Resources for Consumers and Industry

Resources for Consumers

• Do's and Don'ts During the Peanut Salmonella Outbreak: FDAs Dr. Stephen Sundlof (wmv, 1:40)
• FDA Urges Consumers Not to Eat Hundreds of Products Recalled Because of Contaminated Peanuts and Peanut Ingredients
• Frequently Asked Questions and Answers about the Recent Salmonella Outbreak
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency Recall Information
• For More Information About CDC's Outbreak Investigation (CDC)
• General Information: Salmonella (CDC)
• Questions & Answers: Salmonella (CDC)
• Peanut Product Recall and Cancer Patients (National Cancer Institute)

Resources for Industry

FDA has evidence to support classifying the recall of product distributed from the PCA Plainview, Texas facility from January 1, 2007 forward as a Class 1 recall.  This determination was based upon inspectional findings, epidemiological data, internal test results from PCA that are positive for salmonella, test results from consumer samples that match the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium, and FDA positive samples of finished product (post-processed peanut meal collected at the PCA Texas facility)  that match the outbreak strain.  The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) also collected a sample of peanut meal from the same lot collected by FDA at the PCA Texas facility, and has detected the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium.

• Guidance on Safe Production of Foods Containing Peanut-Derived Ingredients
• Guidance for Industry: Product Recalls, Including Removals and Corrections
• FDA Form 483 (Inspectional Observations: Peanut Corporation of America)
• Salmonella Model Press Release