Troubled peanut firm's chief also an industry quality adviser (USDA Standards Board)

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http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2009/01/31/parnell_0201.html

The president of the peanut company linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak serves on an industry advisory board that helps the U.S. Department of Agriculture set quality standards for peanuts.

Stewart Parnell, president of Peanut Corp. of America, based in Lynchburg, Va., was first appointed to the USDA’s Peanut Standards Board in July 2005 and was reappointed in October for a second term that runs until June 2011, according to the USDA.

Sorry if this is not news...haven't been on DU much.

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1. Another Bush corporate crony? n/t