WASHINGTON - Stewart Parnell, owner and president of Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), whose Georgia plant is under federal investigation, appeared before the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations amid revelations that he gave staff the go-ahead to ship peanut products that initially tested positive for salmonella but were clean in retests.
The salmonella outbreak has sickened at least 600 people since the fall, and three Minnesotans are among the nine who have died. . More than 1,900 products have been recalled, among the largest recalls in U.S. history. In an August e-mail, Parnell, advised that products initially identified with salmonella had come up clean in retests, said, "okay, let's turn them loose then." In another, from October, Parnell complained that delays related to positive tests were "costing us huge $$$$$$."
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