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Article: SALMONELLA RECOVERED FROM KING NUT PEANUT BUTTER BY MDA LAB FOUND TO BE GENETIC MATCH TO CASES IN NATIONAL SALMONELLA OUTBREAK
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 12, 2009
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The Michigan Department of Agriculture issued the following news release:
Salmonella recovered from King Nut peanut butter by MDA lab found to be a genetic match to cases in national Salmonella outbreak
The Minnesota Departments of Agriculture and Health today announced that laboratory analyses have confirmed a genetic match between the strains of Salmonella bacteria found in a container of King Nut brand creamy peanut butter and the strains of bacteria associated with 30 illnesses in Minnesota and nearly 400 illnesses around the country.
MDA lab tests conducted last week discovered Salmonella bacteria in a 5-pound package of King Nut peanut butter collected from a long-term care facility ...