date:Dec 24, 2012
inished foods and must have comprehensive inspections conducted by an independent sanitation expert.
The consent decree permits Sunland to receive, hold, and distribute raw, unshelled peanuts from its storage buildings because the raw, unshelled peanuts are bound for processing facilities that include a kill step to eliminate Salmonella and other pathogenic bacteria.
The need for a consent decree stems from evidence linking Sunland to an outbreak of Salmonella Bredeney that sickened 42 people