ill because stuart par nel, the ceo of pca new that the peanut products were contaminate when'd he told the plant manager to, quote, turn them lose. at that same hearing i confronted mr. parnell with this container and i asked him whether he was willing to take the lid off and eat any of these products now since he was so cavalier about turning it loose on little kids like jake to eat. he refuse, of course, citing his 5th amendment rights. thankfully jake overcame his illness and it was great to see him last year. he's now a young teenager, he and his dad came become to visit us. more than 600 people in 44 states were sickened and unlike jake, nine people died. as a result, mr. participate ttl is serving a 28 year sentence in prison for his actions. while this case is the exception and not rule, food borne illnesses remain a major concern. chairman harp eran through those numbers. 3,000 die from food borne ill ngss. federal oversight of food safety has been on government accountability office's high risk list since 2007. and just in the past few months, dozens of people in the united states and canada were infected and two have died from what appears to be an e-coli contamina