THE SUNLAND PEANUT PROCESSING PLANT IN PORTALES IS GETTING READY TO MAKE ITS COME BACK. FIVE MONTHS AFTER CLOSING ITS DOORS DUE TO A 20-STATE SALMONELLA OUTBREAK AT THE PLANT, VICE PRESIDENT KATALIN COBURN TELLS 770 KKOB THEY SHOULD BE READY TO TEST PRODUCTS TO BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. COBURN EXPECTS EVERYTHING TO BE READY FOR FULL PRODUCTION BY THE SECOND WEEK OF APRIL.

A TOTAL OF 41 PEOPLE WERE SICKENED BY PEANUT BUTTER FROM SUNLAND SOLD AT TRADER JOE'S IN LAST SEPTEMBER'S SALMONELLA OUTBREAK.