The Plainview peanut plant linked to the national Salmonella outbreak this winter was assessed $14.6 million in fines — the biggest cash penalty ever levied by state health authorities, whose inspectors had found rodent bodies and droppings along with contaminated products there.
Tainted food items containing peanut paste and other ingredients made by the Plainview Peanut Co. and a related facility in Blakely, Ga., are believed responsible for sickening 691 people, including 10 who died.
The company can informally discuss or formally challenge the allegations of state health-code violations, which are based on inspections from mid-January through mid-February, Doug McBride, a spokesman for the Texas Department of State Health Services, said Thursday.
The plant ceased operation in mid-February.
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Source: Star-Telegram
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