US: Congress spotlights PCA boss in salmonella scare
By: just-food.com | 12 February 2009
The boss of the US peanut processor at the centre of the country's salmonella outbreak falsified documents and pressured regulators as he riled against the cost and delay the contamination was causing his company, internal documents obtained by Congress reveal.
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The boss of the US peanut processor at the centre of the country's salmonella outbreak falsified documents and pressured regulators as he riled against the cost and delay the contamination was causing his company, internal documents obtained by Congress reveal.
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