Greebo Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29138430/ WASHINGTON - The owner of a peanut company urged his workers to ship tainted products after receiving test results identifying salmonella, imploring employees to "turn the raw peanuts on our floor into money," according to internal company e-mails disclosed Wednesday by a U.S. House of Representatives committee. The company e-mails obtained by the House panel showed that Peanut Corp. of America owner Stewart Parnell ordered the shipments tainted with the bacteria because he was worried about lost sales. Bad for him to do, absolutely...but... "It is not unusual for Deibel Labs or other food testing laboratories to find that samples clients submit do test positive for salmonella and other pathogens, nor is it unusual that clients request that samples be retested," Deibel said in prepared testimony to a House subcommittee. "What is virtually unheard of is for an entity to disregard those results and place potentially contaminated products into the stream of commerce." Oh, good, Diebel just acknowledged that the clear majority of their clients act ethically. BUT...even though most of them do the right thing... Deibel said he hopes the crisis leads to a greater role for FDA in overseeing food safety and providing more guidance to food makers. That's right - even though most of their clients do the right thing, and even though the company that didn't is facing criminal charges, all those ethical clients should suffer under extra regulation and interference because one person did the wrong thing. *sigh* Way to drop the ball, Diebel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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