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Brand-name peanut butter on grocery store shelves is considered safe.

In all other cases, check the FDA recall list if you have any doubt about a product.

Although the number of cases reported is dwindling, officials expect there will be more cases before the outbreak is over.

HealthDay News

“U.S. officials have launched a criminal investigation into the salmonella outbreak tied to tainted peanut products that have sickened more than 500 people and may have caused at least eight deaths.

“The probe will focus on possible criminal violations at the Georgia processing plant owned by Peanut Corp. of America, which knowingly shipped peanut butter and peanut paste products in the past that had tested positive for salmonella, officials said Friday.

“Dr. Stephen Sundlof, head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s food safety center, said the Justice Department will head up the investigation, with assistance from the FDA.”

Source:  HealthDay News, February 1, 2009