Peanut Corporation of America

Several officials at the now-defunct Peanut Corp. of America knew their products may have harbored salmonella bacteria, but they covered up the evidence and sold the food anyway, alleged a 76-count federal indictment unsealed this week. Peanut butter,...

President Barack Obama, whose daughter eats peanut butter several days a week, wants the nation's food safety agency to keep children safe from contaminated foods such as the salmonella-laced peanut products that have sickened 550 people. Obama says he...

The peanut processing company at the heart of a national salmonella outbreak filed for bankruptcy Friday, a sign the beleaguered company plans to cease business in the wake of the health scare. The Virginia-based Peanut Corp. of America filed for Chapter...

The federal agencies that are supposed to safeguard the nation's food have long resisted calls, including those from us, for merging into a single food authority. Amid the peanut-product salmonella outbreak, though, it's hard to imagine how their...

Shielding whistle-blowers Re “Ex-employees describe peanut plant as ‘filthy.’ ” Feb. 7 All I keep hearing about is what's wrong with Food and Drug Administration food inspection techniques. But according to workers at Peanut...

A salmonella outbreak triggered one of the largest product recalls recently, as federal inspectors reported finding roaches, mold, a leaking roof and other sanitary problems at a Georgia peanut plant. Managers at the Blakely, Ga., plant owned by Peanut...

Starbucks is taking peanut butter products off its shelves as a precaution following the salmonella scare. U.S. Health officials traced a recent salmonella outbreak to the Peanut Corporation of America.      Starbucks said that company is not their...

The Kroger Co. said today it is recalling Private Selection Peanut Butter Passion Ice Cream sold in select stores because the peanut butter in the ice cream was supplied by Peanut Corporation of America and may be contaminated with Salmonella. Clif &...

A Leavenworth candy store is recalling its honey roasted peanuts. The peanuts from Alps Candy were made with peanuts recalled by the Peanut Corporation of America which is at the center of the nationwide salmonella outbreak. No illnesses have been...

Roasted and raw peanuts, trail mix, and self-grind peanut butter sold at six Central Market stores in the Puget Sound area have been recalled due to the risk of salmonella. The Food and Drug Administration says the products were made with peanuts...

More dog food and another generic brand of peanut butter crackers -- this time ShopRite -- were added yesterday to the burgeoning recall list affected by the salmonella contamination at the Peanut Corporation of America's Georgia plant. The increase in...

NEW JERSEY - At least 23 people from New Jersey have been sickened in the nationwide salmonella outbreak. The Bergen Record reports Atlantic County has been the hardest hit so far. Marilyn Riley, spokeswoman for the New Jersey Department of Health and...