WARDEN MESSAGE

Warden Message - Salmonella Outbreak

February 22, 2007

U.S. EMBASSY ABUJA
U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL LAGOS
NIGERIA

Attention all American Citizens:

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has associated specific lots of two brands of peanut butter, Peter Pan and Great Value, with a recent Salmonella outbreak in the United States. The CDC recommends that individuals who have purchased jars of peanut butter with the associated product code discard the product.

The affected jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter have a product code located on the lid of the jar that begins with the number "2111." These products may have distribution throughout the U.S. so they may have been included in “care packages” sent to Americans in Nigeria, or have been purchased from vendors specializing in imported American products.

For more information, please see the CDC web announcement and Q&A: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/salmonellosis_2007/q_and_a.htm

For information on travel in Nigeria, see the Department of State's most recent Travel Warning and Consular Information Sheet for Nigeria. Up-to-date information on safety and security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the U.S., or for callers outside the U.S. and Canada, a regular toll-line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).

U.S. Embassy Abuja is located at Plot 1075 Diplomatic Drive, Central Business District, Abuja; the telephone number is 09-461-4000. The U.S. Consulate Lagos is located at 2 Walter Carrington Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos; the telephone number is 01-261-1215. For after-hours emergencies, call 011 [234] (1) 261-1414, 261-0195, 261-0078, 261-0139, or 261-6477.