Post by William Mitchell College of Law student, Abigail Tyson
Relatives of the Salmonella victims from the 2009 peanut outbreak are calling for criminal prosecution of Stewart Parnell. After the outbreak occurred, emails surfaced in which then CEO of Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) admitted knowledge that his company shipped contaminated peanuts to distributers. At the hearing, Mr. Parnell refused to answer any questions, invoking his 5th Amendment rights. Advocate Bill Marler, a representative of the victims, states that in all his years of “handling food safety cases, I’ve yet to see a circumstance that has so clearly warranted criminal prosecution as the corporate mishandling involved in the PCA outbreak.” Six family members of the victims spoke at a press conference urging for prosecution of Mr. Parnell. The conference occurred concurrently with the Government Accountability Conference held at American University.
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