Salmonella Outbreak Preventable; Plant Knew It Was In Its Peanuts

Senior congressional and state officials called Wednesday for a federal probe of possible criminal violations at a Georgia peanut processing plant linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak.The government Tuesday accused the peanut butter manufacturer Peanut Corp. of America (PCA) of shipping products in 2007 and 2008 after internal tests found bacterial contamination, violating food safety regulations.

Officials call for criminal probe into salmonella recall – USATODAY.com

OMG!!!   The idiots that run this peanut processing plant in Georgia need to be locked up for a very long time if these charges are proven correct in a court of law.  I can only hope that the federal investigators are wrong about this; I know a lot of people will sue!!

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