By Tiffany Washko •
February 17, 2009
As a mom that often blogs about the latest going on in the news in regards to child safety, I was especially saddened by the story on Root today of Hamil R. Harris, a reporter for The Washington Post. His son Issiah is one of the victims of the recent peanut butter salmonella scare. He came very close to to losing his toddler to this horror and ironically because he is so used to being the one covering the news he never imagined that something like this would touch his family.
Tummy aches, fever and diarrhea plagued his son but Harris was skeptical that it could be linked to the salmonella poisoning. The family could not deny something was seriously wrong though after little Isaiah began to fill his little diapers with bloody stools. They saved the diapers so that tests could be run. The culprit they believe was tainted peanut butter crackers.
By Jennifer Lance •
February 13, 2009
Peanut Corp. of America executives have taken the Fifth Amendment in the peanut butter recall scandal.
The Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution protects us from self-incrimination:
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
When asked to testify Wednesday before the House committee hearing on the salmonella peanut butter contamination, Peanut Corporation officials followed legal advice to avoid possible self-incrimination and stayed home. Specifically, Stewart Parnell, president of the Peanut Corporation of America, and plant manager Sammy Lightsey are under investigation about the notification they received last fall by a private lab that their products tested positive for salmonella.
By Heather Dunham •
February 1, 2009
With all the bad news lately about salmonella-tainted peanut butter in processed food products, isn’t it high time we had a peanut butter story we could feel good about?
Every day, the news is just getting worse and worse. More and more products, including natural and organic ones, are being recalled in the US and Canada. Our faith in our entire food supply system is being tested.
But there is some good news. Not all food manufacturers use peanut products from the Peanut Corporation of America. And while we certainly should not become complacent, there is also no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater… or, in this case, with the peanut butter.
By Jennifer Lance •
January 23, 2009
I’m usually not phased by food recalls, including the recent peanut butter recall, because they rarely affect natural food companies. I don’t eat Little Debbie crap, and I certainly don’t eat Keebler products.
Today, however, I discovered a natural, organic product I occasionally eat on the peanut butter recall list: Clif Bars.
By Jennifer Lance •
January 19, 2009
I would never in a million years feed my children Little Debbie products, but I remember eating them as a child.
Yesterday, Little Debbie announced the recall of its snack products containing peanut butter due to concerns of salmonella contamination.
Salmonella can be deadly, especially to children, and the company has responded with a voluntary recall of cookies, cakes, ice cream and other foods with peanut butter. The focus of the recall is peanut paste, in addition to peanut butter, produced at Peanut Corp.’s Blakely, Ga., facility. The peanut paste, made from roasted peanuts, which is often an ingredient in cookies, cakes and other products. Little Debbie has included its Peanut Butter Cheese sandwich cookies and Peanut Butter Toasty sandwich crackers in the recall.
By Jessica Gottlieb •
January 15, 2009
Five adults have died with salmonella infection and Peanut Corp. of America (PCA) may be the cause of the outbreak.
Kudos to Kellogs for preemptively pulling their cookies from the shelves. Yeah, I said that, Kellogs, pimpmaster of all things packaged, high fructose, genetically modified, partially hydrogenated, frankenfood. Yeah, they’re doing the right thing.
By Jamie Ervin •
January 8, 2009
When I found this Peanut Butter from Peanut Butter & Co. I was THRILLED. It looked so tasty (and it is!) and would (hopefully) satisfy my chocolate craving in a positive way (it does).
The ingredients: peanuts, evaporated cane juice, cocoa, cocoa butter, organic palm oil, vanilla, soy lecithin and salt.
It is GLUTEN FREE, Certified Vegan, has no hydrogenated oil and no refined sugar. The best part is that this peanut butter tastes so darn good! I’m enjoying it on whole grain toast every morning and the kids love it on crackers, bananas and apples.
There are 170 calories and 13 grams of fat in a 2 tablespoon serving, this is comparable calorie-wise to regular peanut butter and has less fat (without being a fake reduced fat peanut butter!).
