The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing titled, "The Salmonella Outbreak: The Continued Failure to Protect the Food Supply" on Wednesday, February 11, 2009, in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing examined the recent salmonella outbreak associated with peanut products manufactured by the Peanut Corporation of America.

• Jeffrey Almer
• Lou Tousignant
• Peter K. Hurley
• Stewart Parnell, President, Peanut Corporation of America
• Sammy Lightsey, Plant Manager, Peanut Corporation of America
• Stephen Sundlof, D.V.M., Ph.D., Director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration
• Oscar Garrison, Consumer Protection Division, Georgia Department of Agriculture
• Darlene Cowart, President, J. Leek Associates, Inc.
• Charles Deibel, President, Deibel Laboratories

Documents

• Chairman Waxman's Opening Statement
• Chairman Stupak's Opening Statement
• October 6, 2008 email from Stewart Parnell to Sammy Lightsey
• January 19, 2009 email from Stewart Parnell to Robert Neligan
• January 12, 2009 email from PCA Lynchburg Office to Sammy Lightsey, et al.
• February 10, 2009 letter from Michelle Pronto to Chairman Waxman and Chairman Stupak
• June 6, 2008 email from Stewart Parnell to Mary Wilkerson, et al.
• August 21, 2008 email from Stewart Parnell to Sammy Lightsey
• January 25, 2008 email from Michelle Pronto to Darlene Cowart, et al.
• November 2, 2006 email from Darlene Cowart to Stewart Parnell
• November 2, 2006 letter from Darlene Cowart to Stewart Parnell
• Testimony of Jeffrey Almer
• Testimony of Lou Tousignant
• Testimony of Peter K. Hurley
• Stephen Sundlof, D.V.M., Ph.D., Director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration
• Testimony of Oscar Garrison, Consumer Protection Division, Georgia Department of Agriculture
• Testimony of Darlene Cowart, President, J. Leek Associates, Inc.
• Testimony of Charles Deibel, President, Deibel Laboratories
• PCA Certificate of Analysis - Lot 8168
• JLA Positive Test - Lot 8168
• Deibel Negative Test - Lot 8168
• Preliminary Transcript

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