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A peanut that might not trigger allergic reactions is one step closer to store shelves. N.C. A&T announced Tuesday that it has signed a licensing deal with a Canadian firm. Click here for more details.
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J.M. Smucker Co. believes it has put its higher peanut costs behind, putting the maker of Jif on a path to grow its peanut butter business. Click here for more details.
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Researchers at N.C. State’s Plants for Human Health Institute have recently developed an ingredient that could potentially help to lessen allergic reactions for people with peanuts allergies. Click here for more details.
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“The need for peanuts is great. I mean, we’re still a growing country and world, so we’ve got more people to feed,” Jeff Roper said. “But the limitation here in West Texas is the amount of available water that we have.” Click here for more details.
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Peanut allergies strike fear in parents, leading airlines to stop handing out peanut snacks and principals to institute school-wide bans on the legumes. But some researchers hope the war on peanuts can end in a truce. Click here for more details.
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Peanuts are the leading cause of severe food allergic reactions in the U.S., with many restaurants, school systems and airlines completely removing the legume from their menus. Click here for more details.
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A change-of-plea hearing will be held today at 4 p.m. EDT for Samuel Lightsey, the former Peanut Corporation of America plant manager in Blakely, GA. Notice of the hearing, being held at the C.B. King U.S. Courthouse in Albany, GA, was filed Tuesday by the court. Click here for more details.
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The Hershey Company(NYSE: HSY) today announced that its best-selling chocolate brand in the United States will be launching in Brazil. 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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Nearly a million jars of peanut butter are being dumped at a New Mexico landfill to expedite the sale of a bankrupt peanut-processing plant that was at the heart of a 2012 salmonella outbreak and nationwide recall. Click here for more details.
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