AP: Peanut company in salmonella probe shuts 2nd plant

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Source: Associated Press

Peanut company in salmonella probe shuts 2nd plant

21 mins ago

ATLANTA – The company at the center of an
investigation into a deadly national salmonella
outbreak has suspended operations at a second
peanut processing plant.

Peanut Corporation of America said in a statement
Tuesday it is voluntarily suspending operations
at its Plainview, Texas, plant while state and
federal health officials complete an investigation
into procedures and food safety records there.

Peanut Corp. already closed a Georgia plant
identified as the source of a salmonella outbreak
that has sickened 600 people in 44 states and may
have contributed to eight deaths.

An Associated Press investigation last week revealed
that the Texas plant operated for years uninspected
and unlicensed by state health officials.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090210/ap_on_bi_ge/salmonella_outbreak_plant

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Yesterday: FBI raids peanut butter plant suspected in outbreak - CNN

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1. More mostly innocent people out of a job..

...because of mismanagement.

Oh well, safety standard enforcement is just pork barrel spending I guess.