FDA: Plant knowingly sold salmonella-laced food
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_go_ot/salmonella_outbreak"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20090207/2009_02_06t180655_450x301_us_salmonella_usa.jpg?x=130y=86q=85sig=56QYD_fX6LzczO.34jd2Wg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The building of the now-closed Peanut Corporation of America plant is pictured in Blakely, Georgia on January 29, 2009. The U.S. government launched a criminal investigation on January 30, 2009, after salmonella found at the plant in rural southwest Georgia have been linked to making 500 people sick and may have killed eight people. (Matthew Bigg/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Georgia peanut plant knowingly shipped salmonella-laced products as far back as 2007, at times sending out tainted products after tests confirmed contamination, according to inspection records released Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>

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