date:Nov 27, 2012
For the first time in agency history, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday used its authority to suspend the registration of peanut butter processor Sunland Inc. of Portales, N.M., the plant connected to a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 41 people across 20 states. Without a proper FDA registration, Sunland the countrys largest organic peanut butter producer would be prohibited from selling any products within America.
The FDA was granted the authority to suspend reg