Peanut Butter

King Nut Companies issued a total recall of peanut butter that it distributes Saturday amid fears of a salmonella outbreak that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said has infected 399 people in 42 states. Ohio-based King Nut acknowledged that salmonella had been found in some of its peanut butter, it has already contributed to 1 death in Minnesota. The cases have been reporteed since September 3. About 18 percent of victims were hospitalized as a result of their illness, and patients' ages have ranged from 2 months to 98 years. California is reporting the highest case count, with 55, followed by Ohio with 53 cases, Massachusetts with 39, Minnesota with 30 and Michigan with 20. The other 37 states are each reporting fewer than 20 cases. Salmonrlla can be treaded with antibiotics, but some strains are resistant, the symptoms include develop diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps within a few days of infection, and their illness can last up to a week.


(January 10, 2009). Peanut butter recalled amid salmonella outbreak. Retrieved January 10, 2009, from Cnnhealth.com Web site: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/10/salmonella.outbreak.cdc/index.html?iref=mpstoryview