Nearly 1 million jars of peanut butter dumped in landfill

[unhappycamper]

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/03/29/3122663/nearly-1-million-jars-of-peanut.html?sp=/99/261/

Nearly 1 million jars of peanut butter dumped in landfill
March 29, 2014

Nearly a million jars of peanut butter are being dumped at a New Mexico landfill to expedite the sale of a bankrupt peanut-processing plant at the heart of a 2012 salmonella outbreak. The move comes after Issaquah-based Costco Wholesale declined requests to let it be donated to food banks or repackaged or sold. The peanut butter was made with $2.8 million worth of Valencia peanuts owned by Costco and had been sitting in the warehouse since the company shut down and filed for bankruptcy last fall, according to court documents.

Costco had previously agreed to take the peanut butter, but rejected it after getting eight loads saying it is “not merchantable” because of leaky peanut oil.

[Niceguy1]

1. civil suits

Are the cause of that.

[pipoman]

2. There ain't nothing worse than rancid peanut butter

Which could be if the seals are broken. If it isn't rancid it would seem it could be used by a candy manufacturer or something. .

[JNelson6563]

3. It would have been a tax write-off

if donated. I have to believe it was unsafe for consumption if they passed up the write-off and simply took a loss.

Julie

[Arkansas Granny]

4. I think you're on to something there. If the seal was compromised so oil could leak out, it's

possible that contaminants could also get into the jars and ruin the product. I wouldn't accept jars of food that had been leaking.

[SummerSnow]

5. what a 'nutty' thing to do.