Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Salmonella Was Found at Peanut Plant Before

100 products have been recalled including cookies and crackers and it's not joke. More than 500 people in 43 states, 100 in which are children under 5 are sick and eight are died after eating products made from peanut butter. The peanut butter was from a plant called Peanut Corporation of America in Blakely, Ga. The plant knowingly sent out peanut butter that had mold growing on its ceiling and walls. Tests on the product showed it has salmonella. The plant took no steps to clean up after tests showed the contamination and continued to store pallets of peanut butter next to supplies of peanuts. Federal regulations state that raw and finished materials should be stored separately. Along with the salmonella contamination, dirty surfaces, grease residue and dirt buildup were found throughout the plant. It seems that with all of our regulations on food supply there are still products slipping through the cracks.

1 comment:

Sarah Ng said...

Ummm. sketchy. You'd think that after that whole muckraking era and all of our increased regulations that these factories would be more safe...especially when dealing with human health. It's completely ridiculous that this company KNEW that parts of their factory (like the "mold," "dirty surfaces," and "grease residue") were unsanitary, and still didn't care enough to take the steps necessary to make sure that the products were clean. And since people are dying now and theres a huge recall, these companies better get their acts together.