August 19, 2008

AP reports Mexican Peppers tagged as unsafe long before outbreak

According to the Associated Press, Federal inspectors at the U.S./ Mexico border routinely rejected shipments of peppers months before the outbreak of Salmonella this year. As many as 88 shipments were turned away since January, and it surprised the higher-ups at the FDA.
Using records obtained from the FDA, AP discovered the pattern of rejection from [...]