This is the way libertarians and conservatives believe things should work. Let business do what it wants. If people die, the company can be sued, and maybe won't do it again.
http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/15/15195770-9-kinds-of-salmonella-found-in-peanut-butter-from-nm-plant?lite
By JoNel Aleccia, NBC News
Nov. 15, 2012
A New Mexico peanut plant tied to a food poisoning outbreak that sickened dozens sent potentially tainted lots out the door even after its internal testing found at least nine different types of salmonella in peanut and almond butters, Food and Drug Administration officials said. Two of the 11 lots included the outbreak strain of the bacteria.
The pathogens were also found throughout the peanut plant operated by Sunland Inc. in Portales, N.M., where FDA inspectors found salmonella in 28 environmental samples between mid-September and mid-October.
But the company's president and chief executive denied that the firm shipped tainted products and said its response to FDA would make that clear.
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The month-long FDA inspection of the Sunland plant that supplied peanut butter, nut butters and other nut products to major retailers including Trader Joes, Whole Foods and Harry and David found dirty equipment and slipshod food safety and cleaning practices that may have raised the risk of serious illness -- including food poisoning and life-threatening allergic reactions.
Specifically, the company failed to clean production and packaging equipment between runs of nuts such as peanuts, which contain allergens. In May 2011, the firm received a complaint that a child had developed anaphylactic shock after eating almond butter that contained peanut allergens, the FDA said.
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Salmonella infections tied to recalled Trader Joe’s Valencia Creamy Salted Peanut Butter made with Sea Salt sickened 41 people in 20 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ten people were hospitalized; there were no deaths.
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