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.

Salmonella outbreak still spreading

The number of people sickened by salmonella-tainted peanut butter from Georgia is now 628. Investigators say ConAgra’s plant in Sylvester, near Albany, is the source of tainted Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter. The outbreak was first reported in February and now includes 47 states. The peanut butter has been recalled but several lawsuits are pending.