Folks keep asking us here at Strollerderby whether they should avoid
even the big brands of peanut butter in the face of a historic outbreak
of salmonella stemming from one plant in Georgia.
My response is
that I am paranoid and don't use peanut butter anyway, so personally,
my family isn't buying it or any products with peanuts or peanut butter
in them. It seems like a safer bet to avoid it all, rather than taking
the trouble to browse the FDA website for every product possible.
On
the other hand, should other peanut butter manufacturers suffer because
of the galling oversight of one plant? Perhaps not. But they are. Peanut butter sales across the board--not just of affected brands--are down close to 25% in the last month,
since the recall was announced. Big companies are putting out ads and
coupons to reassure customers that their products are safe.
In our current economy, it's a shame that one company's unethical behavior has hurt a whole industry, but is it any surprise
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