Major peanut product recall due to dead rodents, birds
Earlier today, all peanut products made by the Peanut Corporation of America at its plant in Plainview, Texas were recalled by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Inspectors found dead rodents, rodent excrement and bird feathers in the plant’s production area. They were spread from a crawl space by the ventilation system into exposed peanuts as they were being processed.
According to CNN, Texas Health Department press officer Doug McBride said the company sold to other food manufacturers, not directly to consumers.
Company officials voluntarily halted operations since Monday.
The plant produced oil-roasted peanuts, dry-roasted peanuts, peanut meal and granulated peanut since it opened in March 2005.
Another peanut plant owned by the company in Blakely, Ga., caused an outbreak of salmonella poisoning that affected over 600 people and killed nine.
Here is a link to a health alert widget from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with the latest information on the peanut recalls.
Great. After the milk debacle over in China, we need to worry about peanuts here. -_-
