Salmonella in Peanut Butter: What to do if you're sick
Marler Clark is investigating potential Salmonella claims on behalf of 150 families who have contacted us in regards to the Salmonella outbreak that was traced to contaminated peanut butter (see the Salmonella blog for more information about hte outbreak.
What to do if you became ill with Salmonella food poisoning after eating peanut butter:
1. If you or a family member are still sick, please seek medical treatment.
2. If you do seek medical treatment, please ask that a stool and urine culture be done to try and confirm that you have been sickened by salmonella. A positive culture is the only way to confirm that you have been sickened by the Salmonella bacteria.
3. You should contact you local health department about your concerns and to relate information about your family members’ illnesses. Please make note of your peanut butter label, the brand, and the product code found on the lid—“2111” is the implicated product. Also note when and where you purchased it. This information will help the health department’s investigation.
4. If you have any left over peanut butter, please put the entire jar in a plastic bag and place it in a cool spot. Please let your local health department know that you have it. They may offer to test it. If not, we will arrange to have it tested.
5. If any family member is currently sick, please be sure to attend to careful hygiene. Frequent hand washing can help reduce the risk of spreading infection among family members.
My daughter has eaten 1 1/2 jars of this peanut butter with 2111 on the lid in the past 2 weeks. She was complaining of diarrhea for a few days but we thought it was just a bug. Should I take her to be tested? We live in NJ
it is in Las Vegas, Nevada and the Dr. said he had seen 2 other cases that day 2/15/07. My 11 yr. ld granddaughter was up ans throwing up & diarrhea for about 12 hrs. and the Dr. said she was so dehydrated, she needed an IV. She is very small and only weighs 85 lbs. It also gave he the dry heaves for about 6 hr. I want to see iff we can sue for this, just the let the food industry know it is not acceceptable?
well, i have a jar of creamy and cruchy pb and im not sure that we have a local health department...who am i supposed to send the peanut butter to then?
Three of our family members got sick after eating peter pan peanut butter with 2111 on lid. We all three got sick right after and it has lasted over a month. We were diagnosed by our doctor as having the flu. I just heard about the peanut butter problem and checked the lid. We did not get stools examined because of the doctors dianosis. We were put on anitbiotics.