Fire Reported at Conagra Peanut Butter Plant in GeorgiaFire Reported at Conagra Peanut Butter Plant in Georgia

December 10, 2018

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Fire Reported at Conagra Peanut Butter Plant in Georgia
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Crews responded to a blaze Friday afternoon at the Conagra plant in Sylvester, GA that produces Peter Pan brand peanut butter, several local news organizations reported. 

The fire ignited in a roaster at the site, but flames were contained to the equipment, Interim Sylvester City Manager Jack Colby told television news station WALB. A company spokesperson said in the broadcaster’s coverage that all employees were safe and accounted for and that operations at the plant were halted following the incident. 

The fire was reportedly brought under control by 3:30 p.m. 

Conagra’s Peter Pan plant in Sylvester made headlines in late 2016 when the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the company was sentenced to pay an $8 million fine and to forfeit $3.2 million in assets after salmonella-tainted peanut butter produced at the Georgia site led to an outbreak of the disease in 2006 and 2007. 

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