Feds Raid Georgia Peanut Plant

3:02 am EST February 10th, 2009 | News | 8 Comments

Kind of late now.

Federal agents on Monday raided a Georgia peanut processing plant linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak that has prompted one of the largest product recalls in U.S. history.

The FBI executed search warrants at both the plant in Blakely, Ga., and at Peanut Corp. of America’s headquarters in Lynchburg, Va., according to a senior congressional aide with knowledge of the raids. The official spoke only on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.

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8 Responses to “Feds Raid Georgia Peanut Plant”

  1. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    February 10, 2009 at 6:10 am

    Better late than never. Hopefully throwing some people in jail will help prevent more deaths in the future.

    On a side note, I remember a time when Jay Caruso and J.G.Thayer would be defending these companies. Maybe someone they know got sick.

  2. william says:
    February 10, 2009 at 8:04 am

    Feds Raid Lobbying Firm Connected to Murtha –

    “The FBI searched the Virginia headquarters of the PMA Group in November, according to the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. PMA was founded by former Murtha aide Paul Magliochetti and specializes in winning earmarked taxpayer funds for its clients.”

    ABC News 2/09/09

    Culture of Corruption.

  3. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    February 10, 2009 at 8:31 am

    William: “Culture of Corruption.”

    Hypocrisy in Action!

    “PMA was founded by former Murtha aide…”

    Former.

  4. SaveFarris says:
    February 10, 2009 at 9:12 am

    Example #10,842,951 why law enforcement is not the best way to handle terrorism. This is the speed at which law enforcement works. It’s much easier to lament “Kind of late now” when it’s only about peanuts.

  5. Enlightened Liberal says:
    February 10, 2009 at 10:19 am

    Actually, SF is almost right, except he is accurately describing why Republicans are unqualified to handle terrorism. Eliminate meaningful regulation, ignore signals indicative of a problem, and then when the inevitable happens you can say “No one could have predicted that …..”

  6. Oliver Willis says:
    February 10, 2009 at 11:28 am

    Example #10,842,951 why law enforcement is not the best way to handle terrorism.
    Ridiculous. First off, you guys would have us invade potato producing countries to address the peanut issue. Secondly, the feds would be all up in the peanut industry if they hadn’t been declawed by the right for the last decade.

  7. Duros62 says:
    February 10, 2009 at 11:59 am

    Feds Raid Lobbying Firm [loosely] Connected to Murtha -

    This is supposed to be equivalent?

    Swing and a miss.

  8. Southern Quaker says:
    February 10, 2009 at 1:22 pm

    First off, you guys would have us invade potato producing countries to address the peanut issue.

    *snort*