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Peanut Corporation of America

PCA Closes 3rd and Final Plant, May File Chapter 7

February 18, 2009

Has the salmonella outbreak come to an end?  Probably not.  However, the Peanut Corporation of America has closed the last of its three plants.  The third plant located in Southeastern Virginia was not implicated in the salmonella outbreak, but perhaps the bad press and the links of the other two plants to the biggest salmonella [...]

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PCA Peanut Butter Plant in Texas Closed, 4 Year Recall on Products

February 12, 2009

Perhaps, we should consider making our own peanut butter, for those who can still stomach the idea of a peanut butter anything. Today the Peanut Corporation of America’s Plainview, Texas had all its products recalled… for the past 4 years! The Texas Department of State Health Services on Thursday ordered the recall of all products [...]

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Peanut’s Parnell Pleads Fifth Amendment Protection

February 11, 2009

Okay, so when I got up this morning I was torn between watching the Congressional hearings on the peanut salmonella case and watching eight bank CEO’s get a good grilling by another Congressional committee. I turned to the Congressional committee hearing on the peanut case first, wanting to get my first look at Stewart Parnell, [...]

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FDA Did Little to Prevent Salmonella Outbreak

January 28, 2009

Talk about another failure of the FDA!  The FDA knew of the potential for salmonella at the Peanut Corporation in Blakely, Georgia. Of course, the FDA is blaming the plant but what did the FDA do to prevent the salmonella outbreak?  Nothing. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said at least 12 times over the [...]

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