Peanut Corporation of America Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak
Outbreak News
- Oregon victims in peanut-related salmonella case will get payout
- Attorney: Mice, leaky roof and gaping holes found at Ga. plant linked to salmonella outbreak
- Peanut Corp. claims top $200 million
- Oregonians go to D.C. to push for food safety
- Lawyer in salmonella lawsuits tours Texas plant
- Lawyer says Plainview plant may not be at fault
- Minnesota Man’s Family Files Suit In His Death
- PCA’s Innocent Victims Go Beyond Consumers
- Peanut Corp. head questioned during hearing
- Washington man files suit vs. Kellogg, claiming salmonella poisoning
- FDA issues peanut safety guidelines for foodmakers
- Salmonella victim’s mother calls for better investigations
- Laws to tackle tainted-food cases seem to lack much bite
- Suit claims Las Vegas girl, 2, ate contaminated peanut butter
- Belle Plaine family struck by salmonella files lawsuit
- Feds mount evidence in salmonella outbreak probe
- Troubled peanut firm has filed for bankruptcy
- Survey: Peanut Recall Known But Not Understood
- Peanut Corporation of America files for bankruptcy
- Couple to Sue Kellogg Company in Salmonella Outbreak
- Firm tied to salmonella ran unlicensed Texas plant
- Salmonella Outbreak: What You Need to Know
- New Look at Food Safety After Peanut Tainting
- Major Expansion Announced in Peanut Recall
- Lawyer, Industry Group Blast Company That Sold Tainted Peanut Products
- Peanut Plant Found Salmonella, Sold Products Anyway
- Salmonella in Peanut Butter - What Went Wrong
- Peanut Butter and Salmonella - the latest Sandwich
- Salmonella Source - South Georgia Peanut Butter Plant
- Vermont couple sues over salmonella outbreak
- FDA says to Skip Peanut Butter Products
- Peanut-Butter Probe Focuses on Georgia Plant
- Officials link Salmonella to Deaths in Virginia and Minnesota
- Salmonella Prompts Peanut Butter Recall
An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium in 46 states and Canada has been linked to peanut butter. King Nut and Parnell’s Pride brands began voluntary recalls after salmonella was found in a container. The products were were distributed to institutions like schools and nursing homes and not sold in retail outlets. The CDC states that 714 have been confirmed ill; the first illnesses were recorded in August, 2008. Infection with the outbreak strain may have contributed to nine deaths.
The first recalls were for the commercially distributed peanut butter, but on January 16, Kellogg’s issued a recall of products made with peanut paste, including cracker sandwiches and cookies.
On January 17, Bill Marler called on the FDA to take additional steps to hasten the removal of potentially contaminated products from the marketplace.
Shortly thereafter, the FDA recommended that consumers “postpone” consuming peanut butter products. Many companies are issuing recalls, the FDA website has a current list. On January 28th, the Peanut Corporation of America initiated a recall of all products manufactured in their Blakely, GA plant since January, 2007. After salmonella was found at PCA’s Plainview, TX plant, production from that plant was added to the massive recall. More than 2800 products have been recalled.
On January 20th, Marler Clark filed a lawsuit on behalf of a 7-year-old Vermont Child who was sickened in the outbreak. On January 29, Marler Clark filed a second salmonella lawsuit on behalf of a 3-year-old California boy. On February 5, Marler Clark added the Kellogg Company to the first lawsuit. Marler Clark has filed a total of nine lawsuits on behalf of outbreak victims. Two families represented by Marler Clark testified in front of the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation on February 11, 2009.
On February 13, PCA declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Marler Clark is moving to lift the stay of bankruptcy so that litigation can continue.