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Salmonella found in King Nut peanut butter

January 14th, 2009 by Nina Thompson, ARNP

The likely source of the national salmonella outbreak has been identified in a container of peanut butter at a Minnesota nursing home.  The 5-pound container of King Nut peanut butter, which tested positive, appears to be manufactured for sale in large containers to institutions such as nursing homes, cafeterias, etc.
Salmonella Typhimurium has been reported in 43 [...]

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Update: Salmonella on vegetables

July 29th, 2008 by Nina Thompson, ARNP

Update: July 29, 2008: To date, 1307 persons have been infected with Salmonella Saintpaul.  Jalapeño peppers are likely to be the major cause of this outbreak, but fresh serrano peppers and fresh tomatoes remain under investigation. An FDA laboratory detected Salmonella Saintpaul with the outbreak strain fingerprint pattern in a sample of jalapeño pepper obtained from a [...]

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