Is It Safe To Eat Peanut Butter

Peanut butter is made of peas and has nutritional values but some time ago, Peanut Corporation of America has announced that it carried salmonella bacteria. They also said after the survey that six people died and about 480 people are ill after consuming peanut butter. More than 43 states have infected with salmonella infections and also have the same genetic fingerprint as the contaminated lots of peanut butter. The states which are having highest number of cases are California with 55, Ohio with 53, Massachusetts with 40, Minnesota with30 and Michigan with 20.

Above 165 products are listed by the Peanut Corporation of America that  are not safe to consume and it is a bad fact that the list is going longer day by day. Processed cakes, cookies, candies and even some dog’s biscuits having peanut butter or its flavor are the suggested items to be avoided by consumers. The main symptoms found by them after diagnose were diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal symptoms, stomach infections like stomach cramps and pain and fever. The symptoms show their effects after 12 to 72 hours of infection.

Not all the products found to have the infections but some products are recalled as having the infected peanut butter. One should not totally stop the consumption of butter milk because it contains Salmonella contamination. Rather than peanut butter have rich amount of monounsaturated fat which is good for heart. It also has Protein, Vitamin – E, Fiber, Magnesium and Copper.

The most important thing which should you keep in mind is that take a quick look to the product as it should not be a part of recent recall of peanut Corporation of America. You can enjoy different delicious and health beneficial recipes made with peanut butter after you are assured that it is not contaminated.