Could the United States be facing an organic peanut butter shortage? The New Mexico processor that owns 90% of this year's organic peanut harvest has had its production license revoked by the Food and Drug Administration. Now supermarkets are bracing for a possible shortage. Sunland Inc. voluntarily shut down its peanut butter plant in Portales, N.M., on Sept. 24 after an outbreak of salmonella that sickened 41 people, mostly children, was linked to peanut butter produced there. It had hoped to reopen its peanut shelling facility this week, but the FDA announced Monday...
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