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Botulism Fears Prompt FDA to Warn Consumers Off Certain Earth's Best Baby Food
WASHINGTON - The FDA here said Friday it is warning consumers not to feed their babies baby food from certain jars of Earth's Best Organic 2 Apple Peach Barley Wholesome Breakfast baby food, because of the risk of contamination with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause botulism. -
ConAgra Recalls Some Peter Pan, Great Value Peanut Butter in Salmonella Scare
OMAHA, Neb. -- ConAgra Foods has voluntarily recalled all varieties of peanut butter under the Peter Pan Peanut Butter and Great Value labels carrying the product code 2111 on the lid, and said it is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a link to the tainted products and its plant in Sylvester, Ga., where the peanut butter was made. So far, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has tentatively linked the product to almost 300 incidents of salmonella poisoning in 39 states.