Sunland making comeback

The nation’s largest organic peanut butter processor is a month away from having its products back on shelves nationwide, according to the company’s president.

Sunland Inc. President Jimmy Shearer says the company has made some major changes to its food safety procedures as demanded by the Food and Drug Administration, the regulator in Sunland’s return to the nut butter market, in order to begin production of its products.

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Sunland Inc., returned to the peanut market with revamped safety procedures. Most of its products are expected to be back on store shelves nationwide in the next few months. Officials say the company currently has nearly 100 employees.

The company’s plant was turned upside down and scrubbed vigorously after Sunland’s products were linked to a salmonella outbreak that sickened 41 people in 20 states, causing the plant to close its doors last fall.

In a month-long investigation conducted by FDA inspectors in the fall, samples of salmonella were found in 28 locations in the plant and in 13 nut butter samples.







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