Food Safety Forum Focuses On Salmonella, Peanut Butter
-MyNC
08/18/2009 - Earlier this year, a nationwide salmonella outbreak virtually shut down the peanut industry, while plants rid themselves of contaminated peanut butter paste. The outbreak was one of the biggest topics of conversation at the 5th Annual Commissioner's Food Safety Forum Tuesday at the State Fairgrounds. More>>>

Food safety in the age of recalls: What the government is doing to protect us, and what you can do
-DAILY NEWS
07/20/2009 - With 5,000 Americans expected to die and another 75 million expected to get sick this year after eating contaminated food, food safety is a national health concern. Recalls within the past year on contaminated products like cookie dough and peanut butter have brought into focus the fact that increased government oversight, as well as individual self-protective measures, are crucial. More>>>

Health Hazard Alert: Various Foods Containing Peanut Products Recalled by PCA May Contain Salmonella Bacteria
-Marketwire 
06/04/2009 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume the foods described below because these products may be contaminated with Salmonella.  These foods contain peanut products (butter/paste, as well as whole, crushed, powdered, etc.) that have been recalled in the U.S. and Canada by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) due to Salmonella contamination. More>>>

Salmonella outbreak prompts demands for more scrutiny of food processing plants
-CMAJ
05/11/2009 - By the time Cheri Markos received a letter from Kellogg’s warning her not to eat the peanut butter sandwich crackers she’d purchased at Costco, the snacks were long gone. She’d already eaten them or given them away to friends. More>>>

Salmonella warning focuses on San Joaquin pistachio processor
-SacramentoBee
04/09/2009 - Federal food safety officials have lifted last week's blanket salmonella warning on all pistachios, focusing on nuts now being recalled by a single San Joaquin Valley processor. More>>>

Pistachios had been found to have salmonella three times in recent months before recall, Kraft says: Positive tests for bacteria found in September, November, February
-Chicago Tribune
04/05/2009 - Kraft Foods had been bedeviled with positive salmonella tests in products containing pistachios for months prior to its recall last week of a pistachio-laden trail mix, the company said Friday. More>>>

Leaky Roof Eyed in Salmonella Outbreak
-NewsInferno
03/28/09 - The historic salmonella outbreak linked to Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), which has sickened and hospitalized hundreds; was linked to nine deaths; prompted thousands of food recall; and resulted in governmental investigations, bankruptcies, and dozens of lawsuits, might all have originated with a leaky roof. More>>>

Peanut Recall Not Over Yet
-ConsumerAffairs
03/25/2009 - The recall of food products containing peanuts possibly contaminated with salmonella has stretched into a third month. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to consume any peanuts or peanut-derived products sold by Irvington, New Jersey-based Westco Fruit and Nuts Inc. due to possible Salmonella contamination. More>>>

FDA announces more peanut-related recalls
-UPI
03/24/2009 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat peanuts or peanut-derived products sold by Westco Fruit and Nuts Inc. The FDA said peanuts and peanut-containing products produced by the Irvington, N.J., company might be contaminated with salmonella bacteria, since the peanuts in the Westco products came from the Peanut Corporation of America, which has been involved in a nationwide Salmonella typhimurium outbreak. More>>>

Jelly Belly Candy Joins The Peanut Butter Recalls
-InjuryBoard
03/10/2009 - The last week in February, Jelly Belly Candy's announced the recall of chocolate-covered peanuts, chocolate peanut clusters and no-sugar added chocolate peanuts. Three peanut confections in the company's line of 200 confections. More>>>

Dead mice found at salmonella U.S. peanut plant
-Reuters
03/03/2009- Dead mice and rodent droppings were found throughout a Texas plant run by a company whose peanut products caused one of the biggest food recalls in U.S. history, food inspectors reported on Tuesday. More>>>

Schwan's Adds Another Product To the Peanut Butter Recall List
-InjuryBoard
03/01/2009- On Saturday, Schwan's announced the recall of all 1.75 quart cartons of “#216 Schwan's® Caramel Peanut Chocolate Bar” ice cream (regardless of product identification codes). This follows a recall of limited codes back in early February. More>>>

Salmonella Count Now at 666
-NewsInferno
02/26/2009- The peanut salmonella outbreak linked to ingredients made by a Peanut Corp. of America (PCA) manufacturing facility in Blakely, Georgia plant has now sickened more than 600 people. Meanwhile, health officials have confirmed that salmonella found at a second PCA plant in Texas was also tied to the nationwide salmonella outbreak. More>>>

Medina woman's salmonella death gives Ohio delegation another reason to push for stronger FDA
-Cleveland
02/25/2009- Nellie Napier of Medina died of salmonella poisoning.WASHINGTON — Nellie Napier survived desertion by her husband and raised six kids by herself on a salary as low as 98 cents an hour. Even diabetes couldn't fell the 80-year-old Medina woman. More>>>

State demands peanut records
-JournalInquirer
02/17/2009- To get more information on where contaminated peanut butter was shipped in Connecticut, the state Department of Consumer Protection has demanded that King Nut Co. and the Peanut Corp. of America produce a list of companies that received their peanut products between Jan. 1 and Feb. 2 and delivery records. More>>>

Klobuchar: Peanut plant owner should face charges
-Star Tribune
02/16/2009- U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar said today that the owner of a peanut-processing company should be prosecuted for the salmonella poisoning of more than 600 people and federal laws should be changed in the hope of preventing future outbreaks of food-borne disease. More>>>

Peanut Corp Files For Bankruptcy
-redOrbit
02/15/2009- On Friday, Peanut Corp. of America filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy amidst a salmonella outbreak that affected a number of consumers. "It's regrettable, but it's inevitable with the events of last month," said Andrew S. Goldstein, the lawyer who filed the bankruptcy petition. The salmonella outbreak was traced to the company’s facility in Blakely, Ga. According to the Food and Drug Administration, inspectors found mold, roaches, filthy equipment and a leaking roof at the plant. More>>>

King Nut was tip of iceberg in peanut recall
- Cleveland
02/14/2009- Martin Kanan, chief executive of King Nut Companies in Solon, reluctantly found himself in the national spotlight after salmonella was found in peanut butter the company supplied to a nursing home in Minnesota last month. After the incident, the FDA identified peanut butter as the cause for a nationwide salmonella outbreak that has made hundreds ill. More>>>

Salmonella Peanut Butter Recall: Batch Shipped Before Lab Results; Co. Failed to 'Destroy' Shipment
-Hispanic Business
02/13/2009- In the latest fallout from the salmonella-spawned peanut butter recall scandal that has rattled the country, the manufacturer at the center of the controversy shipped potentially tainted products before getting test results from the lab, according to documents (PDF download) released Wednesday by the House Energy and Commerce investigations Subcommittee. More>>>

Peanut scandal's weakest victims - Salmonella case leads to suffering, outrage
-SeattlePost
02/12/2009- Peanut and peanut products tainted with salmonella have made 604 people sick, sent 187 to the hospital and killed eight. But those are mere statistics. They do nothing to communicate the anguish that a Wilsonville, Ore., family endured most of last month. Jacob Hurley was a pretty healthy 3-year-old. But in early January, Jacob's lethargy, vomiting, cramps and bloody diarrhea were clearly more than a day care bug. His parents, Peter and Brandy, rushed him to the pediatrician. More>>>

How Could it Happen? Salmonella Timeline
-ABC News
02/12/2009- More than 1,550 peanut products have now been removed from store shelves because of a widespread salmonella outbreak that has prompted one of the largest recalls in history. With an ongoing criminal investigation focused on Peanut Corporation of America, Congress will further examine the problem during a Wednesday hearing on Capitol Hill. More>>>

Peanut Corp. Knew of Salmonella Contamination in 2006
-Bloomberg
02/12/2009- Peanut Corp. of America’s president refused to talk to U.S. lawmakers as an internal e-mail showed he looked for a way to turn raw peanuts “into money” after salmonella-tainted peanut butter was found. More>>>

Peanut Recall Triggers Criminal Investigation and Civil Lawsuit
-InjuryBoard
02/10/2009- On January 30, 2009 the FDA confirmed that the government has opened a criminal investigation into Peanut Corp. of America (PCA) in Blakely, Georgia, the processing plant that has been linked to the outbreak of illnesses caused by Salmonella Typhimurium. Stephen Sundlof, head of the FDA’s food safety center, said the Justice Department will join FDA investigators in looking into criminal violations. More>>>

Peanut butter products remain a health concern across nation, in Oklahoma Disease: Two in state diagnosed with the salmonella outbreak strain
-NewsOK
02/10/2009- The hits keep coming for a Georgia peanut company at the center of a salmonella outbreak, but Oklahoma remains relatively unscathed. Only two Oklahomans have been diagnosed with the outbreak strain, although health officials said new cases of salmonella still are being identified because of the time it takes the illness to manifest symptoms. More>>>

More Peanut Butter Recalled in Salmonella Outbreak
-WashingtonPost
02/09/2009- A nationwide recall of peanut butter made in a Georgia plant was issued late Tuesday even as the number of people sickened by salmonella-contaminated peanut butter rose to 425 in 43 states. More>>>

Peanut Corporation of America Provides Additional Information about Expanded Nationwide Recall of Peanut Products
-FDA
02/09/2009- In connection with the January 28, 2009 expanded recall announcement issued by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), the company wishes to highlight important information regarding several of its products. On January 28, 2009, PCA announced it was voluntarily recalling all peanuts and peanut products processed in its Blakely, Georgia facility since January 1, 2007 because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. More>>>

State sees 12th case of peanut butter poisoning
-nashuatelegraph
02/09/2009- The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has identified a 12th case of Salmonella in a New Hampshire resident that is linked to the peanut butter recall. The patient became ill approximately January 19. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified 575 cases of salmonella in the U.S. associated with contaminated peanut butter as part of this outbreak, 8 of whom have died. Forty-three states have reported cases. More>>>

Peanut company’s history includes profits, issues
-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
02/08/2009- Hugh Parnell, the man who founded the peanut company now famous for one of the biggest product recalls in the nation’s history, peddled ice-cream sandwich machines from Baltimore to Miami in the 1960s. Clients complained they couldn’t buy peanuts in bulk in the South. So, Parnell decided, brokering and distributing specialty nuts was the business for him. More>>>

Consumers should not ignore warnings about peanut butter
-The Ada Herald
02/07/2009- Neal Hooker is a food safety policy researcher with the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center and Ohio State University Extension and a visiting scholar at the Food Policy Institute at Rutgers University. More>>>

Fallout Widens as Buyers Shun Peanut Butter
-The New York Times
02/07/2009- Many consumers, apparently disregarding the fine print of the salmonella outbreak and food recall caused by a Georgia peanut plant, are swearing off all brands of peanut butter, driving down sales by nearly 25 percent. More>>>

Peanut company lied on salmonella testing, FDA finds
Some batches were not retested for the bacteria before shipping, the agency says -- though Peanut Corp. of America said they were.
-LA Times
02/07/2009- Peanut Corp. of America, the company that produced the contaminated peanut butter now being widely recalled, lied to Food and Drug Administration investigators about shipping batches of the food known to be tainted with salmonella bacteria, the agency said Friday. More>>>

Ex-employees tell of 'filthy' conditions at Georgia peanut processing plant:
They say the operation, which is the target of a federal salmonella probe, was plagued with cleanliness problems. Eight deaths are linked to tainted products.
-LA Times
02/07/2009- David James recalled opening a container of peanuts at the processing plant here and seeing baby mice. "It was filthy and nasty all around the place," said James, who worked in shipping. More>>>

U.S. suspends peanut company from federal contracts
-Reuters
02/05/2009- The company whose peanut butter and paste has been linked to an outbreak of salmonella food poisoning has been suspended from federal government contracts, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday.
Family-owned Peanut Corp of America and a subsidiary, Tidewater Blanching LLC, cannot participate in federal contracts for a year, USDA said. The agency also proposed to debar the company from contracts for three years. More>>>

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