I had the opportunity to investigate first-hand the PCA peanut processing plant in Blakely, Georgia yesterday.  This plant was the subject of the recent peanut butter salmonella recall that sickened 691 people and killed 9.  Below is the NBC videotape of my investigation, which showed rats, insects, roaches, standing water and roof leaks inside the plant [...]

On March 26, 2009 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed the Center for Disease Control (CDC) that multiple samples of pistachios and pistachio-containing products collected from Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc, California were contaminated with several serotypes of Salmonella, including Montevideo, Newport, and Senftenberg.  Since that time, the CDC has been actively investigating [...]