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Creditors and those who became ill after eating contaminated peanut butter aren’t the only ones going after the executives and former managers of the now-bankrupt company at the center of a nationwide salmonella outbreak.

I've been looking at the restaurant inspection scores and noticed fast-food places often get nearly perfect scores while the cafeteria at Rogue Valley Medical Center barely passed. That just doesn't make any sense, considering the fast-food joints are probably staffed by kids who couldn't care less if the counters are clean and the food is hot (or cold) enough.

In September 2006, an unprecedented nationwide outbreak of fresh spinach contaminated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 was communicated to the American public through press releases from the Food and Drug Administration. The potential for severe and fatal illness from consuming this spinach required effective communication by media outlets.

The Food Standards Agency is informing slaughterhouse operators and livestock keepers that they will soon have to ensure that Food Chain Information (FCI) is provided for all cattle, sheep and goats sent for slaughter.

ST. LOUIS -- Corn and soybean harvest results for 2009 confirm that Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) seed products maintained a significant yield advantage compared with competitors, and new technologies such as Genuity™ SmartStax corn and Genuity™ Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans are delivering a step change in performance.

With an estimated four to six percent of children in the U.S. suffering from food allergies, a new study shows that pediatricians and family physicians aren't always confident they have the ability to diagnose or treat food allergies.