Posted on 02/13/2009 6:50:20 PM PST by NCjim
ATLANTA (AP) - The peanut processing company at the heart of a national salmonella outbreak is going out of business.
The Lynchburg, Va.-based Peanut Corp. of America filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Virginia Friday, the latest bad news for the company that has been accused of producing tainted peanut products that may have reached everyone from poor school children to disaster victims.
"It's regrettable, but it's inevitable with the events of last month," said Andrew S. Goldstein, a bankruptcy lawyer in Roanoke, Va., who filed the petition.
The salmonella outbreak was traced to the company's plant in Blakely, Ga., where inspectors found roaches, mold and a leaking roof. A second plant in Plainview, Texas was shuttered this week after preliminary tests came back positive for possible salmonella contamination. So far, the outbreak has been suspected of sickening more than 630 people and may have caused nine deaths. It also has led to more than 2,000 product recalls, one of the largest recalls in U.S. history.
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Take them out and shoot ‘em.
Man, these guys are really bad. I mean, some of the victims were poor kids and disaster victims.
/sarc off
Color me surprised.
How long before Obama bails ‘em out?
mrs
“Poor” school children. How about leaving off the adjective and just state the facts.
put a fork - or a knife - in ‘em
There are a lot of good corporate citizens out there, but also some real bad apples....peanuts,too in this case. Chasing that almighty dollar and the public be damned.
IT’S JIMMY CARTER’S FAULT!
How’s THAT for originality?
That CEO bastard better be charged with murder. He shipped tainted food.
Love your tagline, Morty.
No doubt about it, they’ve had a $hitty year.
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