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Article: State cracks another case of salmonella; King Nut peanut butter appears to be the cause of outbreak, Department of Health workers discover.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- January 10, 2009
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Byline: JOSEPHINE MARCOTTY; STAFF WRITER
Minnesota disease investigators once again may have solved the riddle of a nation-wide salmonella outbreak. This time the culprit is peanut butter. Officials from the state Department of Health said late Friday that the salmonella bacteria found in 30 Minnesotans believe to have been sickened by eating King Nut brand creamy peanut butter has the same genetic fingerprint as the salmonella bacteria found in 400 sick people in 42 states.
Further testing on cases outside Minnesota will be needed to confirm that the peanut butter is the source of those illnesses as well, "but we think it's likely," said department ...