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Article: County health officials advise against eating peanut butter products
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- January 20, 2009
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BLOOMINGTON - Even though there are no known cases of salmonella
poisoning from peanut butter products in McLean County, local health
officials are advising residents to avoid eating food with peanut
butter or peanut paste until federal officials determine whether the
products are safe.
"At this point, they (federal health officials) are not
connecting it (the salmonella outbreak) to any brand name peanut
butter in jars," Bree Davis, spokeswoman for the McLean County
Health Department, said Monday. But health officials are advising
that people not eat any foods that contain peanut butter or peanut
paste - including cereal, crackers, cookies, candies and ice cream -
until more information is ...