In a "Perspective" piece published online by the New England Journal of Medicine Tuesday, May 26, the new Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., and Principal Deputy Commissioner of FDA, Joshua M. Sharfstein, M.D., wrote about their vision for the future of how the FDA will operate
A familiar theme: the decisions of a few affect the lives of many
Those who think that the much maligned former head man at Peanut Corporation of America is a victim because of the bad press he’s gotten lately need a dose of reality. The obvious victims are those who were sickened, or died as a result of their illnesses. But the effects, economic and otherwise, of such
ConAgra to re-open peanut butter plant
ConAgra announced today that the company will re-open the plant where Salmonella-contaminated peanut butter was produced. The plant was closed in February after it was identified as the source of a Salmonella outbreak that had sickened hundreds of people who ate contaminated Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter. From Forbes.com:
The Omaha-based company
Salmonella peanut butter numbers updated
Josh Funk reported for the Associated Press on the CDC‘s latest update on the number of people confirmed ill with Salmonella infections after eating contaminated Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter produced by ConAgra:
The number of people sickened since August by peanut butter tainted with salmonella has grown by more than
Salmonella Food poisoning ID’d in Louisiana
According to the AP – One case of salmonella tied to tainted peanut butter made at a ConAgra Foods Inc., plant in Georgia has been identified in Louisiana, the Food and Drug Administration says.
The FDA has identified 425 cases of food poisoning from the peanut butter in 44 states.
On Feb. 14, ConAgra recalled