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MRE Peanut Products Declared Safe

The Defense Logistics Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency both say the peanut products contained in meals ready to eat that were shipped to victims of storms in Kentucky and Arkansas last month are safe to eat. The 1.5 million MREs do not contain any products that were recalled by the Food and Drug Administration, in the wake of reports that some commercially sold goods were tainted with e-coli and other food-borne contaminants, DLA and FEMA say.

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