NH Peanut Butter Recall Expands

A New Mexico peanut butter manufacturer has issued a voluntary recall of its extensive line of nut butters due to possible Salmonella contamination.

Sunland Inc. has pulled its line of Almond Butter and Peanut Butter products,
manufactured between May 1, 2012 and September 24, 2012. Sunland exclusively uses Valencia peanuts for it's products, a type of legume grown almost exclusively in eastern New Mexico. According to the company website, 90 percent of the Valencia peanuts produced in the U.S. are grown within 120 miles of their plant.

The recall follows an announcement last week by Trader Joe's that they were recalling its Valencia Peanut Butter products, which is manufactured and packaged at the Sunland Inc. plant.

Trader Joe's has a store in Newington.

So far reports of salmonella in have surfaced in Washington, California, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Missouri,Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, North Carolina, Virginia, Connecticut, New Jersey and Maryland, according to a report issued on
September 22, 2012 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

We've uploaded the complete list of Sunland Inc. recalled products here in PDF form above.

Consumers are asked to report any illness that might be associated with these products to your local health department.