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Private inspections of food companies seen as weak
WASHINGTON - The mortgage meltdown exposed the weakness of self-regulation in financial markets. Now the salmonella outbreak is doing the same for the food industry.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2009 Salmonella Outbreak Source:(AP)
2009-03-20
Dead mice found at salmonella U.S. peanut plant
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dead mice and rodent droppings were found throughout a Texas plant run by a company whose peanut products caused one of the biggest food recalls in U.S. history, food inspectors reported on Tuesday.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2009 Salmonella Outbreak Source:(Reuters)
2009-03-04
Peanut butter recall bites smaller businesses
MILWAUKEE - To Betsy Sanders, the nationwide salmonella outbreak tied to peanut butter has been a hurricane. Her tiny cookie dough business is the debris.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2009 Salmonella Outbreak Source:(AP)
2009-02-28
Food poisoning strikes 1 in 4 Americans each year
ATLANTA - Next time you have a case of diarrhea that lasts a day or more, chances are better than 1 in 3 that it was food poisoning. As many as a quarter of Americans suffer a foodborne illness each year -- though only a fraction of those cases get linked to high-profile outbreaks like the recent salmonella-peanut scare, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nations:U.S. Mexico Activities:2009 Salmonella Outbreak Source:(AP)
2009-02-21
Survey: Peanut recall known but misunderstood
ATLANTA - Most Americans know about a peanut-based national salmonella outbreak but many are wrong about what products are involved and few have confidence in food safeguards, according to a Harvard survey released Friday.
Activities:2009 Salmonella Outbreak Source:(AP)
2009-02-15
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