More Tainted Peanut Butter

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The Wall Street Journal reports more cases of tained peanut butter. Peanut Corp of America, which makes peanut butter in a plant in Bakely, GA, has recalled 21 lots of peanut butter. The Food and Drug Administration has been collecting samples at the plant to trace the source of Salmonella poisioning.

The recall does not appear to effect small, consumer sized containers, but rather large bulk sizes of 5 to 50 pound containers. These are sold to institutions such as schools, long-term care institutions, hospitals and other institutions.

This is the second time we have seen a large-scale Salmonella scare in peanut butter. In 2007, ConAgra Foods recalled Peter Pan Peanut Butter and Great Value Peanut Butter due to a similar scare.

The USDA has a list of frequently asked questions about Salmonella, such as what it is, how you can get it and a description of symptoms.