Over a dozen companies have pulled products that contain Jif peanut butter
select Jif peanut butter products that were sold across the U.S. amid an outbreak of salmonella senftenberg infections.
According to federal health officials, the outbreak, which has left 16 people ill in 12 states, has been linked to certain Jif products produced at the J.M. Smucker facility in Lexington, Kentucky. Two people have already been hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
So far Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina, New York, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Washington have reported cases, according to the agency. However, the actual number of people sick is "likely much higher than the number reported, and the outbreak may not be limited to the states with known illnesses," according to the CDC.
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