Quality Cover-ups Lead to Lengthy Prison Terms in Salmonella Case

Internal e-mails showed Peanut Corporation of America officials faked certificates of analysis so customers would buy the company’s Salmonella-contaminated products. Now they’re going to prison.

A federal district court judge in Albany, Ga., handed out lengthy prison terms Sept. 21 in a case that marked a shift toward criminal prosecution for medical and food quality violations.

Peanut Corporation of America’s owner, Stewart Parnell, was sentenced to 28 years in prison and the company’s quality assurance manager,...

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