We've Heard About Enough From The Peanut Gallery.

From the AP:

The peanut processing company at the heart of a national salmonella outbreak is going out of business.

The Lynchburg, Va.-based Peanut Corp. of America filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Virginia Friday, the latest bad news for the company that has been accused of producing tainted peanut products that may have reached everyone from poor school children to disaster victims.

"It's regrettable, but it's inevitable with the events of last month," said Andrew S. Goldstein, a bankruptcy lawyer in Roanoke, Va., who filed the petition.

The salmonella outbreak was traced to the company's plant in Blakely, Ga., where inspectors found roaches, mold and a leaking roof. A second plant in Plainview, Texas was shuttered this week after preliminary tests came back positive for possible salmonella contamination. So far, the outbreak has been suspected of sickening more than 630 people and may have caused nine deaths. It also has led to more than 2,000 product recalls, one of the largest recalls in U.S. history.

"We kicked the tires on trying to reorganize, but the fact of the matter is they've absolutely closed down," Goldstein said. "They're prevented from carrying on business. There didn't seem like there would be any prospects."

From USA Today:

Kellogg (K) says it's reviewing how it qualifies suppliers after a food-safety auditor gave superior ratings to the Georgia peanut plant now at the center of one of the nation's largest food recalls.

The auditor, paid for by Peanut Corp. of America, checked PCA's Blakely, Ga., plant in 2007 and 2008 and gave it superior ratings both times, says Kris Charles, Kellogg spokeswoman.

"That's frightening," says Michael Doyle, director of the Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia.

Like dozens of food companies caught in the recall, Kellogg obtained ingredients from the Peanut Corp. plant linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 550 people and may have contributed to eight deaths.

The audit, which Kellogg requires for ingredient suppliers, checked PCA's compliance with good manufacturing, sanitation and other practices, Kellogg says. The audit was paid for by PC.

So Peanut Corp. has its own "auditor." Bear Stearns did, too.

Kellogg doesn't seem to be as concerned with the deadly impurities of the mass-produced foodstuffs on which they slap their label as it is with their ad-boy's purely harmless frat house behavior.

23 year-old, 8-time Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps was photographed smoking from a bong by a scumbag with a camera phone at some dorm room in South Carolina. The photo was sold and became instant tabloid fodder worldwide. Kellogg conferred with Tony Tiger and cut ties with Phelps.

Isn't that just grrrreat?

Kellogg is a frosted fake.

Frat boys puke but bong hits have never killed 'em.

PB&J sandwiches, however, remain a serious threat.

Chocolate was said to be in seclusion, and Hershey's was reportedly unsure how to explain Reese's Peanut Butter Cup's repeated phone, text and e-mail messages.