The company at the center of an investigation into the deadly salmonella outbreak has closed a second peanut processing plant. The Peanut Corporation of America has temporarily shut its doors in Plainview, Texas after lab tests found there may be salmonella at that plant, as well.
At this point, 1,845 peanut products have been taken off [...]

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Cookies, cakes, and ice cream are among the latest products joining the list of recalled foods made with peanuts. The FDA now has 887 products on the list.

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Out of the 501 people who have gotten sick during the salmonella/peanut butter outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says half of them are children – 280 victims are under 18 years old, including some infants.

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This salmonella outbreak is turning into a nightmare! The FDA says more than 125 peanut butter products have now been recalled and they expect that number to grow. Among the foods added to the list – NutriSystem granola bars, Asian foods with peanut sauce, and Grreat Choice dog biscuits from PetSmart. Veterinarians say it’s rare [...]

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General Mills’ LARABAR Peanut Butter Cookie and JamFrakas Peanut Butter Blisscrisp snack bars are two of the latest products pulled off store shelves because they were made with peanut butter that came from Peanut Corporation of America, and may be contaminated with salmonella.

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The Food and Drug Administration confirms a package of Austin Toasty Crackers with Peanut Butter is contaminated with salmonella. It’s the first product sold to consumers that has tested positive for the strain that was first linked only to peanut butter sold to institutions like nursing homes.

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The Food and Drug Administration is warning Americans to avoid cookies, crackers, ice cream and other foods that have peanut butter in the ingredients until it can determine how widespread the salmonella outbreak is across the country.

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Kellogg Company has taken its Austin and Keebler peanut butter snacks off store shelves and has stopped distributing them in light of the salmonella outbreak.

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.A salmonella outbreak has now made 410 people in 43 states sick. It may also be linked to the deaths of three people. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says peanut butter is the “likely source” of the nationwide infection.

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This year, we cheered as the world’s heaviest man lost 500 pounds then got hitched, we wondered why some of our favorite foods suddenly looked smaller, and worried when the worst foodborne outbreak in a decade spread across the country. Here’s a look back at the year’s headlines in food, fitness, and fat – The [...]

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