The Peanut Salmonella Recall

More than 200 peanut products have now been recalled because of Salmonella bacteria potential, U.S. health officials say.

The recalled products all contain peanut butter made at Sunland Inc., a manufacturing company in New Mexico because Salmonnella has been found in samples taken from the company's production plant.

Sunland recalled about 100 of its products in late September because they may have been contaminated with Salmonella. Today, the recall is now up to 240 products.

The recall includes all products made at Sunland's product plant since March 1, 2010, the FDA said. Of the newly recalled products, about 50 have "Best-If-Used-By" dates that have not expired, and 90 have "Best-If-Used-By" dates that have expired, but may still be in consumer's homes.

A total of 35 people from 19 states have been sickened from the outbreak, most of whom are children. They were infected with a strain of bacteria called Salmonella Bredeney.

A full list of the recalled products can be found on the FDA's site.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends consumers do not eat the recalled products, and dispose of them or return them to the store.

A Peanut ban on all commercial flights?

The federal regulators who make big decisions are considering a ban on the only thing left handed out on airplane rides.
This ban would completely ban serving peanuts on commercial all flights.
Proponents claim the ban would make people feel safer from harm to almost 2 million Americans who have peanut allergies.
"The peanut is such a great snack and such an American snack," says Martin Kanan, CEO of King Nut Companies, the people who packages the peanuts served by most U.S. airlines. "What's next? Is it banning peanuts in ballparks?"

Get this, there was an option besides banning peanuts, there could have been a "peanut-free zone" flight when a passenger asks for one.  But taht wouldn't be good enough.

Spokesman Bill Mosely said the department is responding to concerns from travelers who either suffer from peanut allergies or have allergic children, "some of whom do not fly" because they're afraid of exposure.
Advocates say the confined spaces where the air and dust particles get re-circulated is the problem.
"It's a different environment when you're basically 30,000 feet in the air," said Chris Weiss, the group's vice president of advocacy and government relations. "If you're sitting around a bunch of people and all of a sudden they're all handed packages of peanuts, that could release enough peanut dust into the air to trigger a reaction."
Continental, United, US Airways and JetBlue have already stopped serving packaged peanuts, American Airlines doesn't serve packaged peanuts, but it does have a trail mix and other snacks that can contain peanut ingredients.
"The peanut industry feels like we're being picked on," said Armond Morris, a peanut farmer.
"If we're going to go targeting food products, maybe we just need to ban all food" on planes.