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• Salmonella Might Be In Second Peanut Plant

  The AP is reporting that samples from a second Texas plant owned by The Peanut Corp. of America have a "presumptive positive" result. What'd they find? Salmonella. This just keeps getting worse. It's not definite yet, but it looks bad. Read on. Read More... Posted Feb 10 2009, 11:26 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: food, news, lawsuit, recall, FDA, recalls, Peter Pan, peanut butter, cookies, Girl Scout cookies, allergies, peanuts, nut allergy, sick kids, pet food, peanut allergy, salmonella, peanut butter recall, Girl Scouts, lunch, nut allergies, cdc, nuts, allergic, peanut allergies, Brett Singer, Jeanne Sager, PB&J, peanut butter and jelly, sandwiches, allergy, Shannon LC Cate, kelloggs, tainted peanut butter, salmonellosis, scare, Keebler's, food scare, tainted food, supereco, peanut butter ban, thin mints, crackers, salmonella scandal, recalled food, nutrition bars, kosher, more salmonella found in texas plant, pb and j, the peanut butter company, peanut butter and cream cheese, gif

• Is The Peanut Allergy Scare Overblown?

  Over at the new SuperEco, Alex Fayle wonders if the increase in peanut allergies and the resulting peanut bans in schools are a lot of hooey. Fayle cites stats that show the increase in peanut allergies is a North American thing. He says that in Spain, where I guess he resides, "no one ever talks about peanut or other nut allergies." Nuts and nutty spreads are consumed at a much lower rate of course, but when Fayle asks parents about the topic, "they look at me blankly then say that it's the responsibility of the parents to manage their child's allergies." Read More... Posted Jan 23 2009, 02:32 PM by Brett Singer with | with 18 comment(s) Filed under: peanut butter, allergies, nut allergy, peanut allergy, peanut butter recall, nut allergies, nuts, allergic, peanut allergies, Brett Singer, allergy, supereco, peanut butter ban