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Article: UPDATE ON SALMONELLA OUTBREAK, PETER PAN PEANUT BUTTER, GREAT VALUE PEANUT BUTTER
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 16, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Food & Drug Administration issued the following press release:
On February 14, 2007, FDA advised consumers not to eat any Peter Pan peanut butter purchased since May 2006 and not to eat Great Value peanut butter with a product code beginning with "2111" purchased since May 2006 because of risk of contamination with Salmonella Tennessee. Salmonella is a bacterium that causes foodborne illness, and "Tennessee" is a type of Salmonella. All Peter Pan peanut butter purchased since May 2006 is affected; only those jars of Great Value peanut butter purchased since May 2006 with a product code beginning with "2111" are affected. Although Great ...