America's Salmonella Scandal

A Peanut Tycoon's Fall From Grace

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  • Feb. 11, 2009: Stewart Parnell, president of Peanut Corp. of America, leaves the Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the salmonella outbreak associated with peanut butter in Rayburn Building in Washington, D.C.
  • Jan. 29: Peanut Corp. of America is operated from offices behind the home of its president, Stewart Parnell, in a wooded residential neighborhood in Lynchburg, Va.
  • The salmonella disaster began at the Peanut Corp. of America's Georgia headquarters. In total, nine deaths are linked to the salmonella outbreak.
  • Health officials order Peanut Corp. of America to recall all products made at its Plainview, Texas, plant. Dead rodents, feces and feathers were found at the plant.

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