You got salmonella in my peanut butter

Here's the reason civil litigation attorneys exist:

The Food and Drug Administration said that its inspection of the PCA plant in Blakely, Ga., found records of 12 instances in which plant officials identified salmonella in ingredients or finished products. The products should not have been shipped, the FDA says. PCA took no steps to address cleaning after finding the salmonella, says Michael Rogers, director of the FDA's division of field investigations.

In some instances, the company had the product tested again by a different laboratory and got a clean test result, FDA officials said in a telephone conference with reporters.

It's quite possible that a retest would miss the salmonella, says Michael Doyle, director of the University of Georgia's Center for Food Safety. The product should have been destroyed after the first positive test result, he says.

(Via USA Today, emphasis mine)

This company sells only in bulk - to institutions (like schools and nursing homes).

Who is most susceptible to salmonella? Children and the elderly.

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Gonna be a hard rain falling on these people.

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Also, FYI:

• FDA list of recalled peanut butter products
• FDA investigation page