Peanut Butter Salmonella Infographic

CREAMY, CRUNCHY CONTAMINATED The New York Times Food Problems Elude Private Inspectors ella Infested History of Saion .S. Peanut Butter in By MICAHEL MOGS and ANDREW MARTIN Published March 5. 2000 Feb. 9, 200o9: The FBI raids the Peanut Corporation's Blakely, Ga. plant at the heart of the criminal investigation (ABC News). Federal investigators later discovered that the PCA dilapidated plant was ravaged by salmonella and had been knowingly shipping tainted peanuts. At this time, the FDA did not have the ability to shut down a factory's operations without going through court (Christian Science Monitor). This had been going on for at least 9 MONTHS An estimated 22,500 were SICKENED Feb. 10, 2009: A Peanut Corporation of America processing facility in Texas, the Plainview Peanut Company, announces that it will voluntarily suspend operations during the food safety investigation (ABC News). 2eanut Leorporation of America DEATHS Stevart Parnell pleaded the Sth multiple times when asked if be, or anyone else in Peanut Corporation of Anerica was aware of the salmo- nella contamination. Hourly samples were sent for testing. On twelve accounts, they were positive for salmonella (Huffington Post). FDA FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT January 4, 20i1 PDA Cracking Down: The Food Safety modernization Act (FSMA), allows FDA to better protect public health by strengthening the food safety system. UTION CA The FDA is and operationn to enforce recalle chrough FSMA (PDA). registry suspensions CAUTION SUNLAND Nov. 2012: Thanks to FSMA, the FDA suspends the registration of the New Mexico Sunland plant. The FDA finds them guilty of a dirty facility and knowingly shipping contaminated products (Business Week). CONTAMINATION ROW How Peanut Butter Gets Contaminated Bird Feces Mold Cracked Surfaces Dirty Hands Leaky Roofs Animal Access Fear of Profit Loss 2. (Scientific American) BAD BAD 6 BAD 7 BAD Michael Taylor: "The ability to shut down the company's operations is a step forward in an FDA effort to stem a growing number of widespread outbreaks like the salmonella ill- nesses linked to the peanut butter" (Huffington Post) PERATIONS CERTIFICATE SUSPE SUNLAND "DED OPERATIONS CERTIF OTIFICATE FDA Food and Drug Adminisration Michael Taylor Depaty Conemissioner of Foods OPERA Before the food safety law's enaction, the FDA would have had to go to court to suspend a company's registration (Business Week). Road to Better U.S. Food Safety ERTIFICATE SUSPENDED Sources -kcet-peanutbuttercorporationofanericn attpaabenen.go.com/ealth/sterytid-3 apage-e.ONogvgora peanut-butter-factory-atter-almonella-recalls attpa/abenevs.-ge.con/ealthsteryie- gege-34.0oogvyra http://ww.theutfingtonpost.con/nebaleveb/200/21/tevart- parsell-peanut- s.Mallik Mtp//ww.fda.g attp/ww.bu k.comp/-aitda-vupends-operations st-peanut-buler-plant Take a closer look. p ng-pant-butter Mt//hbattingtonpest.co/2 unland-peant-butter-plant atte//ww.reteejectbesign.com tstographie besignrtwork. .droutred V'Sparta Systems hannon le, creative sirecter steghen Piuer, deaghie ut tp/ww.vie.co/joshamaddex Intographie teriions 2sh , Dgtai eia Direter CREAMY, CRUNCHY CONTAMINATED The New York Times Food Problems Elude Private Inspectors ella Infested History of Saion .S. Peanut Butter in By MICAHEL MOGS and ANDREW MARTIN Published March 5. 2000 Feb. 9, 200o9: The FBI raids the Peanut Corporation's Blakely, Ga. plant at the heart of the criminal investigation (ABC News). Federal investigators later discovered that the PCA dilapidated plant was ravaged by salmonella and had been knowingly shipping tainted peanuts. At this time, the FDA did not have the ability to shut down a factory's operations without going through court (Christian Science Monitor). This had been going on for at least 9 MONTHS An estimated 22,500 were SICKENED Feb. 10, 2009: A Peanut Corporation of America processing facility in Texas, the Plainview Peanut Company, announces that it will voluntarily suspend operations during the food safety investigation (ABC News). 2eanut Leorporation of America DEATHS Stevart Parnell pleaded the Sth multiple times when asked if be, or anyone else in Peanut Corporation of Anerica was aware of the salmo- nella contamination. Hourly samples were sent for testing. On twelve accounts, they were positive for salmonella (Huffington Post). FDA FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT January 4, 20i1 PDA Cracking Down: The Food Safety modernization Act (FSMA), allows FDA to better protect public health by strengthening the food safety system. UTION CA The FDA is and operationn to enforce recalle chrough FSMA (PDA). registry suspensions CAUTION SUNLAND Nov. 2012: Thanks to FSMA, the FDA suspends the registration of the New Mexico Sunland plant. The FDA finds them guilty of a dirty facility and knowingly shipping contaminated products (Business Week). CONTAMINATION ROW How Peanut Butter Gets Contaminated Bird Feces Mold Cracked Surfaces Dirty Hands Leaky Roofs Animal Access Fear of Profit Loss 2. (Scientific American) BAD BAD 6 BAD 7 BAD Michael Taylor: "The ability to shut down the company's operations is a step forward in an FDA effort to stem a growing number of widespread outbreaks like the salmonella ill- nesses linked to the peanut butter" (Huffington Post) PERATIONS CERTIFICATE SUSPE SUNLAND "DED OPERATIONS CERTIF OTIFICATE FDA Food and Drug Adminisration Michael Taylor Depaty Conemissioner of Foods OPERA Before the food safety law's enaction, the FDA would have had to go to court to suspend a company's registration (Business Week). Road to Better U.S. Food Safety ERTIFICATE SUSPENDED Sources -kcet-peanutbuttercorporationofanericn attpaabenen.go.com/ealth/sterytid-3 apage-e.ONogvgora peanut-butter-factory-atter-almonella-recalls attpa/abenevs.-ge.con/ealthsteryie- gege-34.0oogvyra http://ww.theutfingtonpost.con/nebaleveb/200/21/tevart- parsell-peanut- s.Mallik Mtp//ww.fda.g attp/ww.bu k.comp/-aitda-vupends-operations st-peanut-buler-plant Take a closer look. p ng-pant-butter Mt//hbattingtonpest.co/2 unland-peant-butter-plant atte//ww.reteejectbesign.com tstographie besignrtwork. .droutred V'Sparta Systems hannon le, creative sirecter steghen Piuer, deaghie ut tp/ww.vie.co/joshamaddex Intographie teriions 2sh , Dgtai eia Direter