IFE LIVE: US peanut industry counting cost of safety scare
By: just-food.com | 17 March 2009
The US peanut industry has been hit by the economic downturn and wavering consumer confidence after January's salmonella scare, which has sickened 683 people in 46 states and resulted in nine deaths, industry representatives have indicated.
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The US peanut industry has been hit by the economic downturn and wavering consumer confidence after January's salmonella scare, which has sickened 683 people in 46 states and resulted in nine deaths, industry representatives have indicated.
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