FDA 483 - Peanut Corporation Of America - February 05, 2009

This FDA Form 483 details multiple violations observed during an inspection from January 9 to January 26, 2009.

**Facility and Operations:** The firm manufactures peanut products, including peanut paste, peanut butter, honey roasted peanuts, dry roasted peanuts, peanut meal, and dark roasted peanuts. The facility houses raw peanut receipt/staging, peanut paste tank line, peanut roasters, and peanut granule line in the same open room.

**Violations and Observations:**

* **Microbiological Contamination Control:** * Peanut paste (lot #8278) was found contaminated with *Salmonella Typhimurium* by the firm's private lab. Despite an initial positive result, the product was retested, received a negative status, and then shipped interstate. * Roasted peanuts used in lot #8278 were also used to produce other shipped products (lot #8276 peanut paste, lot #8277 peanut butter). * The peanut paste line was not cleaned after *Salmonella Typhimurium* was isolated from lot #8278 (manufactured 9/26/08) and continued operation until 1/9/09, producing multiple lots. No records documented cleaning after *Salmonella* detection in lot #8028 (1/25/08). * Environmental swabs collected on 1/