Health officials are urging nursing homes, hospitals, schools, universities and restaurants to toss out specific containers of peanut butter linked to a salmonella outbreak in 43 states.
Seventeen cases have been reported in Virginia. So far, however, none have been reported in East Tennessee or Southwest Va.
The recalled peanut butter was manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America of Lynchburg, Virginia, and distributed by King Nut Companies of Solon, Ohio. It was supplied only through food service providers and wasn't sold directly to consumers.
Minnesota health officials announced Monday they had found a match between samples from a King Nut container and the strains of salmonella bacteria sickening people sick across the country.
King Nut says it couldn't be the source of the nationwide outbreak since it distributes to only seven states.
Peanut Corporation of America President Stewart Parnell says his company is working with federal authorities.
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