We've received a whole lot of calls and
emails about this peanut butter recall.
Including some from East Texas mothers who are
breast feeding or are pregnant. As you can
imagine, we had some concerned mothers wanting
to know how or if babies, born or unborn- can be
affected by salmonella- if the mother were to
come down with it, from eating contaminated
peanut butter. We spoke with Dr. Charla Spencer
with Trinity Clinic Obstetrics and Gynecology,
she says if you have the symptoms you will not
pass it on to your baby.
"Breastfeeding has been shown to be protected
against salmonella. We recommend breast feeding
in third world countries and low socioeconomic
places because it protects against
gastroenteritis but you still have to use good
hand washing techniques- so you are protecting
your baby from that if you breast feed," says
Dr. Spencer.
Karolyn Davis, reporting.
kdavis@kltv.com