Morning Rounds Knockoff Drugs, Bird Flu and an Unlicensed Peanut Plant

The peanut company linked to a salmonella outbreak ran an unlicensed peanut processing plant in Texas that wasn’t inspected by state health officials until recently,
. Inspectors weren’t even aware of the Peanut Corp. of America plant until the Food and Drug Administration started investigating the outbreak, A.P. learned.
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6 Colorado salmonella cases traced to Texas plant

DENVER
— More people in Colorado have been sickened by tainted peanut butter, and the six new cases are linked to a shuttered Texas plant.
The Oregonian newspaper in Portland reports that the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has linked the cases to the Plainview Peanut Co. in the Texas Panhandle. The Colorado victims were between the ages of 2 and 60. One had to be hospitalized, the newspaper reported.
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Peanut Corp.'s TX plant clients wonder what to do

Peanut Corp.'s TX plant clients wonder what to do
ATLANTA (AP) — Manufacturers using peanut products from the company blamed for a national salmonella outbreak are finding themselves in limbo, increasingly uncertain how widespread the contamination could be and wondering whether it’s safe to continue distributing even those products that have not yet been recalled.
While some companies are aggressively putting a halt to products, others Read the rest of this entry »

Peanut Plant Was Cited for Violations

has a history of sanitation lapses and was cited repeatedly in 2006 and 2007 for having dirty surfaces and grease residue and dirt buildup throughout the plant, according to health inspection reports. Inspection reports from 2008 found the plant repeatedly in violation of cleanliness standards.
Inspections of the plant in Blakely, Ga., by the State Agriculture Department found areas of rust that could flake into food, gaps in warehouse doors large Read the rest of this entry »

US FDA warns CR Bard about Puerto Rico plant

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Oak Creek Power Plant Explosion Victim Remains In Hospital

OAK CREEK, Wis. –
The youngest of the Oak Creek power plant explosion victims remained at Columbia St. Mary’s Burn Center in Milwaukee Wednesday night. The families have declined to release any new information on the 22-year-old’s and the others’ conditions at this point, though the Union that represents the workers said its understanding is that all but the youngest have been released from the hospital.
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Workers laid off at Blakely plant

The South Georgia peanut butter plant linked to the national outbreak of salmonella has laid off most of its approximately 50 workers, a company spokesman said Friday.
Federal health officials have said the Peanut Corp. of America’s plant in Blakely is considered the sole source of the salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 480 people in 43 states and may have contributed to six deaths.
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FDA didn't inspect syringe plant despite reports

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina syringe factory linked to hundreds of sicknesses and five deaths operated for almost two years without an inspection despite a series of complaints that its needles were dirty or filled with colored particles.
Court documents in the North Carolina case show the U.S. Food and Drug Administration only inspected the AM2PAT Inc. plant in December 2007 after an outbreak of illness was reported by the Centers Read the rest of this entry »

Medical Device Maker to Built Plant at Old Canton IH Site

The site an International Harvester plant in Fulton County once sat on will finally occupy a manufacturer, 25-years after that company left the community.
Officials in Canton Thursday announced that Bloomington, Indiana-based Cook Medical will build a 45,000 square foot, $5.5 million plant on part of the old IH site.
The announcement was made at a church across from the site,where local residents and state officials stood and cheered when the Read the rest of this entry »

6 Hurt in Explosion at Oak Creek We Energies Plant

Six people are hurt after an explosion and fire at the We Energies power plant along Lake Michigan in Oak Creek.
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OAK CREEK – Six people are hurt after an explosion and fire at the We Energies power plant along Lake Michigan in Oak Creek.
The explosion happened at a part of the plant that collects dust from coal after it is Read the rest of this entry »