Thursday, May 31, 2007

CDC says peanut butter salmonella sickened 628

(Reuters) - In mid-February the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had linked 288 cases of food-borne illness in 39 states to peanut butter consumption. By March 7, that total had climbed to 425 people in 44 states. As of May 22, some 200 more people in another three states were infected.




The CDC said the rate of new infections has tapered off and it urged people to immediately discard any remaining jars of Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter with a product code beginning with 2111.


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