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Trader Joe's Recalls Peanut Butter Over Salmonella Concerns
FDA: Store's Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter may be source of outbreak.
Trader Joe's has pulled one of its peanut butter flavors off the shelves over concerns of a salmonella outbreak.
The popular high-end grocery chain has a location in Mount Pleasant.
According to an Associated Press report, the Food and Drug Administration and the federal Centers for Disease Control believe the store's Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter may be the cause of 29 illnesses over 18 states.
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The CDC notes symptoms of Salmonella include diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps within a day to three days of infection and can last up to a week.
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