Posted on 03/29/2014 10:07:18 PM PDT by kingattax
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Nearly a million jars of peanut butter were dumped at a New Mexico landfill this week to expedite the sale of a bankrupt peanut-processing plant that was at the heart of a 2012 salmonella outbreak and nationwide recall.
Bankruptcy trustee Clarke Coll said he had no other choice after Costco Wholesale refused to take shipment of the Sunland Inc. product and declined requests to let it be donated to food banks or repackaged or sold to brokers who provide food to institutions like prisons.
"We considered all options," Coll said. "They didn't agree."
MelindaJoy Pattison, executive director of the Food Bank of Eastern New Mexico, on Friday called the dumping of the peanut butter "horrendous." She said as long as there was nothing wrong with the peanut butter, her operation would have found a way to store it, remove the labels and distribute it to the people who depend on the food bank.
"Those trucks carrying it to the dump went right by the front door of my food bank," she said. "It wasn't like it would have been out of the way."
Pattison said peanut butter is a major source of protein and a staple for hungry people. Her food bank places single-serve peanut butter cups in packages it gives to children whose parents rely on its services.
"For it to just be deliberately thrown away is disappointing," she said.
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Sounds like another socialism success story.
Peanut butter ain’t cheep nowadays!
When a government rules by tyranny, someday they will be dumping more than peanut butter in the landfill.
This is due to the very real fear of lawsuits, nothing more.
What a shame.
The city or state could have taken custody of the peanut butter and then given it to food banks etc to distribute to the needy.
Gutless liberals and stupid businesses are what are wrecking this country.
Aw nuts... sounds like a sticky mess.
I always have a jar on the shelf, but the last time I purchased a jar of a well known brand of peanut spread! I never knew such a thing existed! I never thought to read the label, and I am a regular label reader!
to remove the labels strikes me as underhanded.
I prefer the natural stuff made in Santa Cruz with no chemicals.
Lawyers.
The labels don’t mean anything ... since that plant would slap any label on there that you wanted - if you paid them ... :-) ...
..which would be dishonest at the very least
Exactly. They are damned if they do and damned if they don't.
In case you didn’t know it, different labels are slapped on product all the time for whomever wants to pay for it. That’s very normal business practice.
Imagine the outrage on the left if it was Walmart instead of the unionized Costco.
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