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The Peanut Corporation of America was blasted by the Food & Drug Administration for its salmonella-tainted batches of processed peanuts, NBC's Tom Costello reported. Lab Shopping is the name of the technique whereby suspicious food is not withdrawn after testing positive but is taken elsewhere for further analysis until it is found safe. The FDA alleges that PCA went lab shopping twelve times in two years, said Costello, and that PCA "took no steps to improve the cleaning or manufacturing methods after salmonella was found in its plant, a clear violation of the law." Costello quoted the response by PCA: "It has cooperated fully with investigators." So far the salmonella has killed eight people.
Andrew Tyndall 1/28/09 9:14:37 pm

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