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(AP) —This Feb. 3, 2009, file photo shows the Peanut Corporation of America processing plant in Plainview, Texas.
Kenneth Kendrick, who had been assistant manager at the plant, spoke out about unsanitary conditions there after a salmonella outbreak that killed nine and sickened hundreds. Kendrick was working for another company by the time he made his remarks, but he says he was fired from his new job and hasn’t been able to get a decent one since. A new food safety law signed last month by President Barack Obama contains broad protections for whistleblowers who warn of violations in the food industry. (AP Photo/Plainview Daily Herald/Richard Porter)