Worker: I Saw Rat Roasting In Peanut Plant (Facility Being Probed In Salmonella Outbreak)

cbsnews.com ^ | Feb. 3, 2009

[Free ThinkerNY]

BLAKELY, Ga., Feb. 3, 2009 (CBS) A former employee of the Georgia peanut plant at the center of a criminal investigation in a nationwide salmonella outbreak says he saw a rat dry-roasting in a peanut area.

Jonathan Prather was one of 50 people who lost their jobs last month when the Peanut Corporation of America shut down its plant in Blakely.

The outbreak is blamed in as many as eight deaths and has sickened some 500 people, authorities say. Many products made with peanut paste from the plant have been recalled.

[Badeye]

Rat, the other white meat.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Since when did Democrats/Liberals start living in peanut factories?

[Dr. Sivana]

♫Chipmunks roasting on an Open Fire♫

(Old time Rush listeners will remember that ditty)

[DonaldC]

I wonder what the immigration status is of the line workers at that plant.

[JennysCool]

Don’t be dissin’ dry-roasted rat! That’s some good eatin’!

[chuck_the_tv_out]

Roasting the rats Americans just won’t roast

[gusty]

The worker’s name wouldn’t have been Reece Bobby by any chance.

[max americana]

Right, but I don’t think people buy peaRat butter.

[mamelukesabre]

WHat does rats have to do with salmonella?

[lilylangtree]

Is Blakely anywhere near Jimmah Cahteh’s Plains, Georgia since Jimmah runs a peanut plantation?

[Billthedrill]

Life imitating art...

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bet ya’ $100 NO paperwork. ;)

[GeorgiaDawg32]

Jonathan Prather was one of 50 people who lost their jobs last month

personally, I’m taking this with a grain of salt (the guy MAY be tryin to get back at the company since he’s lost his job)

I’ll reserve judgment on whether or not this is true..

[Redgirl]

I wondered that also.

Thankfully we didn't have any peanut butter/products around because my daughter is allergic to peanuts and all tree nuts.
I still miss those Little Debbie nutty bars. nummy!

[yorkie]

[evets]

"YOU GOT 'RAT' IN MY PEANUT BUTTER!"

[ltc8k6]

Yeah, and it was cooked anyway.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Ha! I used to be in a band that played a lot of Zappa. The only tune from that album we played was “Willie The Pimp.”

[Kolb]

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