It’s being proved that the brand of peanut butter is connected to a nationwide outbreak of salmonella or not. The butter is tested positive for salmonella in Minnesota. In the mean time the product has been voluntarily recalled by its distributor, King Nut Companies of Solon, Ohio.
At least 399 people are sickened in 42 states. The brand is primarily used in schools, hospitals, long-term care facilities and restaurants, according to the Minnesota Dept. of Health.
Doug Schultz of the state’s Dept. of Health said that the tub of peanut butter that tested positive for salmonella was an open container obtained from a senior care facility that had several residents fall ill with the outbreak strain of salmonella typhimurium.
However, it has not been proven that this case is linked to the national salmonella outbreak that is currently ongoing in the United States.
Meanwhile, King Nut said in a statement posted on its website that further tests are being conducted by King Nut and the FDA on closed containers of the peanut butter.
King Nut has asked customers to “put on hold all of their peanut butter in question. A recall of this product will be announced Monday morning, the website published.
At least 399 people are sickened in 42 states. The brand is primarily used in schools, hospitals, long-term care facilities and restaurants, according to the Minnesota Dept. of Health.
Doug Schultz of the state’s Dept. of Health said that the tub of peanut butter that tested positive for salmonella was an open container obtained from a senior care facility that had several residents fall ill with the outbreak strain of salmonella typhimurium.
However, it has not been proven that this case is linked to the national salmonella outbreak that is currently ongoing in the United States.
Meanwhile, King Nut said in a statement posted on its website that further tests are being conducted by King Nut and the FDA on closed containers of the peanut butter.
King Nut has asked customers to “put on hold all of their peanut butter in question. A recall of this product will be announced Monday morning, the website published.
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