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The Washington Packing Company is a defunct food packing company based in San Francisco. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,830230,00.html http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2009/08/secret_street_art_mecca_rankin.php?page=3
Botulism Scare
[edit]Two women died in 1963 from botulism when canned tuna fish from the Washington Packing Corporation. The factory itself closed one month later, citing sale losses. The entire stock of canned tuna was confiscated by the federal government and is currently buried under Candlestick Point