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Associated PressMoisture led to salmonella outbreakBy JOSH FUNK, AP Business Writer
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OMAHA, Neb. - ConAgra Foods said Thursday that moisture from a leaky
roof and faulty sprinkler was the source of the salmonella bacteria that
contaminated peanut butter at its Georgia plant last year, sickening
more than 400 people nationwide.
The Omaha-based company conducted a nearly two-month investigation
into the contamination and pledged to ensure that Peter Pan peanut
butter is safe when it returns to stores in mid-July.
-snip-Childs said the company traced the salmonella outbreak to three problems
at its Sylvester, Ga., plant last August.
The plant's roof leaked during a rainstorm, and the sprinkler system went
off twice because of a faulty sprinkler, which was repaired.
The moisture from those three events mixed with dormant salmonella
bacteria in the plant that Childs said likely came from raw peanuts and
peanut dust.
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