Oklahoma Death Linked to Peanut Butter?
We have been contacted by a number of people who are wondering if a family member died as a result of Salmonella poisoning from Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter. Health officials around the country continue to investigate illnesses and deaths that may be related to the peanut-butter-linked Salmonella outbreak. According to a story on Tulsa World, Oklahoma health officials are investigating the death of a man who allegedly ate contaminated peanut butter:
Brenda Snodgrass, assistant laboratory director for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, told the state Board of Agriculture on Wednesday that a Tulsa man who already was suffering from an undisclosed illness died this month after eating peanut butter at his residence.
Snodgrass said the man's wife brought a sample of the peanut butter to a state dairy lab in Tulsa, where it was tested and matched to Salmonella Tennessee, the foodborne illness outbreak that began in August.
The state is conducting more tests to determine whether the suspected organisms found in the peanut butter were present in the man's body.
We continue to get calls and online consultation forms from possible victims of this Salmonella outbreak. If you have been sickened after eating Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter—or if a family member has been sickened or died—contact Pritzker | Ruohonen for a free consultation. Please call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900 or submit the firm’s online consultation form. If you have any leftover peanut butter, we can help you get the peanut butter tested.
