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FDA Grilled Over Peanut Butter Recall

February 5, 2009

Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) opened the committee hearing on the Peanut recall without all the welcoming, greetings and general niceties.  Instead, he opened by saying that food safety has become a major issue, citing the recalls of the past several years.
Ranking member Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia) added his statement.  Georgia grows about 50% of the [...]

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Update on the Latest Salmonella Outbreak

January 11, 2009

So little has been reported about the 400 cases (more or less) of salmonella that many of us are probably unaware of it.
Well, folks… it’s peanut butter… again!  In 2007 Peter Pan found tainted peanut butter.  This year, although the “where it came from” is still a question, King Nut distributors has recalled two of [...]

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Salmonella Is Back

January 7, 2009

It seems that very quietly the CDC is stepping up its efforts to find the cause or the source of the 388 salmonella cases that have occurred over the past three months.
A single strain is the culprit of the cases that have spread across 42 states.

A single strain of salmonella has sickened 388 people in [...]

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FEMA Still Trying to Pass Out Toxic Trailers, Now in Arkansas

April 1, 2008

Everyone knows the toxic FEMA trailers have been the subject of much discussion.  Following the Super Tuesday tornadoes that swept through Tennessee, FEMA once again stepped up to the plate and offered to send some of the toxin tainted trailers to Tennessee.
But, aware of the formaldehyde situation, Tennessee’s Emergency Management Agency placed a limit on [...]

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