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Lawmakers subpoena 9 food testing companies - MSNBC
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers voted Thursday to subpoena nine companies responsible for analyzing the most dangerous food entering the country as part of an investigation that gained more urgency with an outbreak of salmonella from tomatoes. For months, a
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State: Feds clear Florida's tomatoes in salmonella scare - Herald Tribune
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has put Florida on its safe list for tomatoes. Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach said Tuesday night the agency hopes to identify the source of a nationwide salmonella outbreak linked to
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FDA hit for slow progress on improving food safety - Guardian Unlimited
WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - U.S. health officials have not followed through on a promise made last year to make the food supply safer, lawmakers and others said on Thursday, as investigators probed the latest foodborne illness. In the past week
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