Death by peanut butter...

Problems with salmonella found in a peanut butter that is only sold commercially has been stated to have caused an outbreak of illness and one death in Minnesota. The problem with scenarios like this is it's hard for a consumer to know exactly where this particular peanut butter is being used. It's not as if you can easily check the jar in your cupboard before eating it.

According to CNN, it's an Ohio company:

Ohio-based King Nut acknowledged in a statement that salmonella had been found in an open 5-pound tub of King Nut peanut butter.

"We are very sorry this happened," Martin Kanan, president of King Nut Companies, said in the statement. "We are taking immediate and voluntary action because the health and safety of those who use our products is always our highest priority."

King Nut peanut butter was identified as the source of an outbreak that may have contributed to one death in Minnesota, state public health officials said Friday.

King Nut said Saturday that peanut butter sold under its label was manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America. The release gave no other details on the manufacturer, but Peanut Corporation of America's Web site lists its headquarters as Lynchburg, Virginia, and says it has processing operations in Virginia, Georgia and Texas.

Peanut Corporation of America could not be immediately reached for comment.

What's interesting in checking the Peanut Corporation of America website they don't mention anywhere that they actually make peanut butter, all of their products listed are a variety of types of peanuts not the final product of peanut butter.