With this inspection, the FDA announced a criminal investigation into the actions of the PCA. Federal health officials claimed that PCA knowingly sold contaminated peanut butter and peanut products to major food makers (Harris, 2009). Stephen Sundlof, director of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition states, “Foods are supposed to be produced under conditions which will not render them injurious to health” (Gallagher, 2009, p. 1).