In a Nut Shell, Peanut Plant was ‘Filthy’
February 13th, 2009It’s no wonder that a Texas-based peanut butter plant has been ordered to recall all of its products on Thursday. On a recent visit to the Plainview-based Peanut Corporation of America, the Texas Department of State Health Services discovered dead rodents, rodent poop and bird feathers in the plant. In short, the place was filthy, Texas Health Department Press Officer Doug McBride told CNN in a telephone interview. The department’s order, which was issued a day after the discovery of a nasty crawl space, affects everything the company shipped during the four years it has been open. CNN, citing a health department news release, reports that the ventilation system at the factory sucked up trash and filth “from the infested crawl space into production areas of the plant resulting in the adulteration of exposed food products.” Officials at the plant voluntarily stopped operations Monday night. “Our understanding is that the bulk of their products go to other food manufacturers,” McBride said. “We’re not aware of any direct sales to consumers.” Some 600 people have fallen sick and eight have died from salmonella traced back to the Peanut Corporation of America.
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