Sunland to begin test runs

Five months after being at the center of a nationwide recall that shuttered its plant for several months, Sunland Inc. is ramping up for full production by the end of March, according to Vice President Katalin Coburn.

“We’re working furiously to get the plant ready for the test production,” Coburn said. “Things are definitely moving in a positive direction.”

The test runs will be monitored by the Food and Drug Administration, which suspended Sunland’s food processing plant registration in November based on multiple problems, including unsanitary conditions in its peanut butter processing plant.

Sunland is the nation’s largest organic peanut butter processor, though it also produces many non-organic products.

She says communication with the FDA has been stellar as Sunland has worked to reopen its processing plant.

Sunland resumed shelling this year’s harvest in late December.

Coburn also said the company has also been working with retailers as well as private-label customers to get their products back on the shelves of stores across the nation.

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