The FDA won’t comment on a key element in its investigation into the conditions at a peanut butter plant linked to an outbreak of infections from Salmonella Senftenberg.
Warning letters are routinely sent to companies
Continue Reading The federal agency won’t say if it sent a warning letter to makers of Jif peanut butter
According to documents from the Food and Drug Administration, the agency received hundreds of complaints about illnesses related to Jif peanut butter and an outbreak of Salmonella infections earlier this year.
However, the Centers for
Continue Reading Hundreds of consumers filed complaints thinking their illnesses were caused by Jif
A decade of inspections at J.M. Smucker Company’s production facility in Lexington, KY, leaves questions about how Salmonella found its way into products and spread to consumers.
This May, the outbreak strain of Salmonella Senftenberg
Continue Reading A look at over 10 years of Smucker’s Kentucky facility’s inspections
The CDC has declared that an outbreak of infections from Salmonella Senftenberg in Jif peanut butter is over, and the FDA investigation has been closed.
The outbreak had 21 patients confirmed infected across 17 states.
Continue Reading CDC says 17-state Jif peanut butter Salmonella outbreak is over
The Food and Drug Administration is continuing to investigate several food-related outbreaks of infections, with patient numbers slowly increasing.
Sources of pathogens behind the outbreak infections have not been identified in five of nine outbreaks
Continue Reading FDA continues investigations into several foodborne illness outbreaks
Federal officials are investigating a new outbreak of infections from Listeria monocytogenes but have not released any specific information.
The Food and Drug Administration announced the outbreak investigation in its weekly update, indicating that a
Continue Reading No details on new outbreak of Listeria infections; FDA working on other outbreaks
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a new outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections, but little information has been released.
Ten patients have been identified in the E. coli outbreak, but no information has
Continue Reading FDA investigating new outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections; 10 people sick
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From peanut butter cups to chicken salad, recalls caused by J.M. Smucker Co.’s peanut butter recall keep coming.
Peanut butter is a product uniquely positioned to cause a cascade of secondary recalls.
Continue Reading Peanut butter related recalls keep on rolling as Salmonella outbreak investigation continues
Editor’s note: This column was originally published on eFoodAlert.com and is reprinted here with the permission of the author.
By Phyllis Entis
Between September 2008 and April 2009, contaminated peanut butter manufactured by the Peanut
Continue Reading Pets, peanut butter and Salmonella: A cautionary tale
A G Specialty Foods Inc of Happy Valley, Oregon is recalling certain perishable products including “The Goods” Snack Pack, We Be PB & Jammin’ Snack Box, Peanut Butter Strawberry Jam Old Fashioned White Bread, and
Continue Reading A G Specialty Foods recalls sandwiches and snack boxes containing Jif peanut butter
