Quick Picks: Peanut Safety and Saving Citi
Our editors’ picks of the latest investigative stories around the Web:
- Following the salmonella outbreak at a Georgia peanut processor, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution examined the state’s peanut inspection system and found troubling gaps: Inspectors often fail to follow up on violations, and few have backgrounds in science. Georgia’s chief inspector responded, “We’re satisfied with the inspections that were done, because they are a snapshot in time.”
- Citigroup got its third rescue from the U.S. government a little over a week ago, but U.S. officials are already discussing a contingency plan in case the bank “takes a sudden turn for the worse, which they aren’t expecting,” reports the Wall Street Journal. Treasury officials reportedly told Citi a new rescue isn’t imminent. And according to the Journal, Citigroup says it has “a strong liquidity position and that its capital levels are among the highest in the banking industry.”
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3 comments
Mike Watsom
May 1, 2009, 9:25 p.m.
Is it safe to eat peanuts now?
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Amanda Smith
May 2, 2009, 9:45 a.m.
Wow I’m staying away from peanuts! So are my kids!
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ceo@educationonline-101.com
May 5, 2009, 10:21 a.m.
Its not that you cant eat peanuts.You just need to know the source of where they are coming from. Which most have been recalled anyways. I think this will cause alot of companies to beef up there cleanliness standards.
Walter S.
Term Life Insurance
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