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The International Peanut Genome Initiative—a group of multinational crop geneticists who have been working in tandem for the last several years—has successfully sequenced the peanut’s genome. Click here for more details.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday recalled some variants of Lily’s Peanut Butter found to be containing excessive amounts of aflatoxin, a species of fungi. Click here for more details.
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Birdsong Corporation, a Virginia-based company that processes peanuts for marketing and distribution worldwide, will locate a $47.3 million facility in Darlington County that is expected to create 55 new jobs over a five-year period. Click here for more details.
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A new study just released in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that different flavors of peanuts – salted, spicy, honey-roasted, or unsalted – result in positive health benefits. The study, “A Randomized Trial on the Effects of Flavorings on the Health Benefits of Daily Peanut Consumption,” was conducted at Purdue University and included over 150…
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The Natural State has produced an average of at least 10,000 pounds of peanuts within the past three years, and it’s now getting some recognition for it. Click here for more details.
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What began 18 months ago with the recall of organic peanut butter involved in a Salmonella outbreak will end later this week when the shuttered Sunland Inc. processing plant goes on the auction block. Click here for more details.
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A North Carolina company is hoping to buy an eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant that went bankrupt after a salmonella outbreak shuttered its operations and prompted a nationwide recall. Click here for more details.
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Treating peanuts with heat and pressure might help reduce allergic reactions to proteins in this popular legume, recent research suggests. Click here for more information.
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With the caveat that this should not be tried at home, researchers conducting a study in children with peanut allergies found that the participants could build up a tolerance by consuming increasingly larger amounts of peanut protein on a regular basis. Click here for more information.
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Jellyfish are popular attractions at aquariums, with their see-through bodies and floating lifestyle. Keeping hungry jellyfish fed, however, can be a challenge. Fish and shrimp-based protein sources can be expensive, inconvenient, and may ultimately be unsustainable. Click here for more information.
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