A price tag of nearly $1 billion has recently been
associated with the peanut butter recall, with the cost
affecting both manufacturers and health officials as well
as consumers, according to reports deriving from the Peanut
Butter Corp of America Congressional hearings and
Associated Press reports.
Michigan alone has spent nearly $400,000 monitoring peanut
butter products entering the state, according to local
newspaper reports. The Public News Service also released a
list of additional peanut butter recall products.
Peanut Butter Recall
The recall began January 13 and has sickened more than 700
individuals across 46 states as well as resulted in the
death of approximately nine Americans. On January 9, the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) initiated an
investigation at the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA)
plant, which is located in Blakely, Georgia. On January 27,
by the time more than 400 individuals were sickened, the
FDA concluded that improper methods had been used when
monitoring and testing the peanut butter for salmonella.
The PCA made an additional recall on January 28 following
their initial January 13 recall, which included products
from the previous two years. On February 5, the FDA posted
an amendment to its initial reports involving PCA records
and stated that the information given to them by the PCA
was not consistent with the information the FDA uncovered
during their investigation. Congressional hearings were
then set to further investigate the salmonella infections
among many Americans. Dealing With Peanut Butter Risks
While hundreds of Americans were reportedly affected by the
peanut butter recall of 2009, health officials anticipate
that number to be much higher as many individuals likely
were sickened by tainted peanut butter without knowledge of
their actually condition.
Those who feel they may have been sickened by the
salmonella outbreak should contact a medical professional
to be tested for their symptoms in order to confirm or
dissolve any theories of a salmonella diagnosis. It is also
imperative that those who were sickened or may have been at
risk for developing salmonella poisoning because of
consumption of recalled peanut butter speak to a food
safety attorney who can provide a consultation to
salmonella poisoned victims. It is imperative that
individuals receive compensation for the potential dangers
exposed to them by such a recall.
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