The 52-page Grand Jury indictment of Stewart and Michael Parnell, Samuel Lightsey and Mary Wilkerson tells us a lot more than we knew about now-liquidated Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). The indictment of the four
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Peanut Corporation of America from Inception to Indictment: A Timeline
The Peanut Corporation of America shut down in 2009 after a massive outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to its products left the company bankrupt. Evidence that company officials knowingly released contaminated product onto the marketplace …
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Landmark Settlement Reached in Westland-Hallmark Meat Case
The now-defunct Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. sparked the largest-ever meat recall after egregious, undercover abuse footage was made public in 2008 and now the company has sparked the largest-ever judgement for an animal abuse case. On…
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Letter From The Editor: DOJ
Everything I know about the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), I learned from a U.S. District Attorney for Idaho years ago. He was, I think, taken aback by how little this then-recent J-School, Political…
Sen. Leahy Presses for Update on PCA Investigation
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) sent a letter Tuesday to the Department of Justice inquiring about the status of the department’s investigation into Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), the company implicated in a…
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Tyson Agrees to Penalty in Mexico Inspection Case
Tyson Foods Inc.–one of the world’s largest processors and marketers of chicken, beef and pork products–agreed to pay a $4 million criminal penalty to resolve an investigation into improper payments by company representatives to government-employed…
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Monopoly Practices Divide Rural America
FORT COLLINS, CO–The joint Department of Justice/USDA workshop that was held here was a day-long demonstration of how rural America’s views are widely differing when it comes to whether there is too much private contracting…
Meat Industry AntiTrust Workshop Friday in CO
Early Sunday morning in Fort Collins, CO, police got to try out their tear gas and mobile field-in-force tactics after fights broke out after a Bohemian Nights concert. Before the riot was over, fires were…
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Government Seeks Injunction Against Food Processor
The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week that it is seeking a permanent injunction against NY Gourmet Salads, Inc., on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The Brooklyn, NY-based processor of…
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JBS to Pay $2 Million in PA Water Pollution Case
JBS USA and the Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement last week over one of the company’s plants’ alleged failure to comply with the Clean Water Act and the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law, which…
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