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Article: Health Buzz: Salmonella in Peanut Butter and Other Health News.
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- January 12, 2009
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Byline: Katherine Hobson
"King Nut" Peanut Butter Likely Source of Outbreak
Two kinds of peanut butter are being recalled after public health officials pegged them as the most likely source of a salmonella outbreak (http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/typh0109/010909.html) that has sickened at least 399 people in 42 states. King Nut Cos., which distributes but does not manufacture the peanut butter, sold to institutions like schools and hospitals, said it would recall all King Nut and Parnell's Pride brand peanut butter. The company, based in Ohio, also said it would work with the manufacturer of the peanut butter, Peanut Corp. of America, to "inform others of ...