Personal Injury Law

FDA sets new peanut safety guidelines

The U.S. FDA has issued new safety guidelines this week for companies that use peanut products. These guidelines follow the salmonella peanut butter outbreak, which the CDC said has caused personal injuries to 683 people in 46 different states. The Peanut Corporation had a $12 million personal injury liability insurance policy, but that will not be adequate to cover all of the product liability lawsuits filed against the company.

To read more about the new FDA guidelines.

Full post as published by Illinois Injury Lawyer Blog on March 11, 2009 (boomark / email).