2009 February 12th
Further disturbing news revealed inspections showed the company had not only several tests that showed salmonella contamination but also cockroaches, a leaky roof and filthy equipment, the FDA has said. Viewers to this HensonFuerst Nursing Home blog were alerted in January to the salmonella outbreak involving peanut butter & peanut paste shipped to nursing homes from Peanut Corporation of America. Heightened vigilance is encouraged for those viewers who oversee the care of family and friends entrusted to nursing home care.
Click to read this Breaking News story from Reuters
2009 February 3rd
Peanut butter paste from a Cary, North Carolina, cracker factory owned by the Kellogg Company’s Austin Quality Foods division has been found to contain the same strain of salmonella that has sickened more than 500 people, including North Carolinians. As deaths have been attributed to this salmonella outbreak, blog viewers are encouraged to remain especially vigilant when overseeing the care and nutritional services provided to friends and family in nursing home care.
Read the complete WRAL news story on Cary’s Austin Quality Foods connection to salmonella.
2009 January 29th
The Ohio Department of Health says it has identified three cases of salmonella in Portage County that are linked to the national outbreak linked to peanut butter products. In another case, involving the death of a nursing home patient in Minnesota, a large tub at the facility has been found to be contaminated with the same strain of salmonella which has sickened people throughout the United States.
Click to read the complete story from the website of WKYC-TV.
2009 January 29th
Many news outlets are reporting that peanut butter and peanut paste contaminated with a specific strain of bacteria called salmonella typhimurium may have wound up at nursing homes. According to today’s USA TODAY, the Peanut Corp. of America (PCA) made these products in its Blakely, Ga., plant and sold them to institutions such as schools, hospitals and nursing homes, and to food manufacturers across the country. Persons with family members and friends in nursing home case should make inquiries of the home’s management about the source of peanut butter products served to patients.
Click to read the entire USA TODAY article.