Peanut Corporation of America Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak - Nationwide
At least 714 people in 46 states were confirmed ill with Salmonella Typhimurium infection after consuming peanut and peanut butter products produced by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) in 2008 and 2009. The Minnesota health department first listed a product advisory on January 9, 2009, when the presence of Salmonella was detected in King Nut peanut butter.
The outbreak strain of Salmonella was then traced to the Peanut Corporation of America’s Blakely, GA processing facility. Recalls began with commercially distributed peanut butter, but the list of recalled products quickly grew to include over 3600 products made with peanut butter and peanut paste produced by PCA in the Blakely, GA and Plainview, TX facilities since January 1, 2007. PCA declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy in February of 2009.
Marler Clark has filed 109 lawsuits against PCA on behalf of victims of the Salmonella outbreak, including the family of one man who died as a result of his Salmonella infection. Marler Clark clients who became ill with Salmonella during the outbreak had consumed such products as peanut butter and peanut butter crackers.
The list of peanut butter-related recalls can be found on the FDA website.
ARTICLES ON THE OUTBREAK:
- Salmonella victims seek justice
- Lawyer representing victims of salmonella outbreak finds leaks, holes in Texas peanut plant
- Family sues peanut butter maker over death linked to salmonella outbreak
- Peanut Corp.’s leaky roof a suspect in salmonella cases
- Updates From the Tainted-Peanut Front
- Blaine man sues Kellogg Co. over salmonella case
- Peanut processor filing has no money for injuries
- Food Safety Problems Slip Past Private Inspectors
- Will tainted peanuts land anyone in jail?
- Peanut poisoning lawsuit blames Kellogg Co.
- The peanut recall: From start to end
- Peanut Corporation’s Bankruptcy Doesn’t Stop Lawsuits
- Peanut Corp. of America files Chapter 7 bankruptcy
- Lab tests show possible salmonella at Texas PCA plant
- Peanut Scandal’s Weakest Victims
- Pulsenet: Q & A on the Computer Network that Warned of Salmonella
- The Hartford Asks Court To Clarify Liability In Peanut Salmonella Cases
- Peanut Product Recall Took Company Approval
- Feds Rarely File Charges in Tainted Food Cases
- Punitive Claims Added to Peanut Butter Suit in Light of FDA Report
- Federal Officials Want Criminal Investigation of Peanut Company
- Salmonella Found at Peanut Plant Before
- FDA Inspectors Find Many Problems at Peanut Plant
- How to Make our Food Safety System Stronger
- Peanut Processor Faces Lawsuit in Salmonella Outbreak
- S. Burlington Woman Sues Over Salmonella
- First Suit Tied to Peanut Butter-Related Salmonella Outbreak Is Filed
- FDA confirms salmonella in Kellogg peanut butter snack
- Anger is an Understandable Reaction When Something Benign As Peanut Butter Almost Kills Your Child
- FDA: Avoid Peanut Butter Products
- Kellogg pulls crackers over salmonella concerns
- Minnesota Confirms Tainted Peanut Butter Link to Salmonella Outbreak
- Salmonella outbreak affects Minnesota, 41 other states