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...ConAgra, the Nebraska-based food conglomerate, quickly recalled its Peter Pan brand, which the FDA identified as the source of the problem. "We are truly sorry for any harm that our peanut butter products may have caused," said CEO Gary Rodkin, apparently referring to the severe diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps consumers suffered for up to a week after infection. The first cases were reported in August, but 60% have arisen since the beginning of December...
...manufacturer responsible for such culinary legends as Chef Boyardee, Reddi-Wip, Swiss Miss and Slim Jim is racing to retrieve and incinerate the polluted peanut spread as quickly as it can. It has advised consumers to throw out any remaining Peter Pan in their kitchen cabinets, but it is also busy retrieving unsold jars from major retailers. The company refused to confirm whether it would actually incinerate all the offending peanut butter that is returned or still at the plant; there is also a provision from the FDA that allows ConAgra to irreparably "damage" or crush the jars and then...
...Nationwide, Americans consume almost a billion pounds of peanut butter annually, though that number may drop now that Peter Pan is in Neverland. But ConAgra's problems amount to more than peanuts. The company is also recalling more than 400,000 pounds of Banquet-brand pasta and meatball meals that may have been undercooked. (Consumers were warned, on a hotline, to look out for leaking, bulging, or rusting products, or those with a foul odor...
...Nkrumah's policies came at a high price. Industrialization cost millions and the government neglected cocoa, Ghana's traditional export crop, which brought in most of the foreign exchange. As Ghana's economy began to fall apart, Nkrumah seemed more interested in pan-Africanism than the minutiae of government. He became isolated, paranoid and dictatorial. In 1964, in a move that would be repeated by other African leaders in the decades to come, Nkrumah declared Ghana a one-party state and himself leader for life. The early optimism was gone, replaced by a deep sense of disappointment and lost opportunity...
...decided to crown the Darfur conflict with the term genocide, Eggers’ book is a story not of Darfur but of one of the thousands of Lost Boys—a term that, to many, has only some vague connection with both Sudan and “Peter Pan.” A 475-page chronicle of a little-known life begs for a captivating beginning, and Eggers delivers just that. Deng’s story begins in Atlanta, where he innocently opens a door to a female stranger who promptly begins a dramatic robbery. Eggers weaves scenes from...