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by Marion Nestle
Jan
25
2009
Eating Liberally: peanut butter
Eating Liberally’s kat wants to know what the deal is on Salmonella in peanut butter. The list of recalled products gets longer every day and now some members of Congress want the FDA to ask for recalls of all peanut butter, even that in jars. The CDC reports nearly 500 cases of illness and, perhaps, as many as 7 deaths. If you want to see something amazing, take a look at the FDA’s recall list. Where will this end? Here’s what I said to kat.