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Year-long hunt finds almost 200 Peter Pan, Great Value victims

By Dan Flynn on July 22, 2016

Close to 200 victims of the Salmonella serotype Tennessee outbreak that ended in early 2007 are in line for restitution when ConAgra Grocery Products Co. appears in federal court for sentencing. Credit for finding so…
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Former Top U.S. Organic Peanut Butter Plant Now Stands Idle

By Dan Flynn on December 5, 2014

Before the foodborne disease outbreak two years ago that spread Salmonella Bredeney infections to 20 states, Portales, NM, could brag about Sunland Inc. being the nation’s largest producer of organic peanut butter. Now in bankruptcy,…
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Second Auction for Sunland Plant Brings In Almost $6 Million More for Creditors

By Dan Flynn on March 27, 2014

Sunland Inc.’s peanut-processing plant at Portales, NM, has been sold to Canada’s Golden Boy Foods, a move that could restart a facility closed after a 2012 Salmonella outbreak that sickened 46 people in 20 states.
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Sunland Organic Peanut Butter Plant to be Auctioned on Thursday

By Dan Flynn on March 18, 2014

What began 18 months ago with the recall of organic peanut butter involved in a Salmonella outbreak will end later this week when the shuttered Sunland Inc. processing plant goes on the auction block. In…
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Costco Getting Back Peanuts Purchased for Sunland

By Dan Flynn on December 26, 2013

Costco Wholesale Corp.’s attempt is moving forward to keep millions of dollars in peanuts from being included in the liquidation of Sunland, Inc., once the largest organic peanut butter processor in the U.S. The Issaquah,…
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Costco Played Major Role in Bankruptcy of Nation's Largest Organic Peanut Butter Maker

By Dan Flynn on December 20, 2013

Federal court records show that the Oct. 8 bankruptcy filing by the nation’s largest organic peanut butter processor was sparked by Issaquah, WA-based Costco, a membership-based warehouse club, when it unilaterally terminated a deal it…
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Former PCA Manager Running for Texas Agriculture Commissioner

By Dan Flynn on December 4, 2013

Kenneth Kendrick, whose warnings went unheeded about the potential for contamination at peanut processing plants in Plainview, TX, and Portales, NM, has filed papers to become the Texas Green Party candidate for Agriculture Commissioner for…
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Sunland's Creditors Invited to Nov. 12 Meeting in Roswell, NM

By Dan Flynn on October 14, 2013

The nation’s largest organic peanut butter company and the first food business to ever lose its federal registration during an outbreak of foodborne illness now finds itself in Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Sunland, Inc.’s financial meltdown…
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Shelling at Sunland OK’d: Processing Could Soon Follow

By Dan Flynn on December 25, 2012

In what is being called a Christmas gift, shelling of this year’s crop of Valencia peanuts can begin tomorrow in Portales, NM. Sunland Inc., the nation’s largest processor of organic peanuts, won permission to resume…
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Letter From The Editor: When the Thrill is Gone

By Dan Flynn on December 9, 2012

People in Portales, NM are beginning to fear the nation’s largest organic peanut butter plant might not have a future in their community. Their politicians are beating their drums about saving the plant and saving…
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