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Nearly 300 people in 39 states have reportedly been sickened by
Salmonella that has been linked to peanut butter. This is the first
known incident when peanut butter has been the source of a Salmonella
outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC). Kevin Teale, communications officer for the Iowa Department of
Public Health, says that there are six cases of the outbreak across
Iowa. "These cases range in age, they are statewide and they stretch in a
period from September through the turn of the new year in January," says
Teale. "In a normal food-borne outbreak, you'll see a number of cases
in a short period of time," he adds. "This one's been more chronic, a
small number of cases but dating all the way back to last August."
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