Former peanut butter company owner had remained publicly silent in 2009 after authorities traced the outbreak to his plant in rural southwest GeorgiaBefore federal marshals led him from the courtroom en route to prison,possibly for the rest of his life, Stewart Parnell apologized years after his company’s peanut butter spawned a deadly outbreak of salmonella poisoning.
The former Peanut Corporation of America owner had remained publicly silent in 2009 after authorities traced salmonella blamed for killing nine people and sickening 714 to his plant in rural southwest Georgia. He refused to testify when called before a congressional hearing, or likewise never took the witness stand during the criminal trial that led to his conviction in US district court a year ago. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com