Fred-Banner-Revised Medical-Banner-Revised

king Nut peanut butter

Peanut Butter Salmonella Probe Very Active

> Federal health officials are urging consumers to "postpone" eating cookies, crackers, cereal, ice cream and other products that contain peanut butter or peanut paste until experts determine which products contain potentially contaminated ingredients from a plant in Georgia.

The precaution is…

Continue reading...

 

Pritzker Opens Salmonella Death Suit

Leading food safety lawyer Fred Pritzker initiated a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of the heirs of Shirley Mae Almer, a 72-year-old Minnesota woman who is one of five people to have died after falling ill to a Salmonella Typhimurium infection.

Pritzker, an outspoken critic…

Continue reading...

 

Salmonella in Peanut Butter Confirmed

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found evidence that commercially sold peanut butter is the “likely source” of a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that may have contributed to three deaths.

In all, the CDC said Monday that 410 people…

Continue reading...