Apparently in Georgia, a peanut butter plant was found to have salmonella in the products as of september. There have been atleast 500 cases of the bacteria linked to the peanut butter products from the Peanut Corporation of Americas Blakely. The headline of the story "Criminal Probe" and the mention of the FDA, make the article seem very serious. I see how the wording can make a reader become curious because of it dealing with the FDA, it could effect them in the way of their health. In any case, any kind of food scare will have readers eyes stuck to the story because it is important that they do not come in contact with the bacteria. However, the article fails to say how many people became sick from this, if any at all. Maybe the writer does not know this information, but something may need to be said about it.
Towards the end of the article, it states that brand name peanut butter is not expected to be effected by this recall, and so it is almost as if the whole story from the beginning was not that serious. Although, ofcourse any kind of bacteria like salmonella is serious. There is not much information in this article either. It does not tell how the evidence of salmonella was found or what kind of conditions in the plant caused this. I think more information was needed.
Friday, January 30, 2009
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