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Peanut’s Parnell Pleads Fifth Amendment Protection

February 11, 2009

Okay, so when I got up this morning I was torn between watching the Congressional hearings on the peanut salmonella case and watching eight bank CEO’s get a good grilling by another Congressional committee. I turned to the Congressional committee hearing on the peanut case first, wanting to get my first look at Stewart Parnell, [...]

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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 [...]

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