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This is Murder

By Michael Blankenship

The Georgia peanut plant linked to a salmonella outbreak that has killed eight people and sickened 500 more across the country knowingly shipped out contaminated peanut butter 12 times in the past two years, federal officials said yesterday.Read more....The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare reports that at least 10 Idahoans have fallen ill after eating peanut butter products. At least one death in Idaho may be the result of eating contaminated food.This case illustrates the continued failure of the regulatory process in this country. The Washington Post report details some of these failures. We also see the weak and ineffective sanctions that are imposed against corporate criminals.Based on the Washington Post report, it appears that the Peanut Corporation of America has deliberately distributed a product that it knew to be contaminated with salmonella...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on January 28, 2009 (boomark / email).