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Letter from the Editor: The last word

By Dan Flynn on March 13, 2023

— OPINION —

The United States v. Paul Kruse will be signed, sealed, and delivered at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Courtroom 4 on the Fifth Floor of the federal courthouse in Austin…

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Food safety settlement entered in the federal case against Honey Smacks producer

By Coral Beach on February 3, 2023

In one of the largest ever food safety fine and forfeiture case a producer of Honey Smacks cereal pleaded guilty to operating in unsanitary conditions that resulted in an outbreak of Salmonella infections.

The $19.2…

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Criminal plea hearing will likely end decade-old Peter Pan case

By Dan Flynn on December 12, 2016

The new Department of Justice’s official guidance for holding individuals responsible for corporate wrongdoing will be honored in the breach tomorrow in a federal courtroom in Albany, GA. Instead, any concern about holding individual responsible…
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Judge moves to wrap-up final act in case of Peter Pan outbreak

By Dan Flynn on March 16, 2016

The judge who knows the more about poison peanut butter than anyone else on the federal bench wants to know what’s up with Peter Pan. Judge W. Louis Sands of the U.S District Court of…
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ConAgra Agrees to Pay $11.2 Million for Salmonella Outbreak

By Dan Flynn on May 20, 2015

Omaha-based ConAgra Foods Inc. has reached a plea agreement with U.S. attorneys that will see its ConAgra Grocery Products Company plead guilty to a single misdemeanor violation of the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
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DeCosters Plead Guilty; Defense Claims Jail Time Would be Unconstitutional

By Dan Flynn on June 4, 2014

The sentencing of 79-year-old Austin “Jack” DeCoster and his 51-year-old son, Peter DeCoster, still remains to be done, and it is going to be a little more complicated than originally thought. That is the major…
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Big Fine and Guilty Pleas Might Keep DeCosters Out of Jail

By Dan Flynn on June 3, 2014

Austin “Jack” DeCoster and his son, Peter DeCoster, will accept some responsibility today for their contaminated eggs, which made almost 62,000 people sick four years ago, but don’t look for either man to serve much…
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Plea Agreement Could End Jensen Farms Prosecution on Oct. 22

By Dan Flynn on October 16, 2013

Eric and Ryan Jensen have requested a “change of plea hearing” from the U.S. District Court in Denver, announcing through their attorneys that a disposition has been reached in the case. The two brothers are…
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Plea Agreement Means Kilgore Will Have Star Role at PCA Criminal Trial

By Dan Flynn on October 11, 2013

Daniel Kilgore, the former Peanut Corporation of America operations manager at Blakely, GA, will likely be the government’s star witness next February when the criminal trial of peanut executives gets under way. Kilgore is now…
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