WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - U.S. health authorities urged consumers on Saturday to avoid eating peanut butter and products that contain it until they can determine the scope of an outbreak of salmonella food poisoning that may have contributed to six deaths.
'We urge consumers to postpone eating any products that may contain peanut butter until additional information becomes available,' Dr. Stephen Sundlof of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety said in a teleconference with reporters.
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'We urge consumers to postpone eating any products that may contain peanut butter until additional information becomes available,' Dr. Stephen Sundlof of the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety said in a teleconference with reporters.
(Reporting by Jim Wolf; Editing by Peter Cooney) Keywords: SALMONELLA USA/ (jim.wolf@thomsonreuters.com; +1-202-898-8402; Reuters) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.