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The food industry’s private inspection system failed to catch filthy conditions at a peanut company blamed for a nationwide salmonella outbreak because the firm itself hired the inspectors, lawmakers said Thursday.
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in this Feb. 4, 2009, file photo Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., speaks during a news conference regarding the peanut butter salmonella outbreak and the proposed Food Safety Modernization Act on Capitol Hill in Washington. At right is Jeff Almer, whose...
