A $12 million fund is being created for claims against Peanut Corp. of America, the processor at the center of a nationwide salmonella outbreak this year. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge William E. Anderson agreed Thursday to approve the fund, which is intended to settle claims ...

A south Georgia factory linked to a deadly nationwide salmonella outbreak was infested with vermin and had a leaky roof, gaping holes and other problems, attorneys said Thursday after touring the plant. Bill Marler, an attorney who has filed nine lawsuits on behalf of salmonella victims, said he and a team of experts discovered structural problems and numerous mice during ...

To Betsy Sanders, the nationwide salmonella outbreak tied to peanut butter has been a hurricane. Her tiny cookie dough business is the debris. Reimbursing customers for recalled products has already cost her Dough-To-Go Inc. business as much as $7,000, she says — a big chunk for a company that turned ...

Tests show ground peanuts at a Texas plant were contaminated with the same strain of salmonella that has sickened hundreds of people across the nation, state health officials said Wednesday. The peanut meal was tested at the Plainview plant Feb. 12 after the facility had ...