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Officials: Company knew about salmonella

Operators of the Georgia peanut-processing plant at the center of a nationwide salmonella outbreak knew of bacteria at the facility as early as 2007, but continued to ship their peanut butter and paste to dozens of companies, federal health officials said yesterday.

>>Photos of items on salmonella list

An investigation of the Peanut Corp. of America's plant in Blakely, Ga., has revealed...

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