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Stop & Shop, Rite Aid and Kmart have added to the growing list of foods recalled because of possibly tainted peanut ingredients.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration identified the source of salmonella-contaminated peanut butter and related products as a Georgia processing plant operated by the Peanut Corporation of America.

It is thought that the company's peanuts, ground into paste or churned into peanut butter, "are at the root of salmonella poisoning that has struck 474 people in 43 states, including 4 in Rhode Island since September," The Providence Journal's Gina Macris has reported.

The latest recalls announced by the FDA include;
-- Rite Aid brand chocolate peanuts and mixed nuts,
-- Super Kmart bakery products, including peanut butter cake, caramel apple cake and doughnuts.
-- Stop & Shop's Simply Enjoy brand of mixed nuts.

Also joining the list are products from Shaw's Supermarket parent Supervalu Inc.: Supervalu's Happy Tails and Shoppers Valu brand multi-flavored dog biscuits.

 Tags  discount drugstores food Kmart peanuts retail Rite Aid Shaw's Stop & Shop supermarkets

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