Lab tests show possible salmonella at Texas plant

Published February 9, 2009 5:00am ET



ATLANTA (AP) – Health officials in Texas say lab tests show there may have been salmonella at a shuttered Texas plant operated by the peanut company linked to a national outbreak.

Texas health officials say the Peanut Corp. of America temporarily closed its plant in Plainview, Texas, after private test results found “the possible presence of salmonella” in some of its products.

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