Received: from yourlk4rlmsu41 [69.29.29.245] by mail.mopublic.org with ESMTP (SMTPD-10.0) id AC5D0514; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:31:25 -0600 Message-ID: From: "Chris Gilliam" To: "Kathy Parker" Subject: 1 of 2 Release for website Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:17:31 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="multipart/alternative"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_005B_01C979EC.D8EB45B0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 Disposition-Notification-To: "Chris Gilliam" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-RCPT-TO: Status: X-UIDL: 527107764 X-IMail-ThreadID: fc5c00df00006210 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_005B_01C979EC.D8EB45B0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_005C_01C979EC.D8EB45B0" ------=_NextPart_001_005C_01C979EC.D8EB45B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable BlankPart 1 of 2 Release for website. For Immediate Release: January 19, 2009 =20 Contact: Brian Quinn 573-634-8042 or 573-462-6636 =20 Peanut Butter Snack Items Recalled Due to Salmonella Health Risk State Health Department Urges Consumer Caution =20 As part of the ongoing nationwide salmonella outbreak investigation and = to underscore the importance of using caution when eating peanut butter = products, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MDHSS) = is issuing a warning to the public to avoid consuming all products in = which peanut butter is an ingredient. These products may be = contaminated with Salmonella, a family of bacteria which can cause = gastrointestinal illness in healthy persons that varies in severity, but = can create serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, = frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.=20 =20 As of January 16, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention = (CDC) reported 474 persons from 43 states have been infected with the = outbreak strain of Salmonella, with Missouri now reporting nine cases. = State and local health officials are continuing to investigate the = outbreak, and are conducting effectiveness checks in grocery and = convenience stores to assure that recalled products have been removed = from sale. =20 =20 Illnesses reported in the outbreak have been associated with products = made by Peanut Corporation of America, a firm that sells peanut butter = for institutional use and to other food processors for use as an = ingredient in other products. No peanut butter in jars sold at grocery = stores is currently involved in the current recalls. Further, no other = food products appear to be involved in this outbreak, though the = investigation is ongoing and other foods could be included at any time. =20 The types of products involved in the nationwide recall include peanut = butter cookies, candy and snack crackers; a complete listing of specific = products currently being recalled can be found at the Food and Drug = Administration=92s website at www.fda.gov. As the investigation = continues and more products are identified as being potentially linked = to the outbreak, this list of recalled products will more than likely = expand, so consumers should continue to check the list for recalled = products. =20 =20 =20 --more-- =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 Consumers should follow these recommendations to help protect against = salmonella poisoning and to help limit the outbreak: =20 =B7 Do not eat products that have been recalled and throw them = away in a manner that prevents others from eating them. =20 =B7 Postpone eating other peanut butter containing products (such = as cookies, crackers, cereal, candy and ice cream) until information = becomes available about whether that product may be affected.=20 =20 =B7 Persons who think they may have become ill from eating peanut = butter are advised to consult their health care providers. =20 We also advise institutions like schools, hospitals, cafeterias, = correctional facilities and the like to check with the supplier of their = peanut butter to see if it may have been manufactured by Peanut = Corporation of America, if so discontinue use of these products. =20 Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, = diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In = rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism = getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as = arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and = arthritis.=20 =20 For more information, contact your local public health agency or click = on www.cdc.gov. =20 #### =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 Chris Gilliam, MHA, Director Howell County Health Department 411 Garfield West Plains Missouri 65775 Phone: 417/256-7078 Fax: 417/256-1179 Email: gillic@lpha.mopublic.org This electronic communication is from the Howell County Health = Department and is confidential, privileged and intended only for the recipient named above. If you are = not the intended recipient=20 or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this information to = the intended recipient,=20 unauthorized disclosure, copying, distribution or use of contents of = this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify = the sender immediately at the following email address gillic@lpha.mopublic.org or by calling = 417/256-7078. Thank you. = =20 ------=_NextPart_001_005C_01C979EC.D8EB45B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Blank

Part 1 of 2 Release for=20 website.

 

For Immediate Release:

January 19,=20 2009

 

Contact:

Brian=20 Quinn

573-634-8042=20 or

573-462-6636

 

Peanut Butter Snack Items = Recalled Due to Salmonella Health=20 Risk

State Health Department Urges = Consumer=20 Caution

 

As=20 part of the ongoing nationwide salmonella outbreak investigation and to=20 underscore the importance of using caution when eating peanut butter = products,=20 the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (MDHSS) is = issuing=20 a warning to the public to avoid consuming all products in which peanut = butter=20 is an ingredient.  These = products=20 may be=20 contaminated with Salmonella, a family of bacteria which can = cause=20 gastrointestinal illness in healthy persons that varies in severity, but = can=20 create serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail = or=20 elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.=20

 

As of January 16, the federal Centers for = Disease Control=20 and Prevention (CDC) reported 474 persons from 43 states have been = infected with=20 the outbreak strain of Salmonella, with Missouri now reporting = nine=20 cases.  State and local health = officials are=20 continuing to investigate the outbreak, and are conducting effectiveness = checks=20 in grocery and convenience stores to assure that recalled products have = been=20 removed from sale. 

 

Illnesses reported in the = outbreak have been=20 associated with products made by Peanut Corporation of America, a firm = that=20 sells peanut butter for institutional use and to other food processors = for use=20 as an ingredient in other products. =20 No peanut butter in jars sold at grocery stores is currently = involved in=20 the current recalls.  = Further, no=20 other food products appear to be involved in this outbreak, though the=20 investigation is ongoing and other foods could be included at any=20 time.

 

The types of products involved in the = nationwide=20 recall include peanut butter cookies, candy and snack crackers; a = complete=20 listing of specific products currently being recalled can be found at = the Food=20 and Drug Administration=92s website at www.fda.gov.  As the investigation continues = and more=20 products are identified as being potentially linked to the outbreak, = this list=20 of recalled products will more than likely expand, so consumers should = continue=20 to check the list for recalled products. =20

 

 

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Consumers should follow these=20 recommendations to help protect against salmonella poisoning and to help = limit=20 the outbreak:

 

=B7       =20 Do not eat products that have been recalled and = throw=20 them away in a manner that prevents others from eating=20 them.

 

=B7       =20 Postpone eating other peanut butter containing = products=20 (such as cookies, crackers, cereal, candy and ice cream) until = information=20 becomes available about whether that product may be affected.=20

 

=B7       =20 Persons who think they may have become ill from = eating=20 peanut butter are advised to consult their health care=20 providers.

 

We also advise institutions like schools, = hospitals,=20 cafeterias, correctional facilities and the like to check with the = supplier of=20 their peanut butter to see if it may have been manufactured by Peanut=20 Corporation of America, if so discontinue use of these=20 products.

 

Healthy persons infected with Salmonella = often=20 experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and = abdominal=20 pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result = in the=20 organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe = illnesses such=20 as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and = arthritis.=20

 

For more information, contact your local public health agency = or click on=20 www.cdc.gov.

 

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Chris Gilliam, MHA, Director
Howell County Health = Department
411=20 Garfield
West Plains Missouri 65775
Phone: =20 417/256-7078
Fax:  417/256-1179
Email:  gillic@lpha.mopublic.org
 

This electronic communication is from the Howell County Health=20 Department and is confidential,
privileged and intended only for the=20 recipient named above.  If you are not the intended recipient =
or the=20 employee or agent responsible for delivering this information to the = intended=20 recipient,
unauthorized disclosure, copying, distribution or use of = contents=20 of this transmission is strictly
prohibited.  If you have = received this=20 message in error, please notify the sender immediately
at the = following email=20 address gillic@lpha.mopublic.org=20 or by calling 417/256-7078.
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