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Six salmonella cases in S.C. related to peanut butter warning

COLUMBIA – South Carolina has six cases of illness related to today’s announced warning related to certain brands of peanut butter, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported today.

“DHEC’s Division of Food Protection and the Division of Acute Disease Epidemiology have collaborated with the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate some cases of illness in the state related to this multi-state outbreak,” said Julie Schlegel, epidemiologist with DHEC’s Division of Acute Disease Epidemiology. “South Carolina, along with other states, worked with the CDC to collect epidemiologic information, which led to today’s warning the by Food and Drug Administration about ConAgra products ‘Peter Pan’ and ‘Great Value’ brands of peanut butter marked with lot number 2111.”

DHEC urges people who have symptoms commonly associated with salmonella illness, such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or fever and who have eaten from the affected lot of peanut butter, to see their medical practitioner.

  • If you have Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter beginning with product code 2111, do not eat it;
  • If you have eaten this product and it has been longer than 72 hours and you have not had any symptoms, throw the product away;
  • If it has been fewer than 72 hours, retain the jar, but do not eat from it; and if you develop any symptoms, contact your medical practitioner.

 

Thus far, DHEC is evaluating six cases related to this salmonella strain in South Carolina with a time frame of October to late January:

  • Lexington-1
  • Williamsburg-1
  • Charleston-1
  • Greenville-1
  • Dorchester-1
  • Richland-1

 

No deaths have been associated with illness from this product.

Product Warning Information
The FDA is warning consumers not to eat certain jars of Peter Pan peanut butter or Great Value peanut butter due to possible risk of contamination with Salmonella Tennessee (a bacterium that causes illness). The affected jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter have a product code located on the lid of the jar that begins with the number 2111. ConAgra manufactures the Peter Pan and Great Value brands in a single facility in Georgia. Great Value peanut butter made by other manufacturers is not affected. Information regarding this recall is available at the following FDA site: http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01563.html

Guidance for Consumers
If you have any of this Peter Pan or Great Value brand peanut butter in your home that has been purchased since May 2006, you should discard it. People who think they might have become ill from eating peanut butter are advised to visit their health care provider. Most people infected with Salmonella develop diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection. The illness usually lasts 4 to 7 days, and most people recover without treatment. However, in some people the diarrhea may be so severe that the patient needs to be hospitalized. The elderly, infants, and those with weakened immune systems are more likely to have a severe illness.

For more information on Salmonella infection and this outbreak, please refer to the following Web site: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/submenus/sub_salmonella.htm.

For more information:
Contact ConAgra Foods by calling the 24-hour toll-free hotline at 866-344-6970 or visit their Web site at: http://www.conagrafoods.com.

NOTE: ConAgra advises consumers to discard the products if they have them but to save the product lid. For a full refund, consumers must return the product lid along with their name and mailing address to ConAgra Foods, P.O. Box 3768, Omaha, NE 68103.

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