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.”
Check out more of our roundup in “Breaking on the Web.”
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