I Don't Think The FDA Really Knows What's Behind This Latest Salmonella Outbreak!

Is it just peanut butter products that are infecting people with salmonella or the actual peanuts that are found in numerous foods? Which is it,FDA? I don't think they have a good handle on this situation,as usual. At first,we were told to stay away from peanut butter.Now,it may be the peanuts that are found in various baked goods.And the only reason they suspect peanuts is because some folks don't recall ever eating peanut butter. So,what is causing this recent outbreak of salmonella poisoning? I wouldn't trust our bumbling government to find this information out in a timely fashion.Here's more from Yahoo News:

"The recall includes Austin and Keebler branded Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers, in addition to some snack-size packs of Famous Amos Peanut Butter Cookies and Keebler Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies.

Sandra Williams, a compliance officer with the Food and Drug Administration in Detroit, advised consumers not to eat the products and to contact a doctor if they have any symptoms.

"This is a very active investigation, but we don't yet have the data to provide consumers with specifics about what brands or products they should avoid," said Stephen Sundlof, director of the FDA's food safety center. Although salmonella bacteria has been found at the Georgia plant, for example, more tests are needed to see if it matches the strain that has made people sick.

The investigation includes not just peanut butter, but baked goods and other products that contain peanuts and are sold directly to consumers. Health officials say as many as one-third of the people who got sick did not recall eating peanut butter.

Officials said they are focusing on peanut paste, as well as peanut butter, produced at a Blakely, Ga., facility owned by Peanut Corp. of America. Under scrutiny are 32 of the 85 companies that Peanut Corp. supplies, because of when they received shipments of peanut butter or paste. The companies are being urged to test their products, or pull them from the shelves as Kellogg did.

The processing plant passed its last inspection this summer."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090117/ap_on_bi_ge/salmonella_outbreak

The quality of this video is poor.But,as you can see from this CNN medical correspondent,Elizabeth Cohen,told people just last week that they didn't have to stay away from peanut butter altogether.Now,we are being told to stay away from it.Does anyone really know what's going on here? From this report,it appears that they don't!