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(Newser) - Thanks to the economy, the peanut scare, and ugly winter weather, Girl Scout cookie sales are down 20% nationwide this year, the Boston Herald reports. Key programs are in danger of being cut, but the spirit of the young troopers is undimmed. “Not a lot of people on my... More »

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severe weather • charity • salmonella • Girl Scout cookies • financial crisis • economic downturn • peanut butter

ANALYSIS

Would Better Laws Have Caught Salmonella Scare?


Feb 23, 09 6:33 PM CST
(Newser) - A third of US states do not require testing of the salmonella bacteria involved in reported illnesses, possibly hampering national efforts to identify outbreaks, MSNBC reports. If testing were mandatory, proponents say, a strain’s widespread dissemination could be more quickly identified and the source more easily pinpointed. But states... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • United States • tomatoes • salmonella • outbreak • testing • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America • laboratory • mandatory • voluntary

(Newser) - The latest victim of the nationwide salmonella outbreak is the Peanut Corporation of America, which filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy today, the Lynchburg News & Advance reports. “Given the events of the past month, including the broad-based recalls, the company has no alternative but to cease operations,”... More »

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OPINION

Congress Shames the Peanut Man

Salmonella hearing makes an example of Fifth-taking exec

Feb 12, 09 10:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Congress knew it wasn’t going to get any answers out of Stew Parnell, the man whose company's peanut butter is suspected of killing eight people. Parnell doggedly took the Fifth on even the simplest questions, but it didn’t matter. Parnell was summoned only so he could be chastised,... More »

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Congress • food safety • salmonella • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America • Stewart Parnell

Peanut Corp Execs Refuse
to Testify to Congress

Plead the Fifth, decline to eat their products

Feb 11, 09 1:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Peanut Corp execs had little to say today to a congressional panel curious about the salmonella outbreak that sickened 600 people, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Invoking the Fifth Amendment, PCA president Stewart Parnell and plant manager Sammy Lightsey refused to answer any questions—including on whether they would be willing... More »

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Congress • House of Representatives • food safety • salmonella • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America • Stewart Parnell

America Loves Her Creamiest Crop

Peanut butter isn't just a dietary staple here; it's a cultural icon

Feb 10, 09 1:28 PM CST
(Newser) - “What’s more sacred than peanut butter?” Sen. Tom Harkin asked last week while scolding the company responsible for the recent peanut-butter-driven salmonella outbreak. Brian Palmer takes a look at American's PB love affair in Slate, and finds that while peanuts have been eaten in the US for more... More »

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food • Kellogg • protein • peanut • peanut butter

 Peanut Corp Closes Texas Plant 

Firm linked to salmonella outbreak suspends operations at 2nd facility

Feb 10, 09 10:56 AM CST
(AP) - The peanut company at the center of an investigation into a deadly national salmonella outbreak said today that it has suspended operations at a second processing plant. Peanut Corp. of America said in a statement that it was voluntarily suspending operations at its Plainview, Texas, plant while state and federal... More »

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Texas • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • food safety • salmonella • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America

Peanut Corp Lied, Sold
to Retailers

Reversal means salmonella recall
might have to expand

Feb 10, 09 7:44 AM CST
(Newser) - The Peanut Corporation of America, whose plant in Georgia is the sole source of a nationwide salmonella outbreak, has admitted selling peanut products directly to retailers, primarily dollar stores. The reversal of the company’s earlier claim that it sold only to institutions means the recall of almost 1,800... More »

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Department of Justice • salmonella • Food and Drug Administration • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America

Salmonella Outbreak Bares Lethal Flaws in Oversight

Preplanned inspections, loose oversight kept company in business

Feb 9, 09 1:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Angry salmonella victims and their families are asking how the government missed the Peanut Corporation of America's flagrant health violations that killed eight people, reports the New York Times. The company and government inspectors overlooked rodents, leaky roofs and lukewarm roasters, while minimum-wage temporary workers paid little attention to health... More »

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FDA • food safety • salmonella • Food and Drug Administration • health code • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America


 Warnings Crunch 
 Peanut Butter Biz 

Sales take a dive as wary shoppers steer clear of old favorite

Feb 7, 09 6:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Peanut butter makers are struggling to deal with the public relations nightmare caused by the salmonella outbreak, reports the New York Times. Many shoppers have started avoiding all brands of peanut butter and sales are down almost 25%. Companies not affected by the recall are buying ads stressing that their... More »

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food contamination • recall • salmonella • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America

Worker Told Bosses: We Need to Clean This Place

'I did see roaches and rodents,' employee says

Feb 6, 09 12:32 PM CST
(Newser) - At least one employee alerted management to the sanitation problems at a Georgia peanut plant linked to the deadly salmonella outbreak, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. “I used to tell them all of the time, ‘We need to shut down and really clean this place,’” said Anne... More »

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FEMA Emergency Kits May Contain Tainted Peanut Butter

People warned to throw out packets in salmonella scare

Feb 5, 09 1:55 AM CST
(Newser) - FEMA food kits given to storm victims in Arkansas and Kentucky may have contained peanut butter contaminated with salmonella, CNN reports. The kits came from a company hit by a nationwide recall following a salmonella outbreak. FEMA warns that anyone who received a meal kit should immediately throw away any... More »

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 Feds Start 
 Criminal Probe Into 
 Salmonella Outbreak 

FDA, Justice Dept. team up for investigation of Georgia peanut plant

Jan 30, 09 3:36 PM CST
(Newser) - The federal government has begun a criminal investigation into the peanut-driven salmonella outbreak, after it was revealed that a supplier shipped product that initially tested positive for the bacteria, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The House has called representatives from two testing labs, which certified negative results, to testify. Peanut Corp.... More »

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Department of Justice • FDA • Congressional hearings • salmonella • outbreak • safety testing • criminal investigation • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America

 Feds Order 
 Massive Recall 
 of All Peanut 
 Plant Foods 

Record recall aimed at stemming deadly salmonella outbreak

Jan 29, 09 2:53 AM CST
(Newser) - The FDA has ordered a massive recall of every single product from ice cream to snack crackers and dog biscuits made over the last two years with peanuts processed at the Peanut Corporation of America plant in Georgia. The recall, aimed at stemming a deadly outbreak of salmonella, is one... More »

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FDA • salmonella • product recall • ice cream • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America • snack crackers • dog biscuits

Salmonella Outbreak Raises a Red Flag

'We're lucky,' but drug-resistant bacteria lie in wait, experts warn

Jan 28, 09 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The ongoing salmonella outbreak has sickened hundreds of people and played a part in eight deaths, and that's the good news, experts tell MSNBC. The strain in question responds to the standard treatment, but other varieties of the salmonella bacteria have become increasingly resistant to antibiotics in recent decades."... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • bacteria • recall • salmonella • outbreak • drug-resistant bacteria • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America

(Newser) - The plant in Georgia implicated in the latest salmonella outbreak knowingly sold peanut products even after its own tests turned up evidence of the bacteria, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The plant's internal labs showed evidence of salmonella 12 times in the past two years, but the company sold the products... More »

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(Newser) - The wide range of products containing peanut butter makes the ongoing salmonella outbreak especially tough on regulators and consumers, CNN reports. It's everywhere, from ice cream to energy bars to dog treats. The outbreak has so far sickened nearly 500 people and killed six in 43 states, and investigators expect... More »

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recall • salmonella • outbreak • snack foods • peanut • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America

 Widening Peanut Recall 
 Now Includes Pet Treats 

486 are sick following outbreak at Georgia single plant

Jan 22, 09 2:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Peanut-flavored pet treats are the latest addition to the recall list of at least 125 peanut butter products, USA Today reports. A salmonella outbreak at a Georgia peanut plant has so far sickened some 486 people and may have caused six deaths. Pets can get salmonella from the peanut treats,... More »

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pet food recall • recall • product recall • Girl Scout cookies • Food and Drug Administration • peanut • peanut butter • Peanut Corporation of America

(AP) - Federal health authorities today urged consumers to avoid eating cookies, cakes, ice cream, and other foods that contain peanut butter until authorities can learn more about a deadly outbreak of salmonella contamination. Most peanut butter sold in jars at supermarkets appears to be safe. More than 470 people have gotten... More »

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FDA • public health • salmonella • outbreak • peanut butter

(AP) - The latest national food safety investigation took on new urgency today as federal officials confirmed salmonella contamination at a Georgia facility that ships peanut products to 85 food companies, the AP reports. On Capitol Hill, the House Energy and Commerce Committee requested records as it opened its own inquiry. The... More »

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Kellogg • salmonella • outbreak • peanut butter

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