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Peanut Butter Products Still Being Recalled

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Thursday, March 26, 2009   

Nashville, TN - Oh, nuts! Just when you thought it was safe to eat products made with peanut butter again - 15 more product recalls have been issued in the past week, in the ongoing attempt to deal with the salmonella outbreak that has sickened 700 and killed nine.

In Tennessee, 13 salmonella cases have been confirmed. The recalled products all were made with peanut butter paste processed by the now-bankrupt Georgia firm, Peanut Corporation of America.

In a congressional hearing, it was revealed that huge food companies purchasing the peanut paste had never actually inspected the facility. Kelloggs' Chief Executive Officer, David Mackay, was asked if anyone from his company had visited the plant.

"We relied on industry practice - no."

Mackay acknowledges that many want less government involvement in industry; however, he favors food safety reforms and wants the responsibility for public safety placed under a new leader in the federal Health and Human Services department.

Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) wants to know how the Peanut Corporation of America could claim it was "clean" when evidence shows the plant had problems with insects, mice, rats and their droppings.

"How is it possible for a company with rodents to receive a award where they're called 'superior?'"

Testimony revealed the company paid for its own health audits and sent the information to such companies as Kellogg.

The latest products involved in the recall are listed on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Web site. The quickest link to the product list is www.fda.com.



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