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A ST. PAUL, Minn. a ' The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is alerting consumers to avoid eating certain peanut butter, cheese, salsa, cream cheese bagel spreads, dips and spreads produced by Parkers Farm, Inc., of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, after state agriculture department product sampling determined some of the finished products to be ...

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