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NEWS ABOUT: pistachios

pistachios stories: 7 news summaries
OPINION


 Levi, You're 
 the Buffoon 
 of My Dreams 

Meghan Daum on why 'Sex on Skates' is an important media figure

Nov 19, 09 1:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Levi Johnston may be an “opportunistic buffoon” and a “grammatically challenged, Playgirl-posing, pistachio-shilling media pawn,” but he’s also a guilty pleasure. He’s hot, he’s cute, and his "unverifiable claims" about Sarah Palin are fascinating, writes Meghan Daum of the Los Angeles Times... More »

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AD CAMPAIGN

 Dominatrix, 
 Levi Johnston 
 Sex Up Pistachios 

New commercials hope to erase recall stigma

Oct 5, 09 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Can sex sell nuts? Pistachio growers sure hope so. With sales off more than 20% following last year’s nationwide recall, they’ve launched a risqué $15 million ad campaign. How risqué? In one ad, a real-life dominatrix cracks open a pistachio with a whip, USA Today reports.... More »

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nutrition • advertising • diet • commercials • sexy • pistachios • nuts

Obama's FDA Cracks Down on Food Industry

Sweeping pistachio recall rejects slow
pace of peanut crisis

Apr 7, 09 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Under President Obama, the Food and Drug Administration is taking on a tougher, more preventative role, the New York Times reports, leading, for example, to product recalls before anyone’s been sickened. The change is evident in the agency’s handling of the pistachio scare: It warned against eating them... More »

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FDA • food safety • recall • peanut • Obama administration • President Obama • pistachios

(AP) - Kraft Foods detected salmonella in a California nut company's product over 6 months ago but didn't notify the firm until last week, a rep for the parent company said today. Roasted nuts from Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc., the company at the heart of the nationwide pistachio recall, failed... More »

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FDA • salmonella • Kraft Foods • outbreak • pistachios • Setton International Foods

(Newser) - Fears of salmonella contamination have led more companies in the US and Canada to recall their pistachio products, Reuters reports. FritoLay, which is supplied by the supposed source of the contamination, California packager Setton International, is pulling packages of certain sizes and sell-by dates on both sides of the border.... More »

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Pepsi • recall • salmonella • Frito Lay • snack foods • pistachios • Setton International Foods • Kroger • gelato

(Newser) - The company responsible for the current pistachio salmonella scare says its product was likely contaminated by raw nuts, not humans or animals, the AP reports. Setton International Foods says roasted pistachios shipped to Kraft could have come in contact with raw nuts at its California plant. The raw pistachios can... More »

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California • salmonella • product recall • Kraft • pistachios • raw nuts • Setton International Foods • roasted

 Salmonella Triggers Pistachio Recall 

Huge pistachio recall issued after salmonella found at processor

Mar 31, 09 3:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Consumers have been warned to steer clear of pistachios and any product containing them until the FDA probes the extent of salmonella contamination, reports WebMD. A million pounds of possibly tainted pistachios from a California processor have been recalled and authorities expect that more recalls will follow. Affected products range... More »

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FDA • food contamination • recall • salmonella • Food and Drug Administration • pistachios

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