Just when you thought negligence in peanut butter salmonella food poisoning couldn’t get worse, it has. The New York Times reports that Food and Drug Administration officials inspecting Peanut Corporation of America’s plant in southwest Georgia learned that plant leaders knew of salmonella contamination, failed to negate it and issued the tainted food anyway.

Despite this era of renewed responsibility, some business executives still fail to “get it,” from Citigroup executives who wanted to buy a $50 million luxury jet after getting a $4.5 billion bailout, to Peanut Corporation of America officials who didn’t take proper care of their customers when it was more expedient to sell tainted product anyway.

Now that plant is shut down, and hundreds if not thousands of Americans are ill from salmonella food poisoning and its severe digestive maladies. They include many children and elderly people who are especially vulnerable. Up to seven persons so far have died, and illnesses have been reported in 43 states, with the hardest hit being Ohio, California, Minnesota, Michigan, Massachusetts and Virginia. Other cases have been reported in New Hampshire, Idaho, North Dakota, Arizona, Texas and Florida.

The FDA says its probe into Peanut Corporation of America revealed that the company was aware of salmonella contamination of its products via its own testing in 2007 and 2008, but it sold such products anyway. Nor did it take proper steps to rectify the unclean conditions which spawned the problem.

If such negligence has caused harm to you or a family member, notify a peanut butter salmonella food poisoning lawyer with Jim S. Adler & Associates and seek compensation for your loss. Simply call toll-free to 1-800-505-1414 to speak to a legal representative, or fill out the online form on this page for a free case review. Negligence must be fought with diligence, and an Adler salmonella attorney can get that job done with a salmonella lawsuit.

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