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Home : Unsafe Products : Peanut Butter Recall : Government Articles : Health Officials Issue Recommendations Re Potentially Tainted Peanut Butter Health Officials Issue Recommendations Re Potentially Tainted Peanut Butter
State Health Officials Issue Recommendations
Regarding Potentially Tainted Peanut Butter State health officials warned Montanans Thursday to check all jars or cans of peanut butter in their possession to see whether it may be implicated in a nationwide outbreak of salmonella that has affected at least two state residents. The advice comes in the wake of a Food and Drug Administration advisory and a voluntary manufacturer recall of Peter Pan and Great Value brands of peanut butter with product codes beginning with the numbers "2111" imprinted on the lid. Great Value brand is sold through Wal-Mart stores nationwide. Both brands are manufactured in a single facility in Georgia by ConAgra Foods, Inc. No other products are implicated in the disease outbreak at this time. "Anyone who has peanut butter fitting this description should play it safe and not eat it," according to Bonnie Barnard, supervisor of the Communicable Disease Surveillance Section of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. Salmonella is a bacterial infection that causes diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps. Most people with salmonella recover without treatment unless they become severely dehydrated. In those cases, intravenous fluids may be needed. The current outbreak involves a specific strain of salmonella called Salmonella Tennessee. Two cases of Salmonella Tennessee have been confirmed in Montana in the past few months, Barnard said. A Yellowstone County woman in her 80s was diagnosed with the disease in November. She did not require hospitalization and has since recovered. Health officials are still investigating a case involving a Silver Bow County man in his 60s. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have so far identified 288 cases of Salmonella Tennessee in 39 states (including Montana) that are associated with the two peanut butter brands. Thirty-one patients have been hospitalized, and there have been no reported deaths. State health officials are asking anyone who has Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter with product codes beginning with 2111 to do the following: * If you are currently ill with diarrhea, visit your doctor or other health-care provider for a diagnosis and treatment. Keep the peanut butter at room temperature in a plastic bag, and make sure to store it where no one will inadvertently eat it. * If you are diagnosed with Salmonella Tennessee, continue to save the peanut butter until a state or local health official contacts you to arrange to have it tested by the state Public Health Laboratory. * If you are not ill and have peanut butter that fits the recall description, throw it away. "This warning doesn't just apply to individual consumers but to restaurants and other food-service establishments, too," Barnard said. The health department is contacting food commodity and school food-service programs to make sure they're aware of the outbreak and manufacturer's recall. ConAgra Foods is offering a full refund to consumers who must throw away suspect peanut butter. To learn more, visit the company's website at www.conagrafoods.com or call, toll-free, 866-344-6970. Close to 40,000 cases of salmonella are reported in the United States each year. Young children, the elderly, and those with chronic diseases are most likely to have severe infections. To learn more about salmonella, visit www.cdc.gov. |
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