Where is the Peanut Butter coming from?

[sarcasmo]

I have a hunch that the Peanut Butter they use in these crackers doesn't come from this country. All of the media reports mention the products but no report mentions where the salmonella tainted peanut butter comes from. I threw away my peaches from Dole that had the China label, is this tainted peanut butter coming from China? I realize it's a bit off the daily topic, but it has been bugging me.

[SpiralHawk]

1. Are they corporate industrially-farmed chem-drenched, mutant peanuts?

I'd bet a Nutter Butter...Spare America the corporate industrial chemicalized mutant food (aka Republicon Homelander Food Facsimile Product.

Puhlease...

[cynatnite]

5. Yum...I love those cookies. n/t

[Romulox]

2. My guess is that the salmonella comes from the illegal immigrants they use to process the stuff

right here in America.

Unregulated labor means that any and all safety and sanitary regulations are optional.

[sarcasmo]

4. If you read the packaging on some of these items, it usually is worded

This item packaged in blank city, pick your state. The item never says where it was processed.

[CBGLuthier]

6. I am quite sure the illegal immigrants

would be happy to use sanitary and safe facilities if the american citizen's that employed them would provide them.

Or do you think these people are inherently unsanitary? Is that your point?

[Romulox]

7. No, my point is unregulated labor is unregulated. No OSHA means No FDA, either. nt

[CBGLuthier]

3. Peanut Corporation of America's Blakely, Ga

Peanut Corporation of America's Blakely, Ga

Took less than a minute to find this. Maybe you need better news sources?


http://www.wisconsinagconnection.com/story-national.php?Id=145&yr=2009

[Romulox]

8. They haven't found the source of the contamination, genius.

:eyes:

[CBGLuthier]

13. I may or may not be a genius, but

You may want to work on that reading thing

It appears that the only peanut butter linked to the outbreak was an institutional brand sold in 5 to 50 pounds tubs to schools, hospitals and nursing homes under the King Nut and Parnell's Pride label. It was never sold at the retail level and is not available at supermarkets and grocery stores, FDA says.

As for products that might contain the tainted peanut butter and peanut paste, FDA is encouraging companies that bought from the Peanut Corporation of America's Blakely, Ga., plant to inform consumers their products might be contaminated.

[Romulox]

15. You are also not a logician.

They know where the stuff was processed. They don't know if the point of processing is also the source of contamination. Do you understand the distinction? Do you understand why it is important to find out?

Keep working at it. I know you'll get it, eventually.:hi:

[ellenfl]

22. the salmonella was found in a processing plant in georgia.

con-agra (makers of peter pan) also have processing plants there.

take your chances . . . or not. i'm not playing russian roulette with MY life. you can, if you want. i have already been sickened by peanut butter. i will not buy any for a while. if everyone did that, the problems would be fixed more quickly, i bet.

ellen fl

[Romulox]

23. They haven't identified the plant as the SOURCE of the salmonella. nt

[ellenfl]

24. so? i agree we need to know for sure but for now i'm not taking

any chances no matter what the ultimate source. rationalize all you want. i won't eat potentially toxic foodstuffs if i have a choice. i don't know if the pb i ate had salmonella. what i DO know is that it made me sick. that is ALL i need to know for now.

i have hope that our new gummint will fix this among other things.

ellen fl

[Romulox]

25. Er, so? Because it's important to trace and eliminate contaminants in our food supply?

Maybe?

"rationalize all you want."

Are you on LSD? What a bizarre statement. :silly:

[Donnachaidh]

12. they don't mention if there is a connection to the same sort of outbreak last year

This is the second big outbreak, and I'll bet dollars to donuts that it's linked to the same plant that was supposedly cleaned up here in Georgia last year. It doesn't have to be Chinese to be messed up. We've got corporations in this country that put profit before anything else. ESPECIALLY in Georgia.

[earth mom]

9. Does anyone know if this is peanut butter in the jar?

We have a couple of jars of Skippy on hand. :yoiks:

[underpants]

10. Okay on the closed caption this morning local news a woman said "HOLD OFF ON PEANUT BUTTER for now"

:shrug:

[earth mom]

16. Thanks!

:hi:

[Romulox]

11. They're saying that jars of peanut butter are unaffected. But I don't really trust that they know

for sure.

[earth mom]

17. You are probably right.

:scared:

[conscious evolution]

20. Not according to local news

This plant only makes industrial grade pb for use by other food producers.

[sui generis]

14. georgia

betcha it turns out they process peanut butter in the same plant they process chikkin parts.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

18. Langley.

:tinfoilhat:




/tfh

[conscious evolution]

19. Comes from Georgia

And it is only found in prepackaged cookies and the like.
Regular PB for sandwiches is ok as the plant does not make pb for that use.

[deaniac21]

21. Ah think Jimma had a hand in this!