FDA suspends peanut butter plant linked to salmonella outbreak

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration suspended operations on Monday at a New Mexico food producer linked to salmonella-tainted peanut butter that has sickened at least 41 people this year, the agency said in a statement. The FDA said it had suspended Sunland Inc’s food facility registration “in the interest of public health,” following the national outbreak and a history of food safety violations reaching back over three years. “The fact that peanut butter made by the company has been linked to an outbreak … …