Foodborne illness outbreaks — including one involving salmonella-tainted peanut butter — are prompting more proposed legislation in Congress.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar says she plans to introduce a bill that would promote a more rapid national response to outbreaks such as the peanut butter incident.

Klobuchar will appear at a news conference with public health officials on Thursday to release details about the legislation.

Earlier this year, Minnesota public health officials found that a five-pound container of peanut butter that tested positive for salmonella was the same strain causing illness throughout the country.

Albert Lea and Austin were at the center of an E. coli outbreak in 2006 when two fast-food restaurants were found to have tainted lettuce from California.