Peanut Product Recall Taken Over By Texas Dept Of Health After PCA-Plainview Fails To Respond

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Article Date: 21 Feb 2009 - 7:00 PDT

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The DSHS (Texas Department of State Health Services) issued a recall order to the Peanut Corporation of America's Plainview plant - but got no response. Consequently, the DSHA says it is taking over the recall of products shipped from Peanut Corporation of America's Planview plant.

The DSHA says that all manufacturers, distributors and retails who have received products from the company in 2008 should take appropriate action to protect consumers. The DSHS expects to find more customer lists from previous years in the company's records.

On Feb. 12 the Texas Health Dept. ordered The Peanut Corporation of America's Plainview plant to recall all products after one of its inspectors found dead rodents, rodent excrement and bird feathers in a crawl space and an unsealed air handling system that was pulling debris from the crawl space into production areas of the plant. The recall refers to goods shipped from the company since it started in March 2005.

Some firms that had received goods from PCA-Plainview have already issued recall notices after seeing news media coverage of the recall order. Notices are posted online at http://www.fda.gov. Consumers are being asked to watch for additional notices. Companies that may have received peanut products from PCA-Plainview are advised to contact their immediate suppliers for more information.

The DSHS has written to Stewart Parnell, PCA-Plainview Director, saying it will seek payment form PCA for the cost of carrying out the recall.

Source - Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHA)

Written by Christian Nordqvist
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