This is just delicious news regarding the salmonella outbreak from the peanut butter:
The plant in Georgia that produced peanut butter tainted by salmonella
has a history of sanitation lapses and was cited repeatedly in 2006 and
2007 for having dirty surfaces and grease residue and dirt buildup
throughout the plant, according to health inspection reports.
Inspection reports from 2008 found the plant repeatedly in violation of
cleanliness standards.
While we were ALL eating the goods. TASTY.
Inspections of the plant in Blakely, Ga., by the State Agriculture
Department found areas of rust that could flake into food, gaps in
warehouse doors large enough for rodents to get through, unmarked spray
bottles and containers and numerous violations of other practices
designed to prevent food contamination. The plant, owned by the Peanut
Corporation of America of Lynchburg, Va., has been shut down.
A
typical entry from an inspection report, dated Aug. 23, 2007, said:
“The food-contact surfaces of re-work kettle in the butter room
department were not properly cleaned and sanitized.” Additional entries
noted: “The food-contact surfaces of the bulk oil roast transfer belt”
in a particular room “were not properly cleaned and sanitized. The
food-contact surfaces of pan without wheels in the blanching department
were not properly cleaned and sanitized.”
A code violation in
the same report observed “clean peanut butter buckets stored
uncovered,” while another cited a “wiping cloth” to “cover crack on
surge bin.” Tests on samples gathered on the day of that inspection
were negative for salmonella.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/health/27peanuts.html?partner=rss
This is just delicious news regarding the salmonella outbreak from the peanut butter:
While we were ALL eating the goods. TASTY.
Inspections of the plant in Blakely, Ga., by the State Agriculture Department found areas of rust that could flake into food, gaps in warehouse doors large enough for rodents to get through, unmarked spray bottles and containers and numerous violations of other practices designed to prevent food contamination. The plant, owned by the Peanut Corporation of America of Lynchburg, Va., has been shut down.
A typical entry from an inspection report, dated Aug. 23, 2007, said: “The food-contact surfaces of re-work kettle in the butter room department were not properly cleaned and sanitized.” Additional entries noted: “The food-contact surfaces of the bulk oil roast transfer belt” in a particular room “were not properly cleaned and sanitized. The food-contact surfaces of pan without wheels in the blanching department were not properly cleaned and sanitized.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/health/27peanuts.html?partner=rss