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The*Food and Drug Administration*yesterday*expanded the recall of peanut products produced by the Georgia plant associated with the ongoing salmonella outbreak to include all products produced over the past two years. The vastly expanded recall comes after reports that evidence of salmonella was found at the plant yet peanut products were shipped anyway, according to*news reports. The plant in Blakely, Georgia operated by the Peanut Corporation of America has been shuttered.
"It's among the largest recalls that we've had," said Stephen Sundlof, director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety, during a press conference. "We don't have a good idea how much of that product is still out there."
The agency released its*inspection reports*of the plant in which inspectors concluded that PCA "failed to manufacture foods under conditions and controls necessary to minimize the potential for growth of microorganisms and contamination."
Read this*full poston our Safety blog.*
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