Daily Meal spoke with an expert, Markita Lewis, MS, RD, marketing and communications manager for the National Peanut Board, ...

Though Hall said Peanut Corp. was a “small niche” player in the peanut industry, the controversy has cast a shadow over the town that has long taken pride in its peanut production.

The latest recall covers peanut butter, peanut paste, peanut meal and granulated products, as well as all peanuts — dry and oil roasted — shipped from the factory.

The maker of peanut butter linked to a nationwide outbreak of salmonella shipped tainted product it knew had tested positive for the bacteria, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.

AUSTIN — Texas health officials ordered a recall Thursday of every product ever shipped from a Plainview peanut processing plant since March 2005 after inspectors discovered the food production ...