Peanut Butter and Salmonella
Categories: peanut butter salmonella outbreak, CDC, FDA, Peter Pan. ConAGRA foods
Since August 2006, merely 288 salmonella cases have been reported across 39 states in association with contaminated peanut butter. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , the peanut butter salmonella outbreak is deemed as the first in the United States. Here are more findings, reports and facts released by the CDC on the peanut butter salmonella outbreak:
>> Researchers have not determined how salmonella was introduced into the peanut butter.
>> Approximately, 20 percent of the infected individuals were hospitalized without any fatalities.
>> More than 80 percent of the infected said they consumed peanut butter
>> Due to the heightened of the risk of contamination, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a consumer warnings about not consuming certain brands of jarred peanut butter:
• Great Value
• Peter Pan
>> Potentially infected jars may carry the following product code: 2111 (on the lid) Missouri New York, Tennessee Pennsylvania and Virginia have reported the largest number of salmonella cases.
>> Annually, some 40,000 Americans are afflicted by the salmonella infection with roughly 600 deaths.
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