Second Death Linked To Tainted Peanut Butter

[UpInArms]

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/02/peanut_butter_recall06.html

An elderly Chicago area man may be the second person to die after eating tainted peanut butter. George Baldwin was said to be in relatively good health just before his recent death from complications of food poisoning. His family believes he was killed by his fondness for Peter Pan peanut butter.

"He puts the peanut butter on toast, eats the toast, in six hours he develops fever, nausea, diarrhea and vomiting -- all of which are signs of salmonella poisoning," Baldwin family attorney Don McGarrah told WBBM-TV.

An independent lab is reportedly testing the jar of peanut butter from the Baldwin household. A family member says its lid bore the code number 2111, marking it as among the potentially tainted product.

A 76-year old Pennsylvania woman's death last month is also allegedly linked to the salmonella-tainted peanut butter. Roberta Barkay of Philadelphia died from complications of food poisoning, and family members contend she too ate peanut butter shortly before her death. The family has hired an attorney who has filed suit against the manufacturer, ConAgra.

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1. They knew the risks!

A bunch of greedy people trying to cash in on poor ConAgra because it sold a deadly product that everyone knows could kill you.

{Blink}

Hmmm, whyizzit the tobacco industry defense just sounds so . . . stupid unless you're talking about cigarettes?

[noonwitch]

2. Meijer took all Peter Pan off the shelves

Luckily, I'm a Jif fan.

[kestrel91316]

3. I bought my first jar of PB in years, a couple of months ago, from

Whole Paycheck. Organic, WF house brand.

I prefer not to patronize corporate factory food any more than necessary - WF organic is slightly less offensive to me.

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4. I went ahead and tossed

my jar of Great Value peanut butter. I only had been eating it for six months. I never felt ill or anything but I had eaten 2/3 of the jar before hearing about this. I bought it several months ago. I don't think there was anything wrong with it. I wonder if there is a Government subsidy or something if a company recalls a food product? It had 2111 on th lid.