Posts Tagged ‘Peanut Butter Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak’

Peanut Butter Recall – It’s Deja Vu all Over Again

Posted by Ron Simon on April 4th, 2009 under Salmonella Outbreaks Tags: , , , , ,  •  No Comments

The current Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) peanut butter / peanut product recall is eerily similar to the ConAgra / Peter Pan peanut butter recall of 2007.    So why did Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) fail to learn from the prior outbreak?   Just look at the similarities: Both involve peanut manufacturing plants in rural Georgia. Both involve [...]

Rodents and Roof Leaks – How Salmonella got into PCA Peanuts

Posted by Ron Simon on March 31st, 2009 under Salmonella Outbreaks Tags: ,  •  No Comments

Salmonella is nasty stuff.  It makes you sick when you eat foods that contain it.  And it originates from one source – the feces of birds and animals.  So how did salmonella get into the peanut butter and peanut paste manufactured by Peanut Corporation of American (PCA) and distributed to hundreds of companies nationwide?  That’s [...]

Salmonella Outbreak Prompts Recall of Peanut Butter Products

Posted by admin on March 23rd, 2009 under Salmonella Outbreaks Tags: , , , , ,  •  No Comments

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