NEBRASKA: USDA Found Flaws in ConAgra Safety Plan - (Josh Funk)
November 16, 2007 – 7:28 pmOMAHA — The USDA allowed ConAgra Foods Inc. to resume making its Banquet and private label pot pies because, according to this story, the company corrected the flaws in its safety plan at its Missouri plant that inspectors found after the pies were linked to a salmonella outbreak.
USDA spokeswoman Amanda Eamich was cited as saying Thursday that ConAgra took action to correct the problems inspectors found after the Oct. 11 recall, and that details of the inspectors’ findings at the plant would be released only through a formal Freedom Of Information Act request.
Eamich would say only that there was a record-keeping problem and an issue with ConAgra’s Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point plan that spells out what the company does to ensure its products are safe.
ConAgra spokeswoman Stephanie Childs was cited as saying the USDA identified two areas of improvement at the plant that the company addressed, adding, “Specifically, we […]
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