How Did the Peanut Butter become contaminated with Salmonella Typhimurium?
Health officials at the Center for Disease Control (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and numerous state agencies identified peanut butter and peanut paste manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) as the source of Salmonella Typhimurium that has poisoned over 714 people and killed nine in a salmonella outbreak that began on or about September 1, 2008. The contaminated peanut butter and peanut paste was manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America (“PCA”) at its peanut processing plants in Blakely, Georgia and Plainview, Texas. Upon being contacted by numerous sickened individuals, the salmonella lawyers at Simon & Luke immediately began investigating the outbreak in conjunction with federal and state officials. On April 22 and 23, Ron Simon of Simon & Luke led a team of photographers and experts into PCA’s manufacturing plants in Texas and Georgia. His inspections revealed rats, insects, roaches, standing water and roof leaks inside the plants. The original footage
