As the peanut-related product recall list grows longer, consumers are checking their cupboards for any items linked to a Peanut Corporation of America processing plant that has been implicated in an outbreak of salmonella illnesses. ...more

February 16, 2009

The latest salmonella outbreak provides additional proof the nation's flimsy food safety system poses a threat to both consumers and businesses. ...more

February 12, 2009

Type "aspartame" or "sucralose" into a search engine and you're bound to hit links tying the artificial sweeteners to some malady. Never mind that the Food and Drug Administration says they are safe. ...more

February 7, 2009

Federal health officials say the Georgia peanut plant at the center of the salmonella outbreak knowingly shipped tainted products. Previously, the Food and Drug Administration had said Peanut Corp. of America retested products after getting an initial positive result for salmonella. The agency said the company shipped the goods after follow-up tests came back negative. ...more

February 6, 2009

The number of items pulled in the nation's latest peanut butter recall may be leading some of you to look twice, even three times, at what you buy. ...more

January 29, 2009

The list of recalled peanut products linked to a national salmonella outbreak just keeps growing. Already more than 400 kinds of cakes, cookies and other goods have been pulled off the shelves in one of the largest product recalls. ...more

January 29, 2009

It looks like it could be a prop in a futuristic science fiction movie. ...more

January 21, 2009

The company that sells Little Debbie snacks announced a recall Sunday of peanut butter crackers because of a potential link to a deadly salmonella outbreak. ...more

January 19, 2009

Mary Ellen Gottlieb spent five years mired in frustration, dealing on a daily basis with the lasting effects of a stroke she suffered in 2003. Until recently, the Brandon woman, 50, was resigned to the notion that she might never fully recover or work again. ...more

January 14, 2009

Mary Ellen Gottlieb spent five years mired in frustration, dealing on a daily basis with the lasting effects of a stroke she suffered in 2003. Until recently, the Brandon woman, 50, was resigned to the notion that she might never fully recover or work again. ...more

January 14, 2009