ConAgra fire won't halt production

A fire at the ConAgra Foods plant in Sylvester is not expected to affect production of peanut butter. A small fire sparked in a piece of vacuum equipment early Tuesday, but was quickly put-out by firefighters. Production of the plant’s Peter Pan brand peanut butter was stopped for six months last year following a salmonella outbreak, which was traced to the factory.

Contaminated pot pies

A food company which closed a Georgia plant over a botulism outbreak has more contaminated food. ConAgra Foods says a salmonella outbreak across 30 states may be linked to its chicken and turkey pot pies. CDC officials are still investigating the cases. The company’s Sylvester, Georgia, plant was closed in February but has since reopened.

Peanut butter headed back to stores after outbreak

In a salmonella outbreak traced to a Georgia food plant, ConAgra Foods says Peter Pan peanut butter will return to stores this month. It was pulled from store shelves in February after several people got salmonella poisoning. ConAgra also recalled Great Value peanut butter. ConAgra says it has since renovated its plant in Sylvester, Georgia near Albany. ConAgra officials said this week they expect to resume peanut butter production at the company's plant in south Georgia sometime this month.

New lawsuit for peanut butter maker

The southwest Georgia peanut butter maker linked to a salmonella outbreak faces another lawsuit. The parents of an Indiana girl have filed a federal lawsuit against foodmaker ConAgra Foods. ConAgra’s plant in Sylvester, near Albany, is the source of salmonella-tainted peanut butter that reportedly sickened 600 people in 47 states. The Indiana couple says the peanut butter caused their 11-year-old daughter’s kidneys to fail. She is set to receive a kidney from her father on Monday. ConAgra faces several lawsuits stemming from the outbreak.