

Posted on January 19, 2009
Talked to the folks at USA Today between fielding phone calls of upset parents and family members of people, many kids, sickened with Salmonella-tainted Peanut Butter.  The story in part reads: The pace of new recall announcements has been slow, some food-safety experts say...

Lawsuit to be Filed in Nationwide Outbreak of Salmonella in Peanut Butter

Posted on January 19, 2009
A lawsuit stemming from the national outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium in peanut butter will be filled Tuesday against the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) in the US District Court, Middle District of Georgia. The complaint was filed on behalf of Vermont residents Gabrielle and Daryl Meunier, whose son was sickened in the outbreak...

When Will China Ban US Peanut Butter?

Posted on January 19, 2009
I am just waiting for the gleeful press release from China - "China Says Nope to US Peanut Butter." I can hear the howling of US interests who abhor imports of all kinds - people, food (poisoned or not) - Lou Dobbs, are you listening?  Hey, not to say that China's food production safety record is anything to cheer about, but over the years US food production has done a wonderful job of poisoning US citizens...

The Press Releases are Flying - Are the Products Leaving the Shelves?

Posted on January 18, 2009
More products with Peanut Butter in them are being recalled.  Frankly, it is hard to keep up on the company press releases - The FDA is sure "doing a heck of a job" of keeping them in one place - see Link * South Bend Chocolate Company Recalls Various Candys Containing Peanut Butter Because of Possible Salmonella Contamination (January 18) * Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products Recalls Food Lion Bake Shop Peanut Butter Cookies Nationwide Because of Possible Health Risk (January 18) * McKee Foods Corporation Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Little Debbie® Peanut Butter Toasty and Peanut Butter Cheese Sandwich Crackers Because of Possible Health Risk (January 18) * Perry's Ice Cream Company Announces Voluntary Recall of Select Peanut Butter Ice Cream Products Due to Possible Health Risk (January 17) * Hy-Vee Inc...

Mr. Almost President Obama, I know you have a lot of other things on your plate, but putting peanut butter back in your girls' lunches should be on your list.

Posted on January 18, 2009
The FDA asked us all to not eat peanut butter yesterday.  Companies with any amount of peanut butter from The Peanut Corporation of America are now battling each other to get the next Press Release out touting the next recall.  After illnesses began on Labor Day 2008, to have this warning days before Inauguration Day is embarrassing...

When is a Recall not a Recall? When you still can buy it!

Posted on January 18, 2009
On January 16 Kellogg Company Announced  the Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Austin® and Keebler® Branded Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers and Select Snack-Size Packs of Famous Amos® And Keebler® Soft Batch Peanut Butter Cookies Because of Possible Health Risk...

Update - Again - on the Salmonella Peanut Butter Crash of 2009 - Product Not to Eat and Recalled

Posted on January 18, 2009
Yesterday, "[t]he FDA urged consumers on Saturday to avoid eating peanut butter and products that contain it until they can determine the scope of an outbreak of Salmonella food poisoning that may have contributed to six deaths."  Also, on the FDA website it lists products that have been recalled by companies: * South Bend Chocolate Company Recalls Various Candys Containing Peanut Butter Because of Possible Salmonella Contamination (January 18) * Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products Recalls Food Lion Bake Shop Peanut Butter Cookies Nationwide Because of Possible Health Risk (January 18) * McKee Foods Corporation Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Little Debbie® Peanut Butter Toasty and Peanut Butter Cheese Sandwich Crackers Because of Possible Health Risk (January 18) * Perry's Ice Cream Company Announces Voluntary Recall of Select Peanut Butter Ice Cream Products Due to Possible Health Risk (January 17) * Hy-Vee Inc...

Survival of Antibiotic Resistant Salmonella in Peanut Butter

Posted on January 18, 2009
Sent by a friend even more obsessive then me: Title: SURVIVAL OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT SALMONELLA IN PEANUT BUTTER Presenter: Kilonzo-Nthenge Agnes, http://tnstate.edu/ Date: Thursday, February 07, 2008 Kilonzo-Nthenge Agnes*, Emily Rotich, and Sandria Godwin...

Recall List Expanding - The Press Releases are Flying - Are the Products Leaving the Shelves?

Posted on January 18, 2009
More products with Peanut Butter in them are being recalled.  Frankly, it is hard to keep up on the company press releases - The FDA is sure "doing a heck of a job" of keeping them in one place - see Link.  efoodalert is doing an even better job at keeping up (full time job) - see Link...

The Great Salmonella Peanut Butter Crash of 2009

Posted on January 17, 2009
I sent off a press release this morning asking for the FDA to do its job and recall peanut butter likely implicated in this recent Salmonella outbreak, and then I leave Minneapolis for the short flight to Seattle.  So, guess what happens when I am in the air - The FDA does its job...

Marler Clark: FDA Must Widen Salmonella Peanut Butter Recall

Posted on January 17, 2009
I am calling on the FDA to request recalls of foods containing peanut butter products manufactured in the Peanut Corporation of America’s (PCA) Blakely, GA plant. Tests have shown that product produced in the facility carries the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium, which has sickened at least 453 people in 43 states and Canada and may have contributed to six deaths...

Kellogg's, Being Responsible, Recalls Salmonella Peanut Butter Products - It is Time for the FDA to Recall All Products that " present a risk of illness."

Posted on January 17, 2009
Kellogg is recalling 16 products including crackers and other products in light of the problems in Georgia. The recall includes Austin and Keebler branded Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers, as well as some snack-size packs of Famous Amos Peanut Butter Cookies and Keebler Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies...

Georgia Found Salmonella in Peanut Butter and Connecticut Too - which Lab was First Smack-down.

Posted on January 16, 2009
Efoodalert alerted me that food inspectors conducting recall effectiveness checks in the state of Connecticut in response to the nationwide Salmonella outbreak linked to King Nut peanut butter have confirmed the presence of Salmonella bacteria in an unopened five-pound tub of peanut butter found at a Connecticut food distributor, Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell, Jr...

Georgia Lab Test Confirm Salmonella Contamination in an "UNOPENED" Tub of Peanut Butter

Posted on January 16, 2009
Laboratory tests by the Georgia Department of Agriculture have confirmed Salmonella contamination in some peanut butter manufactured by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) processing facility in Blakely, Georgia. We have confirmation for Salmonella,” said Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin...

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