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Article: Peanut butter sickness spreads
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- February 17, 2007
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As health officials confirmed two California cases of salmonella
illnesses linked to contaminated peanut butter Friday, recalled jars
could still be found on some Bay Area store shelves.
San Diego and Orange counties reported one case each of people
sickened with salmonella Tennessee -- a rare and potentially fatal
form of the bacterium that causes food-borne illness -- after eating
the peanut butter.
The outbreak has sickened 290 people in 39 states sinceAugust. At
least 46 patients have been hospitalized. No deaths have been
reported.
The Food and Drug Administration and manufacturer ConAgra
announced a recall late Tuesday of certain jars of Great Value and
Peter Pan peanut butter.
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