1. Peanut Corp.'s chopped peanuts are refused at the border by Canada. FDA confiscates peanuts, and finds metal fragments.

2. FDA asks the Georgia State Inspectors to check the plant.

3. Georgia State Inspectors ONLY check for metal fragments while there, nothing else was inspected or checked? WTH?

4. Georgia State Inspectors make a follow up visit FOUR MONTHS LATER, in late October, to only check for metal fragments yet again.

5. Salmonella outbreak happens a few weeks after the last check in October, so they began in November?

6. Public is notified of outbreak early this month, January, which is approximately a month since the outbreak occurred, right?

7. Since the outbreak, the FDA inspectors found salmonella, roaches, mold, and leaky roof which may be the source of the salmonella according to earlier articles.

"Federal officials now say the plant had a salmonella problem dating back at least to June 2007. Peanut Corp. was under no obligation to tell the FDA it was making peanut butter at the Georgia plant, the FDA said Friday."

How do they know about the salmonella problem going back that far? Are there records of salmonella problems documented? Or are there lab tests that can tell how old an outbreak is? If there's documentation, then why would the FDA let the state inspectors get away with only looking for metal fragments there's a paper trail of documented outbreaks recently?

"Obama plans to name a new FDA commissioner and other oversight officials in the coming days, and put in place a "stricter regulatory structure" to prevent breakdowns in food safety..."

I certainly hope so! AFAIC, we're no better than China was during their melanine scandal with lack of Mad Cow testing under Bush's administration. I want Obama to make each visit by inspectors do a full inspection each time they're at a plant, no matter what the reason. They're already there anyway.

"The FDA's explanation Friday raises new questions about the adequacy of food-safety tests arranged by Peanut Corp. of its own products."

And proves the FDA's impotency to do a darn thing about it, and it seem like the FDA is quite blasé too, unless Obama makes some serious changes in favor of public safety rather than protecting big food corp's bottom line like Bush's administration, like mandating full inspections no matter how minor the original reason for a visit.

PS: I'm not pro-Obama, but could be swayed depending on his actions.