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Article: REP. BARROW GRILLS FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ON OVERSIGHT PROCEDURES AT SALMONELLA OUTBREAK HEARING

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February 19, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga. (12th CD), issued the following news release:

Congressman John Barrow (GA-12) today questioned Food and Drug Administration officials on the conditions that allowed the recent salmonella outbreak associated with peanut products manufactured by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). The occasion was a hearing of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on "The Salmonella Outbreak: The Continued Failure to Protect the Food Supply."

Tainted products containing peanuts distributed by the Peanut Corporation of America in Blakely, Georgia, have been discovered all across the country. The Committee's investigation has ...

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