Salmonella outbreak trial to begin this week in Georgia

Salmonella outbreak trial to begin this week in Georgia
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Shirley Almer was able to beat lung cancer and a brain tumor, but ended up dying in 2008 from salmonella poisoning after eating tainted peanut butter while in the hospital.

Almer, 72, was one of nine killed during an outbreak of salmonella that was eventually traced back to peanuts that were processed by Virginia-based Peanut Corporation of America. More than 700 people ended up sick, and it turned out to be one of the largest food recalls in history, The Associated Press reports.

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.