What are the steps I need to take to join the class action lawsuit against ConAgra?

The CDC and state and local health departments are advising consumers who are no longer ill with a diarrheal illness after eating potentially contaminated Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter to throw the product away; however, if you have contacted Marler Clark and we are pursuing a legal claim on your behalf, we advise you to save your jar. Keep it in a plastic bag, in a temperature-controlled place (like the refrigerator), and after we have received your paperwork in the mail, we will contact you with information about where to send your jar to have it tested for the presence of Salmonella. PLEASE DO NOT SEND LEFT OVER PEANUT BUTTER TO MARLER CLARK.

Marler Clark continues to test jars of peanut butter. There are several thousand jars of peanut butter that may be tested and the laboratory cannot test all these jars at the same time. If you are storing peanut butter for testing, please continue to store your jar(s) in a cool, safe place. DO NOT freeze your peanut butter. If your jar is chosen to be tested, you will receive all the necessary instructions and shipping supplies in the mail. Please DO NOT send your jars of peanut butter to Marler Clark. Thank you.

Please provide Marler Clark with the names and ages of all family members who became ill after eating the peanut butter, as well as your phone number and mailing address so that we can mail you an investigation packet (questionnaire, releases and retainer agreement) and begin collecting information about your claim. You can send us that information either by email (marler@marlerclark.com) or by filling out our online form.

Please also:

• Retain any jars of Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter that you have not yet thrown away, whether opened or not. If there are jars that you have recently thrown away that are retrievable, please take them out of the trash and keep them. Please place the jars in a plastic bag and keep the bag in an area where the peanut butter will not be exposed to extreme temperatures; this can be the refrigerator (not the freezer) or a cupboard. Marler Clark is in the process of retaining a private lab, where we will send the peanut butter for testing.
  
• Notify your county's health department of the fact that you have suffered a gastrointestinal illness after eating peanut butter that is subject to the national recall. The purpose of this call is not to have the health department test the peanut butter-although that is permissible if they want to do that-but to create a record of the fact that you have reported a gastrointestinal illness possibly related to the peanut butter outbreak.
  
• If the health department does want to test your peanut butter, please photograph the jar(s) before handing them over, and please write down the details of your transaction with the health department official. In other words, please memorialize all identifying information on the peanut butter jar (brand, lot number, etc.); write down the name of the health official who has taken the jar; have the health official sign the document; date the document; and sign the document yourself. Once you've taken these steps, it is OK to let the health official take your jar of peanut butter.
  
• Finally, we encourage all people who are still experiencing symptoms of a Salmonella infection to obtain a stool test, which your primary physician can order and have done at a local lab. Your local health department may also be of some assistance in having a stool test done.