The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday warned consumers not to use American Bullie A.B. Bull Pizzle Puppy Chews and Dog Chews as it is possibly infected with Salmonella, which can cause serious infections in dogs and cats.

The FDA also warned that if there is cross contamination, in people, especially children, the elderly and people with weaker immune systems will be the first to be affected

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers that the ongoing recall of all Peter Pan peanut butter and all Great Value peanut butter products beginning with product code 2111 has been extended to all those purchased since October 2004 versus 2006.

The FDA warns consumers to discard all of these affected products

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) update reports that an extensive inspection of the manufacturing plant at which the salmonella-tainted peanut butter products were processed positively confirmed the contamination within the plant environment.

The manufacturer, ConAgra, located in Sylvester, GA, has fully cooperated with the FDA in their investigation and had already discontinued production of these products in addition to recalling the products that have already been sold

A study found that the Food and Drug Administration has been slacking when it comes to inspections. This comes at a time when food recalls paint the headlines in the media.

FDA inspections are down 47 percent from three years ago when inspection numbers peaked. After 9/11 the FDA was ordered to pump up food inspections because of possible threats from terrorists

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reports that all jars of Peter Pan peanut butter and certain jars of Great Value brand peanut butter are the sources of the food-borne illness Salmonella Tennessee. This was confirmed by the testing in several states.

The ongoing outbreak began in August 2006. So far there have been 329 cases of illness with 51 hospitalizations due to consumption of the contaminated peanut butters. However, no deaths have been reported to date