Bush's FDA inaction cited in contamination 23 Apr 2007 The Food and Drug Administration knew for years about contamination at a Georgia peanut butter plant and on California spinach farms that led to disease that killed three people, federal records show. But the agency took only limited steps and relied on producers to police themselves.
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