King Nut recalls salmonella-tainted peanut butter

[babylonsister]

King Nut recalls salmonella-tainted peanut butter
Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:13pm EST


CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Ohio-based food distributor has voluntarily recalled two brands of peanut butter after it was told salmonella found in an open five-pound tub sold under the King Nut label.

King Nut Cos, in a statement released Saturday, said it immediately contacted its customers and asked them to remove all King Nut peanut butter and Parnell's Pride peanut butter from the market.

The Solon, Ohio-based King Nut supplies peanut butter to food service companies that distribute the products to institutions like hospitals, schools, restaurants and nursing homes. The brands are not sold directly to consumers.

King Nut said it asked customers to stop distributing all peanut butter with lot codes beginning with the number eight and has canceled orders with the manufacturer, Peanut Corporation of America.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE5090HM20090111

[veganbeatnik]

1. I don't believe this whole peanut butter contamination thing, unless meat was somehow involved

Salmonella comes from contaminated poultry products, if I am not mistaken.

[babylonsister]

2. Salmonella in peanuts is a fact. Might be a different strain, but there's

well-documented evidence...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=salmonella+%2B+peanuts&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=

[veganbeatnik]

4. Maybe, but check this out:

"Many members of this family are a normal part of the gut flora found in the intestines of humans and other animals, while others are found in water or soil, or are parasites on a variety of different animals and plants"

I may be a :tinfoilhat: wearer, but I believe that there is lots of contamination going on on farms as well as factories and the source is the filth generated by animal flesh production.

[KT2000]

3. Be choosy about PB

Most brands remove the peanut oil and replace it with another type of oil.
The reason they do this is because they get more money for peanut oil. Be sure to check your labels so you are getting REAL peanut butter.

[veganbeatnik]

5. If you get natural peanut butter (nonhydrogenated), they may ADD

palm oil because it's saturated and emulsifies (keeps oil and butter mixed in), instead of hydrogenating it. But they aren't removing the peanut oil! How could they? It's part of the nut.

[Flubadubya]

6. Of course they can remove the oil from peanuts...

Where do you think peanut oil comes from? :shrug:

Try it yourself... smash one up and see if the oil doesn't ooze out. :eyes:

[veganbeatnik]

7. Can they remove ALL peanut oil from peanut butter? Because I have heard of

reduced-fat peanut butter, of course, but there will still be a little fat left, I would think.

[Flubadubya]

8. Well, to tell you the truth...

I doubt that anyone could remove ALL the oil from a peanut but I'm sure they can get close to 99%. Also, I don't necessarily believe that peanut butter is completely stripped of peanut oil and the oil replaced with a cheaper kind. I suspect that certain lots of peanuts are used just for oil extraction and the residue used in some other industry, and I think that certain lots of peanuts are used for making peanut butter and they do not remove the oil and replace it. Now, I could go and do some research on that to find out for sure but just do not have the time right now. Hope this helps... just remember, it only MHO. :)

[Diogenes2]

9. King Nut

So... King Nut has issued another sweeping, last-minute
decree, this time involving our peanut butter, and we are
supposed to just bow down and take it!!  Oh, wait... This post
isn't about Bush at all, is it?  Sorry, my bad! The "King
Nut" reference threw me! :-)

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. .

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