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FEMA Emergency Kits May Contain Tainted Peanut Butter

People warned to throw out packets in salmonella scare

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 5, 2009 1:55 AM CST

(Newser) – FEMA food kits given to storm victims in Arkansas and Kentucky may have contained peanut butter contaminated with salmonella, CNN reports. The kits came from a company hit by a nationwide recall following a salmonella outbreak. FEMA warns that anyone who received a meal kit should immediately throw away any included packets of peanut butter.

A sheriff's car sits in front of the the Peanut Corporation of America plant in Blakely, Ga. The plant is the source of salmonella contamination of US peanut products, according to officials.
A sheriff's car sits in front of the the Peanut Corporation of America plant in Blakely, Ga. The plant is the source of salmonella contamination of US peanut products, according to officials.   (AP Photo/Ric Feld)
A packet of peanut butter from a FEMA food aid kit. Storm victims who received meal kits have been warned to throw away the packets.
A packet of peanut butter from a FEMA food aid kit. Storm victims who received meal kits have been warned to throw away the packets.   (FEMA)
Cots fill the floor of the Graves County High School lobby in Mayfield, Ky. Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. Approximately 600 people sought shelter at the school in the wake of a crippling ice storm.
Cots fill the floor of the Graves County High School lobby in Mayfield, Ky. Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. Approximately 600 people sought shelter at the school in the wake of a crippling ice storm.   (AP Photo/The Paducah Sun, John Wright)
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