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Peanut Corp. of America Expands Recall

Contrary to earlier reports, the company that federal officials say caused a nationwide Salmonella outbreak sold some products directly to retail stores.
Peanut Corporation of America has issued an expanded recall of its products to include jars and cans of Casey's Dry Roast Peanuts, Casey's Honey Roasted Peanuts, Parnell's Pride Dry Roasted Salted Peanuts and Reggie's Ballpark Style Peanuts Original Salted. The products were sold to retail stores including Dollar Tree, Dollar Ceneral, 99 Cent Stuff and 99 Cent Only stores.
Originally, the Lynchburg, Virginia,-based peanut processor had said it only sold to wholesale outlets, including hundreds of food companies that used peanut butter and peanut paste as ingredients in other food.
But this week, Peanut Corporation of America said it was moving to clear up possible confusion by stating that it sold some products direct to retail in 2007. Those retail products should be considered part of the company's earlier recall of all products made at its Blakely, Georgia, plant since Jan. 1, 2007, the company said in a news release.
Overall, more than 1,790 products with ingredients made at the Georgia plant have been recalled in an ongoing process overseen by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The Georgia plant has been idled during the federal government's investigation of the Salmonella outbreak, which has sickened more than 575 people in 43 states. Eight deaths, including three in Minnesota, may have be associated with the Salmonella outbreak, officials have said.
The federal response to the outbreak includes a criminal investigation of Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) and the government has moved to block the company from selling any goods to any federal entity, including the school lunch program, for more than a year.
PritzkerOlsen Attorneys, a national food safety law firm, is representing the families of two Minnesota women who died with the outbreak strain of Salmonella after eating peanut butter made by PCA. Filed in Hennepin County District Court is a wrongful death lawsuit against PCA on behalf of the heirs of Shirley Mae Almer, 72, of Perham, Minn. She died Dec. 21.
PritzkerOlsen has considerable experience and a reputation for success in representing survivors of foodborne illnesses. The firm is involved in virtually every national outbreak and has collected large sums on behalf of people injured or killed by adulterated food. In addition, the firm is devoted to educating the public about food safety issues and advocating for badly needed food safety legislation.

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