So fun fact, the US Food and Drug Administration has rules about what color peanut butter is allowed to be. In fact, there are a lot of rules about peanut butter. In this episode, I’m sharing the story of the woman who is probably most responsible for that. I first shared this story in AprilContinue reading “Peanut Butter on Trial (replay)”
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Peanut Butter on Trial
In Room 5131 of the Health, Education, and Welfare Building in Washington D.C. sit two groups. On one side, a group of slick corporate lawyers. On the other side, the FDA. At their side, a woman named Ruth Desmond, a woman who will come to be known as the “peanut butter grandma”.
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