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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Peanut Butter Recall

Peanut butter manufactured by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) and sold from its Blakely, Georgia plant has been tested and confirmed by the Food and Drug Administration as having a contamination of salmonella bacteria.

More than 43 states have reported salmonella infections with the same genetic fingerprint as the contaminated lots of peanut butter.

The recall affects 21 lots of PCA peanut butter in containers ranging from five to fifty pounds and several different brand names such as King Nut peanut butter and Parnell's Pride. All PCA customers who received the peanut butter are being contacted via telephone and in writing.

The company has stated that all the recalled product has been sold in bulk packaging to a distribution company, servicing large institutions, including food service industries, school cafeterias, and retirement communities. No contamination has yet been discovered in any consumer brands of peanut butter.

Fast Facts
Name: King Nut Peanut Butter, Parnell's Pride Peanut Butter, Peter Pan Peanut Butter, Great Value Peanut Butter

Vomiting - Throwing up or retching.


Manufacturer: Peanut Corporation of America, ConAgra Foods
Approved uses: n/a
Common malfunction: Peanut Corporation of American outbreak linked to a salmonella outbreak by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Voluntary recall by PCA affects peanut butter lots distributed to large scale institutions; no consumer outbreak reported as of 1/14/09. Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter contaminated with Salmonella Tennessee, affecting 39 states.

Associated injury: Foodborne illness (food poisoning) accompanied by nausea, vomiting and gastrointestinal symptoms.

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