After causing a 2012 Salmonella outbreak that sickened 42 people in 20 states, Sunland Inc., the nation’s largest producer of organic peanut butter, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. A 30-page list of roughly 1,000 creditors was among the documents included in he Portales, NM company’s voluntary filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District … Read more
After a Salmonella outbreak was linked to the peanut butter it produces last year, Sunland Inc. of Portales, NM is being sued by its insurance company, Great American Alliance Insurance Co. of Cincinnati. At issue is who is responsible for paying claims brought against Sunland by those who were sickened by the peanut butter. The suit, … Read more
The Sunland plant that made peanut butter linked to a 2012 Salmonella Bredeney outbreak is restarting and could have products on store shelves within the next month according to AP. Forty-two people in 20 states were sickened in that outbreak. Ten people were hospitalized; there were no deaths. Sixty-one percent of ill persons in that … Read more
The FDA has reinstated Sunland’s food facility registration after the Salmonella Bredeney outbreak last fall that sickened 42 people in 20 states. The FDA suspended Sunland’s registration on November 26, 2012. And U.S. District Judge William P. Johnson imposed a consent decree on the facility on December 21, 2012, shutting it down. The FDA’s actions … Read more
A Salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter produced by Sunland Inc. of Portales, NM was the sixth largest largest multi-state food poisoning outbreak of 2012, based on the total number of people sickened. The outbreak sickened 42 people in 20 states and spawned more than 250 product recalls for potential contamination including Trader Joe’s, Newman’s … Read more
U.S. District Judge William P. Johnson of the District of New Mexico has signed a consent decree placing requirements on Sunland Inc., the manufacturer of peanut products linked to a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Bredeney. The decree is intended to keep potentially harmful products from entering commerce. Epidemiological evidence that linked Sunland to the nationwide … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that the multistate outbreak of Salmonella Bredeney linked to Sunland’s Trader Joe’s Valencia Peanut Butter appears to be over. The last illness was reported on September 21, 2012. A total of 42 people from 20 states were infected with the outbreak strain of the bacteria. … Read more
The Food and Drug Administration has released a consumer update, stating that their rapid response helped contain the Salmonella Bredeney outbreak linked to Sunland peanut butter. The product that caused the outbreak was Trader Joe’s Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter made with Sea Salt. The outbreak sickened 41 people in 20 states. Attorney Fred Pritzker, … Read more
Sunland Inc., the peanut butter maker at the heart of a massive recall and Salmonella outbreak, says its shutdown by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier this week was “unexpected” and that it hopes to resume operations soon. Under its first use of authority granted by the Food Safety Modernization Act, the agency on Monday … Read more
The Sunland peanut butter recall has reached Europe. Months after the recall due to Salmonella contamination was announced in the US, European health officials are warning residents about the dangers associated with products containing Sunland peanut butter. Although the initial recall was said not to include products distributed in Europe, US authorities now say it’s possible … Read more