The U.S. Drug and Food Administration, The Centers for Disease Control, along with the Minnesota and Connecticut Departments of Health recently confirmed that it was indeed salmonella causing the nationwide food illness scare. The source was contaminated peanut butter and peanut paste produced by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) at its Blakely, Georgia processing plant.

For more information please visit the following websites:

http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/Salmonellatyph.html

http://www.cdc.gov/socialmedia/

http://pbrecallblog.hhs.gov/

Hear advice from FDA’s Dr. Stephen Sundlof on what to eat during the peanut butter scare:

FDA Dos and Donts During the Peanut Butter Scare