1.29.2009

Update: A NATIONWIDE PEANUT PRODUCT RECALL HAS BEEN EXPANDED.
The FDA saying that the Peanut Corporation of America is recalling all products manufactured at its Blakely, Georgia facility because of a possible Salmonella contamination.
-The updated recall covers everything made in the last two years; lawmakers demand criminal probe after U.S. health officials say company sent out questionable peanut products long before salmonella outbreak.
-The FDA says it's continuing its investigation of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak has sickened nearly five hundred people since September.
-Peanut butter on store shelves appear to be safe.

FDA Statement:
www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/peanutcorp401_09.html

Latest Peanut Recall covers everything made in the last two years…
www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=623486

American Peanut Council – Brands NOT Affected by Recall
www.peanutsusa.com/USA/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.page&pid=262