FDA releases searchable 'Peanut Product Recall Widget'

Something handy for cautious consumers: Agency creates widget that automatically updates list of thousands of U.S. food products containing peanuts under recall.

The list of recalled U.S. food products containing potentially contaminated peanuts is nearing 4,000 as of today. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has created a nifty tool for searching through the 19 categories of possibly tainted products, the Peanut Product Recall Widget. The list of recalled food items, from soup to nuts, stood at 3,919 as of June 19. Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), the company that knowingly released products that tested positive for Salmonella into the U.S. market, is still in bankrupt proceedings. So far, $202 million in claims have been filed against PCA in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Lynchburg, Virginia. The deadline for filing a claim against the company is Mon., June 22. The Salmonella outbreak is believed to have killed nine and sickened at least 714, according to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.