U.S. indicts peanut processors in 2009 salmonella outbreak

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U.S. indicts peanut processors in 2009 salmonella outbreak

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-indicts-peanut-company-officials-2009-salmonella-outbreak-163042392.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pwMugr8qBLmY4jLvILa2XQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-21T211311Z_3_CBRE91K19V900_RTROPTP_2_SALMONELLA-USA-TOWN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The building of the now-closed Peanut Corporation of America plant is pictured in Blakely" align="left" title="The building of the now-closed Peanut Corporation of America plant is pictured in Blakely" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four years after a salmonella outbreak linked to tainted peanut butter sickened hundreds in the United States and killed nine, authorities have charged the former owner of the company and several employees with fraud, conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Federal prosecutors on Thursday alleged the group covered up the presence of salmonella in its peanut products for years, going so far as to create fake certificates showing the products were uncontaminated even when laboratory results showed the reverse. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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