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By: Barbara Feiner

Barbara Feiner — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:47:01 +0000

Hi, Michelle:

You’ve raised an excellent question–one that immediately came to mind when I first started covering this story.

As it turns out, PCA sold both organic and nonorganic peanut butter. Here is PCA’s recall list, which cites specific products in detail: http://www.peanutcorp.com/pdf/PCA%20Expanded%20Product%20Recall%201_18_09.pdf

Companies often have organic and nonorganic brands, so it’s not particularly unusual. But PCA’s reputation is now as tainted as its products, so we cannot comment on whether its “organic” products were, indeed, organic. PCA is certainly not representative of companies that follow ethical business practices.

Best,
Barbara Feiner
Contributing Editor

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:47:56 +0000

Did PCA supply organic peanut butter and peanuts? How is it that products that are supposed to be carefully reviewed for compliance with ORGANIC standards could possibly be sourced from a facility that could not grasp the principle of slime and rodents? I somehow find it hard to believe that they had strict pesticide, etc. regulations in place to be producing organic products.