Quaker Oats has confirmed that it will shutter its Danville, Illinois food production plant on June 8, 2024. A community staple for 65 years, the plant’s closure will result in the loss of 510 local jobs.
The plant’s fate was sealed by a series of unfortunate events. In December 2023 and January 2024, Quaker Oats faced a double whammy of recalls due to potential Salmonella contamination. This dangerous bacterium can spread through raw foods and contaminated surfaces, which can lead to severe gastric distress, infections in other parts of the body after circulating in the bloodstream, and potentially typhoid fever, although rare in the United States. Over 60 products manufactured at the Danville plant were affected by the recall.
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