According
to Natural
News, two owners of an Iowa egg producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to
charges related to a massive Salmonella outbreak in 2010, the latest
prosecution serving notice to the food industry that its leaders can be held
criminally responsible for the products they sell.
The
outbreak sickened tens of thousands of people and forced the recall of 550
million eggs. Quality Egg agreed to pay a $6.8 million fine under terms of a
plea agreement revealed in federal court in Sioux City ,
Iowa
The
egg producer pleaded guilty to one count of bribery of a public official, one
count of introducing a misbranded food into interstate commerce with intent to
defraud and one count of introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce.
Austin "Jack" DeCoster, 79, of Turner, Maine Iowa
"It's
possible these guys could actually go to jail," Marler said of the
DeCosters. "That wakes people up. Knowing CEOs can go to jail has more
impact on behavior than a lawsuit that ends up being paid off by an insurance
company."
Quality
Egg acknowledged that, on at least two occasions in 2010, Tony Wasmund or
another employee gave a cash bribe to a U.S.
Wasmund,
63, pleaded guilty in 2012 to conspiracy to bribe a public official, selling
restricted eggs with intent to defraud and related charges. He is scheduled for
sentencing before Judge Mark Bennett on Sept. 12.
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