Salmonella contaminated peanut butter may have entered the National School Lunch Program.
The US department of Agriculture says schools in California, Idaho and Minnesota received products on the rapidly expanding recall list.
Federal officials have sourced the salmonella outbreak to the peanut corporation of America in Blakely. It’s now under federal Criminal investigation because officials say company records show the plant knew of the potential problem last year. Peanut butter tested positive for salmonella at least 12 times in 2007, but was distributed after it was retested and cleared.
The USDA believes most of the recalled food has been consumed.
(Associated Press)
The US department of Agriculture says schools in California, Idaho and Minnesota received products on the rapidly expanding recall list.
Federal officials have sourced the salmonella outbreak to the peanut corporation of America in Blakely. It’s now under federal Criminal investigation because officials say company records show the plant knew of the potential problem last year. Peanut butter tested positive for salmonella at least 12 times in 2007, but was distributed after it was retested and cleared.
The USDA believes most of the recalled food has been consumed.
(Associated Press)
