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Peanut butter recalled
after salmonella found
SHREDDING IN THE ARB
Lab tests show
bacteria in 5-pound
tub of King Nut
peanut butter
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -
An Ohio distributor says it has
recalled two brands of its peanut
butter after an open container
tested positive for salmonella
bacteria.
Federal health officials said
the company's peanut butter had
not been conclusively linked to a
national salmonella outbreak.
King Nut Companies said in a
statement that it asked custom-
ers to stop distributing all peanut
butter under its King Nut and
Parnell's Pride brands with a lot
code that begins with the numer-
al9"8.")
The peanut butter was distrib-
uted only through food service
providers in Ohio, Michigan,
North Dakota, Minnesota, Arizo-
na, Idaho, New Hampshire, Mas-
sachusetts and Florida. It was not
sold directly to consumers.
Preliminary laboratory test-
ing found salmonella bacteria in
a 5-pound container of King Nut
brand creamy peanut butter, the
i Minnesota Department of Health
said Friday.
The Minnesota tests had not
linked it to the type of salmonella
in the outbreak that has sickened
almost 400 people in 42 states,
but the department said addition-
al results are expected early next
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week.
The federal Food and Drug
Administration also is analyzing
samples of peanut butter from
King Nut and Peanut Corporation,
spokeswoman Stephanie Kwisnek
said Sunday. The agency has not
conclusively linked the peanut
butter to the strain of salmonella
that has sickened people in the
outbreak, she said.
King Nut's president, Mar-
tin Kanan, said Sunday that the
recall involved approximately
1,000 cases of peanut butter. He
said he did not know the names of
the company's customers, but he
planned to release more details
Monday.
"We don't know exactly where
they sell to," Kanan said. "They
could sell cross-state, too."
"We just want everybody to
know that safety is our highest
priority," Kanan said. "We ,just
wanted to recall it right away."
King Nut, based in Solon, Ohio,
said it canceled all orders with the
manufacturer of its two peanut
butter brands, Peanut Corpora-
tion of America, based in Lynch-
burg, Va.
Peanut Corporation said in
a statement posted on its Web
site that it is working with fed-
eral food and health officials to
determine whether its products
are connected to the national out-
break. PCA does not sell its prod-
ucts at grocery stores or directly
to the public.
The Lynchburg company said
the tainted container was found
in the kitchen of a nursing facil-
ity, leaving it open to the possibil-
ity of cross-contamination from
another source. The company did
not say where the nursing facility
was located or when the contami-
nated product was discovered.
Peanut Corporation's owner
and president, Stewart Parnell,
declined to comment further on
Sunday until the FDA and the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention complete their inves-
tigation.
CDC spokeswoman Berna-
dette Burden said Sunday that
she had no new information on
the case and did not know when
additional test results would be
available.
The CDC said Friday that 399
cases had been confirmed nation-
ally, with about one in five of vic-
tims hospitalized. California has
reported the most cases, with 55,
followed by Ohio with 53. All the
illnesses began between Sept. 3
and Dec. 29, but most of the peo-
ple grew sick after Oct. 1.
The CDC has not confirmed
any deaths associated with the
outbreak.
The report of peanut butter
contamination comes almost two
years after ConAgra recalled its
Peter Pan brand peanut butter,
which was eventually linked to
at least 625 salmonella cases in 47
states.
CDC officials say the bacte-
ria in the current outbreak has
been genetically fingerprinted as
the Typhimurium type, which is
among the most common sources
of salmonella food poisoning.
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States fear case
could let criminals
'game the system'
BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) - After
he was charged with hitting his girl-
friend in the face, career criminal
Michael Brillon sat in jail without
bail for nearly three years, going
through six public defenders before
beingtried for assault.
The delays paid off - for Brillon:
A Vermont court threw out his con-
viction and freed him from prison
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friend-of-the-court brief in support
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Brillon, a 46-year-old construc-
tion worker whose criminal past
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assault on a minor, felony obstruc-
tion of justice and cocaine posses-
sion, was charged with aggravated
domestic assault over the 2001 inci-
dent with his girlfriend, who was
the mother of his child.
Held withoutbail, his case inched
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for postponements and eventually
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lon's request.
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Brillon, who claimed the lawyer had
failed to communicate with him.
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of interest that prevented him from
contining - a day after he'd been
appointed.
The third quitaftertelling a judge
Brillon threatened his life during a
break in a hearing.
Brillon fired the fourth, and the
fifth quit, citing changes to his con-
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2004, whenfBrillonwas convictedand
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