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Guilt by Association
Many in the peanut butter industry are feeling the affects of the salmonella scare that's brought product sales down almost 25%. Mark Strassmann reports.
Tags: Scare, MoneyWatch, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Strategy, Sales, Management, Evening, Salmonella, Peanut Butter, Peanut, PB, Food, FDA
Videos 2009-02-12
Salmonella In Pistachios?
A major producer of pistachios is recalling over 2 million pounds of nuts that may be contaminated with salmonella. John Blackstone has the latest.
Tags: Pound, MoneyWatch, John Blackstone, Breaking News, Evening, Nut, Peanut, Tomato, Spinach, FDA, Food, Nutrition, Poison, Chemical, Bacteria, Science, Consumption, U.S., Produce, Warning
Videos 2009-03-31

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The Fate of Peanut Butter
The recall list is still growing and all things peanut are taking a hit. Peanut growers are anticipating $1 billion in losses, according to the Georgia Peanut Commission. And jarred peanut butter sales continue to drop, despite the fact that no peanut butter sold directly to consumers...
Tags: Recall List, Peanut Grower, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Litigation, Sales, Business Operations, Katherine Glover
Blog posts 2009-03-11
Salmonella Peanut Butter Then and Now: ConAgra Vs. Peanut Corp.
It's worse than we thought. According to the FDA investigation, the Peanut Corporation of America plant was processing our country's peanuts in disturbingly filthy conditions. Inspectors found cockroaches - dead and alive - a leaky roof; brown and black slime; mold on ceilings and walls; gaping holes large enough...
Tags: Food, FDA, Federal Government, Food & Beverage, Government, Manufacturing, Katherine Glover
Blog posts 2009-01-29
Food Roundup: Starbucks Drops Decaf, MoonPie Adds Peanut Butter, and More
Starbucks decaf to be by request only -- The coffee chain announced it will stop automatically brewing decaffeinated coffee after noon. The demand for decaf is much lower in the afternoon, a spokesperson said, and a lot was being wasted. Customers will still be able to order decaf later in...
Tags: Food, Starbucks Corp., Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Katherine Glover
Blog posts 2009-01-28
Insurers to shell out in coverage dispute over peanut recall.
BRISBANE, Australia--The company that triggered an Australia-wide recall of peanut butter and peanut products in 1996 has won a court battle with its insurers for coverage of its business interruption losses. The Peanut Co. of Australia Ltd., base BRISBANE, Australia--The company that triggered...
Tags: insurance company, JUDGE, Kraft Foods Inc.
Research articles 2000-11-27
Field reaction to Sclerotinia blight among transgenic peanut lines containing antifungal genes.(Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology)
Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is susceptible to many diseases. In the southwestern USA and other regions where peanut is grown, diseases caused by fungi are a major threat to profitable production. Transgenic peanut lines possessing fungal resistance gen Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is susceptible to many diseases. In the...
Tags: biotechnology, gene, Molecular Inc., resistance
Research articles 2005-03-01
Whining About Regulation? Think Peanut Butter
One of the perpetual C-Suite bug-a-boos is excessive regulation. If only the government would get off of our backs, many say, even on Bnet blogs. Regulation stifles our creativity. It makes the magic of the market go away. Unregulated, boats will right themselves. And, taking a page...
Tags: Regulator, Georgia, Regulations, Government, Peter Galuszka
Blog posts 2009-01-28
Cheryl & Co. Announces Voluntary Recall of Select Peanut Butter/Peanut Cookie and Dough Products Containing Peanuts Supplied by the Peanut Corporation of America as Part of the PCA Expanded Recall
WESTERVILLE, Ohio -- Cheryl & Co. today announced it is voluntarily recalling a limited and identifiable number of Cheryl & Co. peanut style cookies and cookie dough products produced prior to September 16, 2008 because they contain peanuts from Peanut Corporation of America PCA. PCA - a peanut processing company...
Tags: Cheryl & Co. Inc.
Research articles 2009-02-10
Peanut standards board. (Noted In The Federal Register).(USDA seeks nominations for Peanut Standards Board)(Brief Article)
PEANUT STANDARDS BOARD: USDA is requesting nominations of individuals to be considered for selection as members of the new Peanut Standards Board. The Board consists of 18 members representing producers and industry representatives who would serve st PEANUT STANDARDS BOARD: USDA is requesting nominations of ...
Tags: nomination, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research articles 2002-08-05
Texas Peanut Farmers Shell-Shocked by U.S. Patent Award to Florida University.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Sep. 3--WELLINGTON, Texas--The U.S. Patent Office's award to the University of Florida may cause one hull of a mess for shell-shocked area peanut producers. "They gave the University of Florida a patent for the high-oleic peanut," said Chip Lee, a Texas Agricultural Extension ...
Tags: patent, University of Florida
Research articles 2000-09-06
Food Roundup: FTC Wants to Block Whole Foods Merger, Peanut Butter Blamed in Outbreak, and More
FTC Wants to 'Halt' Whole Foods-Wild Oats Merger Incredibly, the Federal Trade Commission is pressing ahead with its move to "halt" the merger between the two natural-foods grocers, despite the fact that the deal was made last year and the companies have been pretty much fully integrated. ...
Tags: Food, Merger, Whole Foods, FTC, King Nut, Mergers & Acquisitions, Food & Beverage, Branding, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance, Manufacturing, Marketing, Dan Mitchell
Blog posts 2009-01-12
Peanut Butter Recall Shouldn't Affect Consumer Staples Stocks
Zacks.com submits: The FDA is investigating a peanut paste supplier, Peanut Corporation of America, in connection with a fatal outbreak of salmonella contamination that has hospitalized at least 90 persons and is being blamed for six deaths. Salmonella are bacteria that cause diarrhea, cramping, and fever. The FDA...
Tags: Retail, Zacks.com, Hershey Co., Kellogg Co.
External links 2009-01-21
ConAgra Foods voluntarily recalls peanut butter products.(VENDING MARKET WATCH)
ConAgra Foods voluntarily recalled all varieties of Peter Pan Peanut Butter and Great Value Peanut Butter beginning with product code 2111 imprinted on the lid of both brands. ConAgra Foods and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA were investi ConAgra Foods voluntarily recalled all varieties...
Tags: ConAgra, FDA, food
Research articles 2007-03-01
NUTS AND NUTMEATS.(Congress may replace peanut quota system with direct subsidies system)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
PEANUTS - A proposed government buyout of peanut licenses may end a system of quotas that has supported peanut prices since the Great Depression of the 1930's. As part of the overhaul of farm programs, Congress wants to replace the quota system with PEANUTS -...
Tags: U.S. Congress
Research articles 2002-03-11
Generation of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) for gene discovery and marker development in cultivated peanut.(Genomics, Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology)
Expressed sequence tag EST libraries for cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) were developed from two cDNA libraries constructed by means of mRNA prepared from leaves of peanut line C34-24 resistant to leaf spots and Tomato spotted wilt virus and Expressed sequence tag EST libraries for cultivated peanut (Arachis hypogaea...
Tags: biotechnology, Molecular Inc.
Research articles 2005-01-01
Skipping the life fantastic. (Rollout).(Unilever Best Foods introduces squeezable peanut butter)(Brief Article)
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.-based Unilever Best Foods' Skippy has made peanut butter history with the introduction of Squeez' It, the first nationally branded squeezable peanut butter. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.-based Unilever Best Foods' Skippy has made peanut butter history with the introduction of Squeez' It, the...
Tags: food, Unilever PLC
Research articles 2003-06-01
Drought Brings Uncertainty To the Peanut Oil Market.(Brief Article)
THE PEANUT OIL MARKET faces upward pricing pressure as drought conditions in the US threaten to jeopardize peanut harvests later this summer and next fall. Although US peanut oil prices have recovered somewhat from their low in March, a poor harvest could cause pricing to surge...
Tags: analyst, harvest, India, MARKETING, Pricing, Southeast, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research articles 2000-08-28
Peanut oil prices climb on lower peanut supply. (Oils, Fats & Waxes).
PEANUT OIL PRICES are reaching highs not seen since 1997-1998. A combination of tight supply and projected lower global peanut production for the rest of the 2002-2003 marketing year is creating upward pricing pressures. Current crude peanut oil pricing has reached 51 cents per pound, up...
Tags: Chicago, Government, MARKETING, oiL, Pricing, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research articles 2003-04-28
USDA: Peanut referendum underway.
M2 PRESSWIRE-4 June 1999-USDA: Peanut referendum underway C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:030699 WASHINGTON -- The US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service is conducting a referendum among eligible peanut producers from May 24 through June 11 to determine whether they favor...
Tags: ballot, E-mail, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research articles 1999-06-04
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