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Salmonella Found in Peanut Butter

Minnesota health officials are advising restaurants, schools, nursing homes, hospitals and other commercial kitchens not to serve King Nut brand creamy peanut butter because tests found samples contaminated with Salmonella.

The product, which is sold in five-pound containers, was tested because an epidemiological investigation implicated it as a likely source of Salmonella Typhimurium infection in 30 Minnesota residents, including a woman in her 70s who died. The Minnesota Salmonella cases share the same genetic fingerprint as cases in a national outbreak that has sickened nearly 400 people in 42 states.

Doug Schultz, a spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Health, told the Star Tribune newspaper that further testing next week is likely to confirm the connection between King Nut and the overall outbreak. Minnesota's researchers gained notoriety last year when they linked another multi-state Salmonella outbreak to jalapeno and serrano peppers grown in Mexico. Until then, national officials believed the outbreak of bacterial illness was caused by U.S.-grown tomatoes.

The latest Salmonella outbreak started in early September 2008, but it wasn't reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) until early this week. According to the CDC, Minnesota's 30 confirmed cases is fourth-highest behind California with 55, Ohio with 53 and Massachusetts with 39.

The Minnesota Department of Health said 11 patients from the state were hospitalized and 10 patients were in nursing homes. The woman who died reportedly had many other health conditions, so officials don't know the extent to which the Salmonella infection contributed to her death.

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Food Poisoning Lawyer Fred Pritzker has appeared on national television and has been quoted by national publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press and Lawyers USA. He has been named a "Super Lawyer" by Law and Politics magazine. He is also listed in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America. To contact Fred Pritzker about a food poisoning lawsuit or food safety advocacy, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit the firm's free consultation form.

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