Texas/New Mexico Stateline | Similar to here last spring when a bunch of peanut butter was dumped. Everybody agreed there was nothing wrong with it. Costco just didn't want even the tiniest bit of liability concerning the issue. Huge waste.
http://time.com/41711/millions-of-jars-of-peanut-butter-headed-to-t...
Millions of Jars of Peanut Butter Headed to the Dump in New Mexico
Denver Nicks @DenverNicks
March 28, 2014
No word yet on where anyone’s going to find a million jars of jelly.
Almost a million jars of peanut butter are destined for a landfill in New Mexico after Costco refused to take the shipment due to leaky peanut oil.
The peanut butter, valued at an estimated $2.6 million, was manufactured by Sunland Inc., a company now in bankruptcy after playing a central role in a national salmonella outbreak in 2012.
An official overseeing the bankruptcy said “all parties agreed there’s nothing wrong with the peanut butter from a health and safety issue” but that Costco declined to take the shipment and refused to allow it to be donated to a food bank. The peanut butter was manufactured with peanuts owned by Costco, the Associated Press reports. Costco did not respond a request for comment from the AP.
With no option other than destruction, the roughly 25 tons of peanut butter is being moved to a landfill in Clovis, New Mexico. The last of 58 truckloads is expected Friday.
Edited by milofarmer1 7/29/2014 14:12
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