The Peanut Corporation of America, a peanut processing company that made the peanut butter sold by King Nut company, is voluntarily recalling all products made in its Blakely, Georgia, plant. This decision was taken after health officials in Idaho and Minnesota reported two more deaths associated with a nationwide salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 400 people in 43 states.

Peanut Corp. of America, which owns the plant in Blakely, Ga., said it has recalled products made at the plant after June 30. The closely held company, based in Lynchburg, Va., said it is withdrawing 21 lots of its peanut butter, in containers ranging from five to 50 pounds, as a precautionary measure.

The recalled peanut butter is sold in bulk packages between five and 50 pounds. It is sold under the brand name Parnell's Pride and also by the King Nut Company under the label King Nut. It is not sold at retail outlets or in supermarkets.

Peanut Corporation of America initiated the recall after an open container of King Nut brand peanut butter in a long-term care facility in Minnesota was found to contain a strain of Salmonella.

Apart from the victims in Virginia and Minnesota, in Idaho, health officials reported that the strain linked to the multi-state outbreak sickened at least 10 Idahoans and may have contributed to the death of an Eastern Idaho man over the age of 65.

Most persons sickened with salmonella develop diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection. The illness usually lasts four to seven days. It has not been determined that the individuals definitively died because of the salmonella infection, but officials in both states confirmed that all three were infected with the outbreak strain.