SALMONELLOSIS, SEROTYPE TENNESSEE, PEANUT BUTTER - USA (08)

Feb 28, 2007
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[1] Global distribution [2] Peru Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 From: ProMED-mail promed@promedmail.org Source: Manufacturing.net [edited] http: //manufacturing.net/article/CA6419774.html
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Tainted peanut butter that caused salmonella in 41 of the 50 USA states also was sold in more than 60 other countries on 3 other continents and islands in the Caribbean and the Pacific, the manufacturer says. It was sold in Iraq, Iceland, India, American Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Netherlands Antilles, South Korea, Singapore, Brazil, Belize, Africa, Europe, and South America.Stephanie Childs, a spokeswoman for the manufacturer, ConAgra Foods Inc, said on Mon 26 Feb 2007, that word of the problem with the tainted peanut butter has gone out everywhere peanut butter is sold under the Peter Pan and Great Value label: If the top on the jar has a number starting with "2111," do not eat it. "This is a full recall, including all the product," Childs said. During the weekend, China announced a recall of the peanut butter. The official Xinhua news agency said 3 batches (totaling 742 cases) of the 2 brands were imported between Sep 2006 and Jan 2007. The agency said at least 156 cases already had been sold in Beijing, and even though the lids had the suspect code, no one had reported being sickened by the peanut butter. [byline: William C Mann]