United States-Salmonella.

UNITED STATES-SALMONELLA.

The salmonella contamination of peanut products has brought American food safety under scrutiny causing some to question the value of the Made In America brand.

Over the past week, we have been asking industry and readers to share their views.

Below is a selection of attributed responses.

"PCA is a poster-child for this sad pattern of eight years of removing effective food safety regs and inspections.

"But you can take to the bank that the process of restoring the safety brigades all across the board here will be aggressive. So we will bounce back, as the Obama team is fleshed out and settles into place in the government agencies.

"Will PCA damage the US rep for clean foods? Sure. Moms REALLY care about what their families eat, and Moms do the shopping. It does not matter if the Moms are American or French or Brazilian or Chinese or Saudi. Peanut butter sales here have nose-dived (except for organic!)."