Peanut Butter Update

Steven L. Taylor · Friday, June 1, 2007 · 2 Comments

Via the AP: Peanut butter salmonella cases top 600

The number of people sickened since August by peanut butter tainted with salmonella has grown by more than 200, according to a new federal report. The outbreak, first reported in February, now includes 628 cases in 47 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

Which reminds me: I still need to see if I can get my money back for two jars of the stuff…

And I am vaguely surprised that they are bring the stuff back:

ConAgra plans to reintroduce Peter Pan in July. Initially, another company will produce the peanut butter because it doesn’t expect to be able to resume production at its Sylvester, Ga., plant until sometime in August, after renovations.

ConAgra officials have said they believe moisture in the plant likely helped bacteria to grow and later infect the finished product.

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About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science at Troy University. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. He is the author of Voting Amid Violence: Electoral Democracy in Colombia and is currently working on a comparative study of the US to 29 other democracies. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging at PoliBlog since 2003. Follow Steven on Twitter

Comments

Michael says:

Friday, June 1, 2007 at 11:10

Peter Butter?

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brainy435 says:

Friday, June 1, 2007 at 15:42

LOL, I thought that was intentional.

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