Murder!
The owner of the peanut company responsible for the Salmonella outbreak disclosed in internal emails that he knew peanuts were tainted with Salmonella, but ordered them to be shipped anyway. If this is true, he has the blood of the 9 (so far) who have died on his hands. Such intentional and gross negligence deserves nothing less than substantial prison time.
The owner of a peanut company blamed for a salmonella outbreak has appeared before a House subcommittee, but is refusing to testify.
Lawmakers ordered Peanut Corporation of America owner Stewart Parnell to appear at the hearing Wednesday. He showed up, but refused to answer questions, invoking his constitutional right not to incriminate himself.
Earlier, the House Energy and Commerce Committee released the company’s internal correspondence showing that Parnell was ordering tainted products to be sold even after confirmation of salmonella. Parnell complains in e-mails about losing money and says he’s frustrated by the delay in shipping products.
Parnell was ordered by subpoena to appear before Congress on Wednesday to discuss the outbreak that has led to 600 illnesses, eight deaths and one of the largest recalls in history, more than 1,800 products pulled. His Georgia plant is blamed for the outbreak.