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Second Auction May Fetch Millions More For NM Organic Peanut Processing Plant

By Dan Flynn on March 26, 2014

The Portales, NM, processing plant that was at one time the largest producer of organic peanut butter in the U.S. was auctioned off last Thursday to Severn, NC-based Hampton Farms for $20.05 million. However, the…
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Sunland Peanut Butter May Return to Shelves Next Month

By News Desk on May 24, 2013

Sunland, Inc., the New Mexico-based peanut butter producer involved in a multistate Salmonella outbreak and massive product recall in 2012, has resumed operations after a half-year suspension, and aims to have peanut butter back on…
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Top Ten Most Important Food Safety Stories of 2012

By News Desk on December 27, 2012

Editor’s Note: We continue today with our look back at what happened in 2012 with the Top Ten Most Important Stories of 2012 as selected by the writers and editors of Food Safety News.…
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Feds Sue Peanut Butter Maker Responsible for Salmonella Outbreak

By Gretchen Goetz on December 21, 2012

UPDATE:   U.S. District Judge William P. Johnson of the District of New Mexico has signed a consent decree imposing requirements on Sunland Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of peanut products linked to an outbreak of…
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Sunland Asking FDA for Permission to Shell Peanuts

By News Desk on December 8, 2012

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is under increasing pressure to at least allow the shelling of Valencia peanuts grown during the past season that are now mostly stored in Sunland Inc.’s warehouses. Sunland…
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Letter From The Editor: FDA “Hereby Suspends”

By Dan Flynn on December 2, 2012

It was one week short of 700 days when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) dropped the hammer on the economy of Portales, NM. It was that long between Jan. 11, 2011, the day…
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Final Case Count on Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak Hits 42

By News Desk on November 30, 2012

At least 42 people in 20 states have fallen ill with Salmonella in the outbreak linked to peanut butter made by Sunland Inc. in Portales, N.M., according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
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Advocates Praise FDA’s Sunland Suspension, Urge Action on FSMA

By James Andrews on November 28, 2012

Prominent food safety advocates praised the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for using its newly granted authority Monday to suspend the registration of Sunland Inc., the nation’s largest organic peanut butter producer and the…
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FDA Suspends Sunland Peanut Butter Plant

By James Andrews on November 27, 2012

For the first time in agency history, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday used its authority to suspend the registration of peanut butter processor Sunland Inc. of Portales, N.M., the plant connected to…
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Sunland Peanut Butter Recall Goes International

By News Desk on November 26, 2012

Peanut products manufactured by Sunland Inc. in Portales, N.M. responsible for sickening at least 41 people in the U.S. with Salmonella have fallen under the scrutiny of international food safety authorities in recent weeks. Consumers…
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Letter From The Editor: “The Blob” in 2012

By Dan Flynn on November 18, 2012

The 1958 science fiction movie “The Blob” remains a classic because it introduced the great Steve McQueen in a leading role. Probably because the horror flick about a giant amoeba-like space alien landing in Pennsylvania…
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