--- description: No word yet on where anyone’s going to find a million jars of jelly. title: Millions of Jars of Peanut Butter Headed to the Dump in New Mexico image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Millions of Jars of Peanut Butter Headed to the Dump in New Mexico  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 28, 2014 2:57 PM CUT  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 28, 2014 2:57 PM CUT Almost a million jars of peanut butter are destined for a landfill in New Mexico after Costco refused to take the shipment due to leaky peanut oil. The peanut butter, valued at an [estimated](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/million-jars-peanut-butter-dumped-new-mexico "undefined") $2.6 million, was manufactured by Sunland Inc., a company now in bankruptcy after playing a central role in a national salmonella outbreak in 2012. An official overseeing the bankruptcy said “all parties agreed there’s nothing wrong with the peanut butter from a health and safety issue” but that Costco declined to take the shipment and refused to allow it to be donated to a food bank. The peanut butter was manufactured with peanuts owned by Costco, the Associated Press reports. Costco did not respond a request for comment from the AP. With no option other than destruction, the roughly 25 tons of peanut butter is being moved to a landfill in Clovis, New Mexico. The last of 58 truckloads is expected Friday. \[[AP](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/million-jars-peanut-butter-dumped-new-mexico "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/41711/millions-of-jars-of-peanut-butter-headed-to-the-dump-in-new-mexico/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/41711/millions-of-jars-of-peanut-butter-headed-to-the-dump-in-new-mexico/"},"headline":"Millions of Jars of Peanut Butter Headed to the Dump in New Mexico","datePublished":"2014-03-28T14:57:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:01:24.474Z","description":"No word yet on where anyone’s going to find a million jars of jelly.","url":"https://time.com/41711/millions-of-jars-of-peanut-butter-headed-to-the-dump-in-new-mexico/","keywords":["Costco","Recall","Salmonella"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/41711/millions-of-jars-of-peanut-butter-headed-to-the-dump-in-new-mexico/","name":"Millions of Jars of Peanut Butter Headed to the Dump in New Mexico"}}]}] ```