King Nut Peanut Butter Recall
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Last year it was tainted peanut butter. Now again this year the same problem, tainted peanut butter. In the most recent cases, it has been reported that bulk peanut butter that had been shipped to nursing homes and institutional cafeterias, was tainted. Now the salmonella cases have touched the Kellogg Corporation which has now recalled 16 products as federal officials confirm contamination at a Georgia facility that sent peanut products to 85 food companies.
This latest nationwide outbreak has sickened hundreds, if not thousands of people across the country and has killed at least six. If you or your family have become sick or was wrongfully killed as a result of eating tainted peanut butter, call our Law Firm now at 1-800-862-1260. Call our Law Firm day or night, we are available to discuss your case for free and help determine how to best to proceed.
It is the belief of this Law Firm that this is not the first contamination of peanut butter that has caused injury and death and unless the more careless manufactures start putting health and safety before corporate profits, this type of problem will continue. Call our Law Firm today and learn more about how and why "salmonella" has been able to get into the peanut butter supply of this Country on more that one occasion and why this condition can be so dangerous or even deadly.
Ohio-based King Nut acknowledged on January 10, 2009 that salmonella had been found in an open 5-pound tub of King Nut peanut butter. King Nut Companies issued a total recall of the King Nut peanut butter.
King Nut peanut butter was identified as the source of an outbreak that may have contributed to one death in Minnesota.
King Nut notes that peanut butter sold under its label was manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America. The release gave no other details on the manufacturer, but Peanut Corporation of America's Web site lists its headquarters as Lynchburg, Virginia, and says it has processing operations in Virginia, Georgia and Texas.
King Nut took this action as soon as it was informed that salmonella had been found in an open five-pound tub of King Nut peanut butter. King Nut distributes peanut butter only through food service accounts. It is not sold directly to consumers. The King Nut peanut butter is sold in 5-pound containers to food service companies that supply places such as schools, hospitals and other institutions.
This particular King Nut peanut butter is distributed to long-term care facilities, hospitals, schools, restaurants, delis, universities, cafeterias and bakeries. It is not clear yet whether the product is for sale in grocery stores.
U.S. health officials had formed a task force to seek the source of the latest outbreak, which began last fall and so far has sickened 399 Americans, according to the latest numbers issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The strain of salmonella has been identified as Salmonella Typhimurium, the most common of the more than 2,500 types of salmonella bacteria in the United States.
Common Symptons of Salmonella
1. Usually causes diarrhea, which may be bloody
2. Is sometimes accompanied by nausea, vomiting, headache and chills that can last up to a week
3. The patient usually experiences abdominal cramps
4. Fever Symptoms become evident from 1 to 4 days after exposure to the bacteria
Legal Help for Salmonella Victims
If you or a loved recently have ingested King Nut peanut butter at a long-term care facility, hospital, school, restaurant, deli, university, cafeteria or bakery and suffered Salmonella poisoning, you may have valuable legal rights, please fill out the form at the right for a free case evaluation by our Law Firm. Our call our toll free number: 1-800-862-1260.
