Two years ago this week Stewart Parnell, the embattled CEO of Peanut Corporation of America, the company implicated in a nationwide Salmonella outbreak that sickened 700 and killed nine, stood
This is the fourth in our series of what we consider to be the 17 top food safety stories of 2010. Number 12 in the countdown: The Peanut Corporation of
Two years ago, health officials were alerted to a nationwide outbreak of deadly Salmonella Typhimurium. Eventually, the source was traced by epidemiologists at the Minnesota Department of Health. Here’s
The family of a Minnesota woman who died after eating Salmonella-contaminated products made with Peanut Corporation of America ingredients is suing Kanan Enterprises of Solon, OH, maker of King Nut
Stewart Parnell, former president of Peanut Corporation of America, the now-bankrupt firm responsible for a nationwide Salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds and killed 9 last year, is back in the
U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon Wednesday removed the final obstacle blocking settlements for victims of the infamous Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella outbreak that resulted in nine deaths
A federal judge is recommending the approval of a $12 million settlement to compensate those sickened and the families of people killed in the 2009 nationwide Salmonella outbreak linked to
Though a year has passed since the massive peanut butter Salmonella outbreak of 2008 and 2009, victims and their families are not the only ones with peanut product danger still
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation late last week that would stiffen the penalties for companies that knowingly violate food safety standards.
According to
Texas has a whole bunch of unlicensed food manufacturing businesses in it.
Since early 2009 when it was disclosed that the Peanut Corporation of America processing plant in Plainview, TX
The tragedy of the huge and ongoing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the source of much controversy, multiple competing narratives, and unashamed finger-pointing by nearly all involved.
Early this month, the Georgia House approved a bill to toughen food safety legislation passed last year. The introduction of the bill was prompted by findings from the investigation of