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FDA halts operations at peanut butter plant

By MARY CLARE JALONICK
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has halted operations of the country’s largest organic peanut butter processor, cracking down on salmonella poisoning for the first time with a new enforcement authority the agency gained in a 2011 food safety law.

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