New advice: Peanuts in baby’s diet can prevent scary allergy
New parents, get ready to feed your babies peanut-containing foods — starting young lowers their chances of becoming allergic.
Former peanut exec gets 28 years in prison for outbreak
Before federal marshals led him from the courtroom en route to prison, possibly for the rest of his life, Stewart Parnell apologized years after his company’s peanut butter spawned a deadly outbreak of salmonella poisoning.
AP: Life sentence urged in peanut salmonella case
Federal court officers have recommended a sentence of life in prison for a peanut company executive convicted of selling salmonella-tainted food, a move that attorneys on both sides called “unprecedented” for a food-poisoning case.
New treatment could reduce kids’ peanut allergies
An experimental therapy that fed children with peanut allergies small amounts of peanut flour has helped more than 80 percent of them safely eat a handful of the previously worrisome nuts.
Area peanut growers produce bumper crop
Peanut butter is a staple food item for many Lowndes County residents. And if your favorite brand is Jif, there’s a good chance your peanut butter may have ties to Monroe County.
California city hosts massive ‘Peanuts’ Christmas display after family loses home to foreclosure
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Jim Jordan created a heart-warming Christmas display of Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts” characters more than 40 years ago at his Southern California home, and it became a holiday tradition as tens of thousands of people showed up each year to see the sparkling extravaganza.
MS peanut growers get highest yields in nation
The Mississippi State University Extension Service says timely rains in early September made a smooth harvest for Mississippi peanuts, a crop that is in high demand due to drought in other peanut-growing areas.