Last year’s deadly salmonella outbreak linked to peanut products will have no
long term impact on peanut demand and production, according to a report from the
USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS).
The report looked at the impact on the processing, production, price and supply
of peanuts since the salmonella outbreak originating at the Peanut Corporation
of America’s Georgia and Texas plants that was linked to more than 700 illnesses
and nine deaths across the country. The outbreak also led to the recall of more
than 3,900 peanut-containing products from more than 200 companies one of the
largest product recalls in US history.
The ERS report said that despite a temporary slowdown in demand for peanut
products in the direct aftermath of the outbreak, retail purchases quickly
returned to normal and peanut processing volumes for the 2008-2009 marketing
year actually increased from the previous year, up 1.5 percent.
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