OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 23, 2007
CDC: Peanut Butter Is Salmonella Source
Agency Confirms That Contamination Came From Product At Georgia Plant
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A shelf sits empty at Stansels Thriftway in Clovis, N.M., on Feb. 15, 2007, after a recall of peanut butter. ConAgra Foods says its nationwide recall of peanut butter will cost $50 million to $60 million. (AP/Clovis News-Journal/Andy DeLisle)
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Barkay, 76, had been hospitalized with gastrointestinal problems, then developed a bacterial infection before she died Jan. 30, said her lawyer, Rob Peirce.
Her husband, William, was sick with similar symptoms late last year, after the Barkays bought the peanut butter, according to the lawyer and the lawsuit. Their daughter also got sick after eating the peanut butter while at her parents' home for her mother's funeral, Peirce said.
Roberta Barkay was not tested for salmonella, but Peirce said the peanut butter the family ate was part of the batch ConAgra recalled last week. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.
Kircher, the ConAgra spokesman, said he couldn't comment on the specifics of the lawsuit.
"We're working to get in touch with that plaintiff's attorney to learn all we can," Kircher said Thursday.
Across the country, at least four other lawsuits claim negligence by the company led to the salmonella illnesses.
To get a refund, consumers can return the product at the place of purchase or mail in lids with their names and addresses to ConAgra Foods, P.O. Box 3768, Omaha, NE 68103. For more information, call (866) 344-6970 or visit ConAgra's Web site at http://www.conagrafoods.com.
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- But, wasn't Jimmy Carter a peanut farmer?
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- It's George Bush and *** Cheney's fault!!! They are to blame for this!!! Oh, let's not forget Halliburtin. All trying to take over the world via bad peanut butter!!!
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- If you got sick off of this peanut butter, save your jars, and call your local health department, they will test you and the peanut butter for free. Do not throw away your jars, do not give your jars back to the store, bag them and tag them as evidence.
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- If you got sick off of this stuff don't turn your jars in, bag them and tag them as proof.
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