Jan 17 2009
Now peanut butter?
The FDA is now telling us to avoid peanut butter. Well, specifically peanut paste and peanut butter produced at a facility in Blakely, Georgia, owned by Peanut Corp. of America, according to an article on Yahoo! News. This is due to a deadly outbreak of salmonella contamination, which is currently being investigated.
But the FDA states that most other peanut butters sold in jars at grocery stores appear to be safe. Hopefully they’re right.
Honestly, I just found out about this, so I’m definitely going to have to let my mom know about this one (if she doesn’t already). I know we recently did a bit of grocery shopping, but I can’t recall if we brought any peanut butter or peanut butter/paste-containing food items. And if you didn’t know about this beforehand, either, it is probably safest to cut down (a lot) on peanut butter items.
I know this will be especially difficult for peanut butter lovers. It would be like me hearing about an announcement to avoid all chocolate bars (or maybe more specifically, all items containing sugar hehe). But just like all other food scares, remember that this one will also eventually be resolved, so hang in there. 
