In what made for a shorter than expected meeting Wednesday in Washington, D.C., Stewart Parnell, owner of Peanut Corp. of America, refused to testify to Congress regarding the current salmonella outbreak.More than 500 people have been sickened nationwide from products that originated from the company's Blakely plant, according to health officials.
Parnell, who invoked his right to not incriminate himself before a House subcommittee investigating the outbreak, allgedly told his workers to ship bacteria-tainted products, pleading with federal health officials that he should be allowed to “turn the raw peanuts on the floor into money.”
The outbreak may be linked to at least nine deaths reported nationwide to date.
Federal agents on Monday raided the Blakely peanut processing plant that is at the center of a salmonella investigation.
According to authorities, federal agents took with them boxes and other materials from the Peanut Corp. facility. Law enforcement also raided the company's headquarters in Lynchburg, Va.
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