Contaminated Peanut Butter Causes Over 470 People to Become Sick

On January 14, 2009, the Kellogg Company recalled sixteen of its products due to contamination of the products by salmonella bacteria.  In addition, McKee Foods Corp. of Collegedale, Tennessee recalled two kinds of Little Debbie products due to contamination.  The products recalled include cookies, crackers, cakes, ice cream and other foods containing peanut butter, including peanut sauces.  Consumers should avoid eating Austin, Keebler and Famous Amos peanut butter cookies as well as Keebler Soft Batch Homestyle peanut butter cookies. 

The bacteria, which has contaminated peanut paste, as well as peanut butter, is thought to have originated in products produced at a Blakely, Georgia facility owned by Peanut Corp. of America.  Peanut Corp. has recalled all peanut butter produced at its Georgia plant since August 8 and all peanut paste produced since September 26. 

To date, hundreds of people in at least 43 states have become ill and at least 6 people have died due to the salmonella outbreak.  The Center for Disease Control has stated that the bacteria behind the outbreak - typhimurium - is not an unusually dangerous strain of salmonella, and the elderly and individuals with weakened immune systems are at the highest risk. 

Please be wary of the following symptoms: diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps. 

If you or someone you know has become ill, or if a loved one has been killed by salmonella bacteria poisoning which was caused by eating a product containing peanut butter or peanut paste that had become contaminated, you can contact an attorney at Freidin • Dobrinsky or by calling 1-866-495-8060.  Our personal injury attorneys are here to help, and will answer your questions free of charge. 

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