Sylvester -- The ribbon's been cut and plant employees are ready to get all of Peter Pan peanut butter varieties back on store shelves. "You have hundreds of employees here. ConAgra has made an investment here," said Congressman Sanford Bishop.

"There is a completely new food and safety sanitation program. So we completely revamped the entire system here," said plant manager, Earl Ehret.

A project that was eight months in the making and required some major renovations. "We've put a new roof on, new floors, we've made a lot of movements with walls," said Ehret.

Production was stopped On February 14th after moisture from a leaky roof and sprinkler system along with dormant salmonella in raw peanuts caused a salmonella outbreak.

"One thing we've done to make sure that we eliminate the possibility of cross-contamination between raw and roasted is we totally segregated those areas in the plant," said Ehret.

More than 600 people were sickened nationwide by the bacteria. Hopefully, new testing will help prevent that from happening again. "We have elected to have all testing done by Silica labs in Atlanta now," said Ehret.

With this new beginning the city is ready start over. "We truly appreciate the support and loyalty for this brand. It's one of the reasons we decided to come back," said Ehret.

"We are proud of ConAgra, we are proud of Peter Pan," said Sanford. And it was the overwhelming support of the community that helped ConAgra's Sylvester's plant to re-open.

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