Government Knew Peanut Butter Was Tainted

Salmonella Peanut That finding is based on records that show a decomposed substance was found in a peanut shipment...and it was found before anyone got sick.

by The Associated Press

Published: Fri, January 30, 2009 - 11:38 am CST Last Updated: Fri, January 30, 2009 - 11:55 am CST

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Associated Press has learned that the
government found tainted peanuts -- from the same plant now linked
to a salmonella outbreak -- well before illnesses hit.
The government is acknowledging that a shipment containing a
"filthy, putrid or decomposed substance" was returned to the U.S.
in April -- months earlier than reflected in a federal tracking
database.
According to government records, the rejected shipment came
across a bridge between New York and Canada. It was logged by the
Food and Drug Administration, but never tested by federal
inspectors. The peanuts were eventually destroyed after
back-and-forth efforts between the FDA and Peanut Corp. broke down
and after the FDA rejected as "unacceptable" the findings by a
private lab the company hired to analyze its peanuts.
The FDA's explanation raises new questions about the adequacy of
food-safety tests arranged by Peanut Corp. on its own products.

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cork Says:

Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 12:51 pm

The company may have shipped the peanut butter but where did the contamination come from? With all the peanut farmers in America why Canada and how do they grow it way up there? That is the question….The FDA is trying to put the blame somewhere else other than investigating the peanut fields. I bet they will find raw sewage that was emptied as fertilizer from nearby sewage treatment plants and was not fermented on the ground long enough. This is the way they are getting rid of the waste after it’s supposedly treated. There is more containment in sewage water that their processing plants can get rid of. Start from the beginning when the peanuts are planted. Ask the farmer in Georgia who did strait injection on his hay fields and when he fed his cows he lost over 200 head. Someone needs to investigate this? Someone needs to investigate the tomatos and also the spinach and I bet there is more sickness out there than what is being reported.