Turning Salmonella into Money?
At today‚ hearing in the House Energy and Commerce Committee over the contaminated peanut scandal, Peanut Corp. of America owner Stewart Parnell refused to answer any questions, taking the fifth even when asked whether hed eat his own company‚ products. As reported in The New York Times, Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon held up a jar of contaminated snacks, asking Parnell and the plant‚ manager, Sammy Lightsey, “Would either of you be willing to take the lid off and eat any of these products?” Both Parnell and Lightsey declined to answer, and soon after were dismissed and left the courtroom. In an email, sent after the company was identified as the source of the illness, Parnell said that the plant needed to “turn the raw peanuts on the floor into money.” Sorry, Stewart‚ turns out there is no magic trick for turning Salmonella into money. Just dire consequences and a bunch of hard questions.
– Erica Schuetz
I think its awful how someone that represents a company refuses to comment if they would actually put the very food that the company produces in his own mouth !
That should send of automated warning signals. After all if the face of the company wont eat the food who will !?
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The minute we allowed multi-national corporations to decide which ingredients, processes and additives are safe for public consumption we started down the path of increased risk for the nation’s food supply. If the first concern of food production is its superior monetization, then we run the risk of events like this occurring again.