Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/salmonella-tainted-peanut-butter-raises-wider-health-concerns-for-fda Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Health officials are examining a salmonella outbreak linked to tainted peanut butter that has sickened nearly 500 people across 43 states and caused more than 100 product recalls. Betty Ann Bowser reports. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. BETTY ANN BOWSER: Sundlof says that is complicated. DR. STEPHEN SUNDLOF: This goes through a number of supply chains. So, as an example, it might go to a supplier who then supplies a confectionary or candy company that produces something like peanut butter and chocolate morsels that are then sold to another company that produces ice cream that may also contain peanut butter.