"Peanut Proud:" Blakeley City Hall. (Dave Bender/file)
A peanut butter maker with a plant in southwest Georgia has stopped production. The move comes after a string of food poisoning incidents.
"PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA... HAS ANNOUNCED A VOLUNTARY RECALL OF PEANUT BUTTER PRODUCED IN ITS BLAKELEY, GEORGIA PROCESSING FACILITY," a recording on a PCA hotline said.Officials at PCA say they're cooperating with a Food and Drug Administration investigation.
FDA officials say salmonella-tainted peanut butter has killed three people in Virginia and Minnesota, and sickened some 400 others in 42 states since last fall.
The company is voluntarily recalling all of their "King Nut" and "Parnell's Pride," commercial peanut butter batches nationwide.
The company says about 1,000 cases went out to restaurants and institutions, and were not sold directly to consumers.
The recall is taking place as the 33rd annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show opens in Albany on Thursday.
Organizers say they expect to host some 1,500 industry officials and local farmers at the day-long event.
Click here for more GPB News coverage of previous similar food poisoning incidents.
