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Peanut Butter Crackers Still Causing Salmonella

By PritzkerLaw

Peanut butter crackers containing Salmonella are still making people sick and the outbreak caused by Peanut Corp. of America (PCA) is expected to continue for the next several months.

That's what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is saying this week in its latest written update on the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that has sickened 714 people in 46 states. The CDC also said once again that nine deaths are believed to have been caused by contaminanted peanut products made with nuts supplied by PCA, which is now being liquidated in Chapter 7 of U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen represents the families of three of those who died and firm founder and president Fred Pritzker last week toured PCA's dumpy processing plant in Blakely, Georgia, as part of a wrongful death lawsuit  he has filed against the company.

"The numbers of new cases have declined substantially since the peak in December, but illnesses are still being reported among people who ate the recalled brands of peanut butter crackers after the recall,'' The CDC said "The outbreak is expected to continue at a low level for the next several months since consumers unaware that they have recalled products in their home continue to consume these products. Many of the products have a long shelf-life.''

PCA's Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak was ingredient driven -- meaning PCA was a supplier of peanuts to many different food plants around the country. The CDC says at least 2,833 different products have been made with potentially contaminated PCA peanuts.The FDA keeps an online index of the product recalls.

Kellogg Co. was among the very first companies to issue a recall, saying its Keebler and Austin brand peanut butter crackers were made from nuts processed by PCA.

If you or someone you know has been sickened with a serious case of Salmonella, please call our law firm at 1-888-377-8900 or receive a free online case consultation.

Full post as published by Food Poisoning Law Blog on May 01, 2009 (boomark / email).