As uncertainty continued among consumers, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) escalated their investigation into the problem. The FDA’s inspection report revealed “poor sanitation, conditions that would allow salmonella to spread, a gap in the roof through which salmonella-contaminated water or bird feces could fall, the presence of roaches and failure by the firm to check that its peanut-roasting process killed salmonella” (Schmitt & Weise, 2009a, para. 10).