Category: Digestive System
A growing list of companies are recalling products containing peanut butter ingredients because of concerns of Salmonella contamination. The latest is Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products, Inc., which is recalling its Lofthouse brand Peanut butter Cookies, Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies, and Peanut Butter Fudge No-Bake Cookies and its Parco Foods’ Chuck’s Chunky food service brand Peanut Butter Cookies and Pastries Plus [...]
The South Bend Chocolate Company was the latest company to issue a recall of some of its peanut butter-containing products due to concerns over Salmonella contamination. The recalled products are candies sold under the South Bend Chocolate Company brand name. For a full list of the products recalled see the company’s press release at the end [...]
Consumers should not eat peanut butter containing products until investigators have determined that the products are free of contamination from the bacterium Salmonella, U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention officials said today, Jan. 17. As of yesterday, Friday, Jan. 16, 474 people in 43 states have become infected a strain of the bacterium [...]
As a precautionary measure, Kellogg Company has put a hold on its Austin and Keebler branded Toasted Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers, Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Crackers, Cheese and Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers, and Peanut Butter-Chocolate Sandwich Crackers. Kellogg announced the move after it learned one of the suppliers of the peanut paste , Peanut [...]
The Peanut Corporation of America has issued a nationwide recall of peanut butter produced in its facility in Blakely, Georgia after the product has been linked to an outbreak of Salmonella infections that has sickened more than 400. As of Friday, 11 Washington State residents have been infected. The recalled peanut butter was distributed to [...]
Preliminary laboratory tests by health officials in Minnesota indicate that at least one 5-pound container of King Nut creamy peanut butter may be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. In response, the distributer of the product, which is used by food services in hospitals, cafeterias, schools and other facilities, has issued a recall. The product is not [...]
WHAT: This free support group is open to all patients who have had gastric bypass surgery at Virginia Mason. We will cover information on healthy eating and exercise and special topics. Patients interested in gastric bypass that have not yet had surgery are welcome, but be reminded that this group is meant to primarily support [...]
Description Virginia Mason offers a free networking group for patients with pancreatic or other GI cancers. This free support group is offered on the first and third Wednesday of each month. The purpose of the group is to provide an opportunity to share information and advice with others facing a similar diagnosis and [...]
Gilda’s Club of Seattle will host a evening talk on colon cancer survivorship on December 11. The event is entitled: Mosaic of Colon Cancer Survivorship. The evening will include a talk by a physician on advances in prevention, detection and treatment and a talk by a colon cancer survivor. Dinner will be provided. The [...]
Gilda’s Club of Seattle will host a evening talk on colon cancer survivorship on December 11. The event is entitled: Mosaic of Colon Cancer Survivorship. The evening will include a talk by a physician on advances in prevention, detection and treatment and a talk by a colon cancer survivor. Dinner will be provided. The talk [...]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has safety tips to help you avoid food poisoning during the upcoming holiday season. Incompletely cooked turkey, inadequately refrigerated leftovers and other perils can lead to painful but avoidable bouts of illness. The very young, the very old, pregnant women and people with impaired immune systems are particularly [...]
October 22—Health officials today approved the reopening of the Lake Stevens restaurant that investigators had linked to an E. coli outbreak that had sickened 17. The restaurant Ixtapa at 303 – 91st Ave. NE in Lake Stevens, north of Seattle had shut its doors voluntarily yesterday (Oct. 21) in order to sanitize the entire restaurant and remove all [...]
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