BLAKELY — David James recalled opening a tote of peanuts at the processing plant here and seeing baby mice in it. “It was filthy and nasty all around the place,” said James, who used to work in shipping at the plant.
Terry Jones, a janitor, remembered the peanut oil left to soak into the floor and the unrepaired roof that constantly leaked rain.
And James Griffin, a cook at the plant, recounted how his observations led to this simple rule. “I never ate the peanut butter, and I wouldn’t allow my kids to eat it.”
In interviews, these three men and another employee who worked at the now-closed plant, provided an inside glimpse into the day-to-day sanitation lapses there. Peanut Corp. of America plant is now the target of a federal criminal investigation over salmonella-contaminated products that sickened more than 500 people in 43 states and killed eight.
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Source: Atlanta-Journal Constitution
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