This didn't take long. From the AP and MSNBC.com. And thanks to Average Jane for the heads up.
Peanut Corp. of America files for bankruptcy
Company at source of national salmonella outbreak succumbs
ATLANTA - The peanut processing company at the heart of a national salmonella outbreak has filed for bankruptcy.
The Virginia-based Peanut Corp. of America filed Friday for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in bankruptcy court in Lynchburg, Va. The company said in the filing that its debt and assets both ranged between $1 million and $10 million.
The salmonella outbreak was traced to one of the company's plants in Blakely, Ga., where inspectors found roaches, mold and a leaking roof. A second plant in Texas was shuttered this week. The outbreak has resulted in more than 500 illnesses, led to one of the nation's biggest recalls and caused as many as nine deaths.
The brand really died and the company was already bankrupt when an employee and a manager and - who knows how high it went - decided they didn't care about the well-being of people who were their customers. The events taking place now just make it official. Did they think life was about selling peanuts?
Posted by: Dick Johnson | Friday, February 13, 2009 at 03:23 PM