I am sure some of you have been following the peanut butter recall linked to a recent Salmonella outbreak, which has affected over 400 people across America in just the past few months.

As per the FDA, the recall concerns industrial peanut butter and peanut paste (not jarred peanut butter) manufactured since July 1, 2008 by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) at its Blakely, Georgia processing plant because of potential contamination. PCA does not sell peanut butter directly to consumers, only to institutions and food manufacturers. The company distributes its peanut butter and peanut butter paste to be used in the production of commercial products such as cakes, cookies, crackers, candies, cereal and ice cream.  Apparently the CDC started to receive numerous reports of illness around mid-September and initiated an investigation. The investigation by the CDC and the FDA led to the discovery of a strain of Salmonella that was linked to the reported illnesses in an unopened canister of King Nut peanut butter (King Nut distributes peanut butter from PCA to long-term care facilities, hospitals, and cafeterias) indicating that the contamination took place at the PCA processing plant. Posted by: Editor    Source

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