Farmers in a revered peanut- growing region along the New Mexico-Texas border should be celebrating one of the best harvests in recent memory. Instead, millions of pounds of their Valencia peanuts sit in barns at a peanut butter plant shuttered for two months amid a salmonella outbreak that sickened 41 people in 20 states.
The tension boiled over when the FDA on Monday said it was suspending Sunland Inc.’s registration to operate because of repeated safety violations, meaning the plant will remain shut down as the company appeals the decision. The company had planned to reopen some its operations this week after voluntarily recalling hundreds of products.
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