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I just sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration asking them to increase their efforts to keep food safe from salmonella and other food safety issues. For the second time in as many years, peanut butter contaminated with deadly salmonella has been recalled.


This latest outbreak, tracked back to the now-bankrupt the Peanut Corporation of America, has caused nearly 655 illnesses, and contributed to nine deaths. Parents have suffered through two massive recalls of tainted peanut products in the past two years. That's two recalls too many. We shouldn't have to worry whether what's in our fridge is a healthy snack or dangerous to our children. Act now to demand food safety reforms. All peanut companies-and all food processors in this country -- must use top-notch safety practices to protect our families from food bourne health risks.

Will you send a letter to the FDA urging them to take action to keep our kids safe when eating sandwiches?

This isn't the first time peanut manufacturers have been in trouble. Back in 2007, another salmonella outbreak forced the recall of Peter Pan peanut butter by manufacturer ConAgra. Only after the recall did ConAgra invest $50 million into improving safety standards at their manufacturing plant. But the events of this last month prove we can't trust each individual manufacturer to fix this problem on their own. We need real reform.

Thanks for your help on improving the safety of America's children. Together, we can get this done.

P.S. This FDA website will keep you up to date on which peanut butter and other products are affected by the recall.

P.P.S What they really need to do is break the FDA into two different administrations. One which focuses on drugs and drug devices and the other which focuses on just food. But what do I know.

Labels: FDA, peanut butter