Environmental Toxins: Peanut Butter Recalled

ConAgra Foods Inc. is asking that consumers throw away jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter beginning with product code "2111;" this batch of peanut butter has been linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 288 people in 39 states since August. The contaminated peanut butter was produced by ConAgra at a plant in Sylvester, Georgia but it is unclear how salmonella got into the peanut butter.

Peanut Butter Recalled Over Salmonella

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention says that this appears to be the first salmonella outbreak caused by peanut butter. ConAgra officials say they are unsure why the CDC believes their peanut butter to be the source of the outbreak because its own tests of the peanut butter and of the plant have been negative. Spokesman Chris Kircher said that "we're trying to understand what else we need to do or should be doing. We want to do what's right by the consumer."