Planting Good Ag Practices: Peanuts are a food ingredient from planting until consumption

摘要

No one needs reminding of the food safety issue that hit the peanut industry in spring 2009 and led to the largest food safety recall in American history. Because producers are a part of getting peanuts from the farm to the table, they will be countedon to do their part to help reduce the risk of another food safety issue. The 'Poster Child' For Food Safety - Jimmy Dorsett, president and chief executive officer of Golden Peanut Company, speaking at the National Peanut Buying Points Association meeting, said that even before the PCA salmonella incident in January 2009, efforts were underway in Congress to strengthen the food safety standards.