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Article: FDA UPDATE ON PEANUT BUTTER RECALL SALMONELLA FOUND IN CONAGRA PLANT
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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The Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release:
As a follow-up to the recent Salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is conducting an extensive inspection of ConAgra's Sylvester, Georgia processing plant. Samples collected by the FDA revealed the presence of Salmonella. The fact that FDA found Salmonella in the plant environment further suggests that the contamination likely took place prior to the product reaching consumers. Last week, tests by several states identified Salmonella in many open jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter recovered from consumers. In these instances, the Salmonella ...