Peanut Corporation of America

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Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) was an American peanut-processing business which is now defunct as a result of one of the most widespread and lethal food-borne contamination events in U.S. history. PCA was founded in 1977 and initially run by Hugh Parnell with three sons, including Stewart Parnell. The company was sold in 1994–1995 with Hugh Parnell retiring and Stewart Parnell and others remaining with the new company as consultants. In 2000, PCA was bought back by Stewart Parnell in a private sale. PCA came to operate processing facilities in Blakely, Georgia, Suffolk, Virginia, and Plainview, Texas, providing peanut and peanut butter products primarily to the "institutional food" market (schools, prisons and nursing homes), to food manufacturers for use in cookies, snacks, ice cream, and dog treats, and to other markets. By 2007, PCA had grown to 90 employees and $25 million in annual sales. It has been estimated to have been manufacturing roughly 2.5% of processed peanuts in the...

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