At least one expert believes that the massive peanut salmonella outbreak linked to the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), likely has animal feces from factory farming at its core. According to Neil Barnard—a medical doctor, nutrition researcher, and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, writing for AgWeek—food safety experts and researchers are missing the real problem.
And, while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) blames peanut butter and peanut paste made by PCA, Barnard feels that blaming an “innocuous” food might not be the answer, citing the 2006 E. coli outbreak linked to spinach and the 2008 salmonella outbreak first linked to tomatoes and finally to Mexican peppers, reported AgWeek. Barnard feels more success would be realized if the problem was tackled head on and earlier on in the food processing chain as opposed to patching the problem further down the line and only after consumers are stricken or dying.
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Hm. More bad news about the evils of factory farming. Michael Pollan was right after all, I suppose.
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