Why is this project important?
I've been reading articles on the peanut contamination debacle
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/us/29Peanut.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/16/peanut-butter-probe-expan_n_158689.html
These articles talk about the shabby conditions of the factory and how long it took to find which plant the infected product came from.
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/MajorProductRecalls/Peanut/default.htm
This is the FDA site with all of the contaminated products. There are actually new contaminated products added almost everyday.