Read more peanut stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/30206/peanut.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:56:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/55814/peanut-plant-slapped-with-record-146m-fine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Texas peanut plant owned by the company blamed for a nationwide salmonella outbreak has been ordered to shell out $14.6 million for safety violations, AP reports. State officials levied the fine—the largest ever in Texas—for violations including unsanitary conditions, product contamination and operating without a license...http://www.newser.com/story/55814/peanut-plant-slapped-with-record-146m-fine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Apr 2009 3:16:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55486/obamas-fda-cracks-down-on-food-industry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUnder 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 without reports...http://www.newser.com/story/55486/obamas-fda-cracks-down-on-food-industry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Apr 2009 8:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53683/why-this-bagel-is-becoming-more-dangerous.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you often suffer a reaction soon after eating burgers or hummus, it might be time to get checked out for one of the fastest-growing allergies in the US: sesame seeds. Experts link the spike in allergies to the increasing popularity of sesame-rich foods like falafel and tahini—but the...http://www.newser.com/story/53683/why-this-bagel-is-becoming-more-dangerous.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Mar 2009 9:20:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51720/salmonella-toll-hits-666-sick-and-climbing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPeanut-linked salmonella has sickened 666 people and counting, despite a massive food recall, Reuters reports. The illness has killed nine. “To date, 19 clusters of infections in five states have been reported in schools and other institutions,” said a health official. “King Nut brand peanut butter was present in all...http://www.newser.com/story/51720/salmonella-toll-hits-666-sick-and-climbing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Feb 2009 6:30:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50673/dead-rodents-trigger-recall-at-texas-peanut-plant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTexas has ordered a recall of all products ever shipped from a Peanut Corp. of America plant in Plainview amid a nationwide salmonella outbreak. The order came from the Department of State Health Services, which says "dead rodents, rodent excrement, and bird feathers" were discovered yesterday in a crawl space...http://www.newser.com/story/50673/dead-rodents-trigger-recall-at-texas-peanut-plant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Feb 2009 19:33:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50398/america-loves-her-creamiest-crop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag“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 than 250...http://www.newser.com/story/50398/america-loves-her-creamiest-crop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Feb 2009 13:28:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50247/salmonella-scare-rattles-peanut-county.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Georgia county that boasts a big peanut in its courthouse square is getting crunched by the salmonella outbreak, the Los Angeles Times reports. In Blakely-Early County, Ga.—the self-proclaimed "Peanut Capital of the World"—peanut plant workers are losing jobs and farmers are getting fewer contracts. Then there's the...http://www.newser.com/story/50247/salmonella-scare-rattles-peanut-county.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Feb 2009 17:50:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50101/peanuts-known-tainted-supplied-to-school-program.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe peanut firm behind the recent salmonella outbreak sold 32 truckloads of peanuts and peanut butter to a federal lunch program for poor children even after internal tests revealed that they were contaminated with the bacteria, the Washington Post reports. Schools in California, Minnesota, and Idaho received the food in...http://www.newser.com/story/50101/peanuts-known-tainted-supplied-to-school-program.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Feb 2009 6:54:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50013/peanut-corp-banned-from-federal-work.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Peanut Corporation of America was barred today from government contracts for a year as the criminal investigation into a deadly salmonella outbreak sourced to its Georgia plant gathers steam, Reuters reports. “The company lacks business integrity and business honesty,” steamed a Department of Agriculture spokesman. The PCA’s chief was...http://www.newser.com/story/50013/peanut-corp-banned-from-federal-work.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Feb 2009 12:05:01 CST