"ST. PAUL, Minn. -- After Minnesota played a huge role in solving two of the nation's major salmonella outbreaks, some federal lawmakers want to duplicate the state's approach to handing food-borne illnesses.
Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., is co-sponsoring legislation that would create four or five centers of excellence around the country to investigate suspected food safety problems, like salmonella and E. coli..."