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Possible Life Sentence in Salmonella Case Raises Stakes for Food and Beverage Industry Compliance
2015-07-31 03:31:36| Beverages - Topix.net
Last week, federal prosecutors in Georgia filed papers supporting the local probation office's U.S. Sentencing Guidelines calculation calling for a sentence of life in prison for Stewart Parnell, the one-time CEO of Peanut Corporation of America , for his role in a salmonella outbreak. The case is a cautionary reminder for the food and beverage industry about the frightening consequences of non-compliance and misconduct in their supply chains.
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