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101. Salmonella Peanut Butter Recall Expands
     

     Jan. 28, 2009 -- The peanut butter product recall is growing yet again, according to FDA and CDC officials, who called a news conference Wednesday to alert consumers that additional products are expected to be recalled in the coming days. That's due partly to the discovery of additional strains of s

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102. More Salmonella Peanut Butter Recalls Coming
     

     Jan. 27, 2009 -- The FDA today encouraged consumers to keep checking the list of peanut butter product recalls related to the ongoing salmonella outbreak because that list is likely to keep growing. "We expect the list of recalled product to continue to expand," Stephen Sundlof, DVM, director of the

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103. Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak Rages On
     

     Jan. 21, 2009 -- More than 125 consumer peanut butter products, from more than 70 companies, have been recalled in the ongoing U.S. salmonella outbreak. The most recent person to get sick fell ill on Jan 8. Since it takes up to three weeks for cases to be reported to the CDC, more cases are expected

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104. Salmonella Factoids
     

     Jan. 21, 2009 -- Salmonella contamination of peanut butter products has sickened hundreds in the U.S. and Canada. It's a scary situation. Here are some salmonella facts to put the current outbreak into perspective: Every year, the CDC gets about 40,000 reports of salmonella illness. But that's only

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105. Peanut Butter Product Recall List Grows
     

     Jan. 20, 2009 -- The list of recalled products containing peanut butter continues to grow in the wake of the salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 475 people in 43 states and Canada. The outbreak strain of Salmonella typhimurium may have contributed to six deaths, according to the CDC. Yest

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106. FDA, CDC: Don't Eat Peanut Butter Products
     

     Jan. 17, 2009 -- The FDA and CDC are recommending that consumers not eat products containing peanut butter (such as cookies, crackers, cereal, candy, and ice cream) until information becomes available about whether those products are linked to an ongoing salmonella outbreak that may have contributed

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107. Kellogg: Don't Eat Peanut Butter Crackers
     

     Jan. 15, 2009 -- The Kellogg Company is telling people not to eat Austin and Keebler brand peanut butter crackers, pending the results of an investigation of a salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter. The Kellogg Company has put a "precautionary hold" on its Austin and Keebler brands of Toasted

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108. Salmonella Prompts Peanut Butter Recall
     

     Jan. 14, 2009 -- Bulk peanut butter maker Peanut Corp. of America has recalled 21 lots of peanut butter implicated in a 43-state salmonella outbreak. Grocery brands appear not to be involved, according to the CDC. The CDC's ongoing investigation has turned up clusters of salmonella infections in sch

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109. Salmonella Spurs Peanut Butter Recall
     

     Jan. 12, 2009 -- King Nut peanut butter and Parnell's Pride peanut butter are being recalled because of a salmonella risk. King Nut Companies, a peanut butter distributor based in Solon, Ohio, issued the recall after Minnesota health officials found salmonella in an open 5-pound tub of King Nut crea

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110. Salmonella in Pet Food Sickens 8 More People
     

     Nov. 6, 2008 -- A rare strain of salmonella in dry pet food sickened at least eight people this year, in addition to the 71 people who have fallen ill since 2006, according to the CDC. Because of the outbreak of Salmonella schwarzengrund, Mars Petcare has permanently closed the plant where the pet f

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