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Good enough to eat?

By Jenny Wiggins and Patti Waldmeir

Published: April 16 2009 03:00 | Last updated: April 16 2009 03:00

In the not quite three months since he took office, Barack Obama has had a daunting array of issues with which to concern himself - but one the US president may have least expected was peanut butter.

"When I heard peanut products were being contaminated earlier this year, I immediately thought of my seven-year-old daughter Sasha, who has peanut butter sandwiches for lunch probably three times a week," he told the nation in one of his weekly addresses from the White House. "No parent should have to worry that their child is going to get sick from their lunch."

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