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Going down - could not happen to a more ethical person

Meet Mr. Stewart Parnell: Mr. Parnell runs the Peanut Corporation of America and seems to have a very hands-on management style. His bad. From MS/NBC:

Salmonella found at Ga. plant as early as 2006
Owner Stewart Parnell refused to testify at hearing; 9 have now died

See the jar, the congressman challenged Stewart Parnell, holding up a container of the peanut seller's products and asking if he'd dare eat them. Parnell pleaded the Fifth.

The owner of the peanut company at the heart of the massive salmonella recall refused to answer the lawmaker's questions — or any others — Wednesday about the bacteria-tainted products he defiantly told employees to ship to some 50 manufacturers of cookies, crackers and ice cream.

"Turn them loose," Parnell had told his plant manager in an internal e-mail disclosed at the House hearing. The e-mail referred to products that once were deemed contaminated but were cleared in a second test last year.

Some jail time would be very appropriate. Even a local cookie maker had to recall some of her products. They bought peanut paste from a company that was supposed to be sourcing Organic Peanuts and were buying from the lowest bidder and re-packaging. And we rag on China... Posted by DaveH at February 11, 2009 10:10 PM | TrackBack