(Reuters) Salmonella found at peanut butter plant: FDA

[Eugene]

Salmonella found at peanut butter plant: FDA

By Susan Heavey

Thu Mar 1, 4:51 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bacteria linked to contaminated peanut butter that has sickened
hundreds of people has been traced to a plant owned by ConAgra Foods Inc. where it was
made, U.S. health regulators said on Thursday.

The
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it discovered the salmonella bacteria during an
inspection of the now shuttered plant in Sylvester, Georgia that made Peter Pan brand
peanut butter and the Great Value brand sold by Wal-Mart Inc.

"The fact that FDA found Salmonella in the plant environment further suggests that the
contamination likely took place prior to the product reaching consumers," the agency said.

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Although FDA tests had already confirmed salmonella in the peanut butter, the FDA has
traced the contamination to the manufacturing plant.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070301/hl_nm/salmonella_peanutbutter_dc_7

[951-Riverside]

1. ...they do the jobs americans won't do n/t

;)

[pinniped]

2. Are these turds shipping peanuts and chickens in the same truck?

Are the peanut farms located downhill from one of their factory chicken farms?

[Eurobabe]

3. Salmonella outbreak in MN, ice cream a few years ago

About 10 kids & adults were sickened (maybe more) all because some numbnut forgot to clean an exit valve seal on a truck that had previously held liquid eggs. They put the ice cream material in the same storage truck and when the liquid came out, voila! Sam and Ella came to dinner. Some people actually died

The hideous long term side effects of the illness for many victims is life-long joint damage, which no one really talks about. (this was on Discovery Health a few months back)