Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) has announced a voluntary recall of peanut butter produced in its Blakely, Georgia facility due to potential contamination with salmonella.
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The peanut processing company announced the recall yesterday (13 January) on all products produced on or after 1 July 2008.
The peanut butter being recalled is sold by PCA in bulk packaging to distributors for institutional and foodservice industry use. It is also sold under the brand name Parnell’s Pride to the same industries and by the King Nut Company under the label King Nut.
None of the peanut butter being recalled is sold directly to consumers through retail stores.
PCA said it initiated the recall after an open container of King Nut brand peanut butter in a long-term care facility in Minnesota was found to contain a strain of salmonella.
“We deeply regret that this has happened,” said Stewart Parnell, owner and president of PCA. “Out of an abundance of caution, we are voluntarily withdrawing this product and contacting our customers. We are taking these actions with the safety of our consumers as our first priority.”
US food safety authorities launched an investigation last week after the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) received reports of 388 cases of salmonella typhimurium contracted between September and December. The reports came in from across 42 states.
According to figures published by the CDC on Monday, some 410 people across 43 states have fallen ill due to poisoning linked to the outbreak.
