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 , and Peter DeCoster, 51, of Clarion, Iowa , each pleaded guilty to one count of introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce. "It's possible these guys could act...
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