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Issues In Organic Crop Labeling: Food Processing Procedures May Decertify Organic Crops, Chelsea Person
Issues In Organic Crop Labeling: Food Processing Procedures May Decertify Organic Crops, Chelsea Person
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High Crimes, Not Misdemeanors: Deterring The Production Of Unsafe Food, Rena I. Steinzor
High Crimes, Not Misdemeanors: Deterring The Production Of Unsafe Food, Rena I. Steinzor
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In the fall of 2008, Minnesota public health officials became alarmed by an unusually high number of illnesses and deaths caused by salmonella poisoning. Federal and state regulators and the news media eventually traced the outbreak back to products supplied by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). Employees shipped batches that tested positive for salmonella from a plant with a leaking roof, mold growing on ceilings and walls, rodent infestation, filthy processing receptacles, and feathers and feces in the air filtration system. Under an agreement with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Georgia state inspectors visited the PCA plant nine …