Food Scientist Says Alabamians Should Take Pride in State

Like the late singer John Denver, Dr. Jean Weese has always been thankful for having grown up a country girl.

But following the recent salmonella outbreak in peanut butter, the transplanted Kentuckian is also thankful she lives in Alabama, where food safety regulations are especially strict.

As a matter of fact, Weese, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System food safety specialist and Auburn University professor of nutrition and food science, says that Alabama