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This Time It's Peanuts: Food Scares and Food Production

In the largest food recall in US history, more than eighteen hundred products containing peanuts have been pulled from grocery shelves. A salmonella contamination in peanuts has been linked to nine deaths and six hundred illnesses. The outbreak is the latest in a long line of food scares.

By Sara Terry • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

In the largest food recall in US history, more than eighteen hundred products containing peanuts have been pulled from grocery shelves. A salmonella contamination in peanuts has been linked to nine deaths and six hundred illnesses. The outbreak is the latest in a long line of food scares. What went wrong at the Georgia processing plant that shipped peanuts that the owner knew were contaminated? Is the Food and Drug Administration doing enough to make sure food is safe? How do laws affect what we eat? Does the system itself need to be overhauled?

Sara Terry
The Aftermath Project
Gardiner Harris
New York Times
Caroline Smith DeWaal
Food Safety Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Marion Nestle
Molecular biologist, nutritionist, public health advocate

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This Time It's Peanuts: Food Scares and Food Production

In the largest food recall in US history, more than eighteen hundred products containing peanuts have been pulled from grocery shelves. A salmonella contamination in peanuts has been linked to nine deaths and six hundred illnesses. The outbreak is the latest in a long line of food scares.

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This Time It's Peanuts: Food Scares and Food Production

In the largest food recall in US history, more than eighteen hundred products containing peanuts have been pulled from grocery shelves. A salmonella contamination in peanuts has been linked to nine deaths and six hundred illnesses. The outbreak is the latest in a long line of food scares.

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