{"id":16093,"date":"2015-10-01T11:37:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T18:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=16093"},"modified":"2015-10-01T11:59:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T18:59:23","slug":"officials-prison-bound-for-roles-in-nationwide-salmonella-tainted-peanut-butter-involving-700-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=16093","title":{"rendered":"Officials Prison-Bound for Roles in Nationwide Salmonella-Tainted Peanut Butter Involving 700 Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>GEORGIA<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16103\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Stewart-Parnell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16103 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Stewart-Parnell-e1443723533250-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"Stewart Parnell\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Stewart-Parnell-e1443723533250-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Stewart-Parnell-e1443723533250-1024x915.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Stewart-Parnell-e1443723533250.jpg 1880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stewart Parnell, the former president of the Peanut Corporation of America, sentenced to 28 years in prison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A federal judge sentenced two former officials of<strong> Peanut Corporation of America<\/strong> who shipped salmonella-positive peanuts that resulted in a nationwide outbreak, U.S. Department officials said today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Last week, the Peanut Corporation&#8217;s president, <strong>Steward Parnell<\/strong>, received 28 years in prison, the largest criminal sentence ever given in a food safety case, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The tainted food led to a salmonella outbreak in 2009 with more than 700 reported cases of salmonella poisoning in 46 states.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cToday\u2019s sentences are a just result,\u201d said <strong>Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer, head of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Division.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Adding, \u201cThey reflect the roles that the defendants played in these terrible acts, their acceptance of responsibility for those roles, and their willingness to assist the government, albeit after the fact, in ensuring that all of those who engaged in criminal activity were held accountable.\u00a0 The Department of Justice will continue to work aggressively with its partners to ensure that the American people are protected from food that is adulterated or misbranded.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-14313 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fda-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"fda\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fda-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fda-45x35.jpg 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/fda.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">U.S. District Court Judge W. Louis Sands<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> sentenced<strong> Samuel Lightsey,<\/strong> 50, a former operations manager at Peanut Corporation to three years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The judge sentenced <strong>Daniel Kilgore<\/strong>, 46, also a former operations manager at the \u00a0Blakely, Georgia plant to serve six years in prison, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The two were sentenced for their roles\u00a0in a conspiracy to defraud their customers by shipping salmonella-positive peanut products before the results of microbiological testing were received and falsifying microbiological test results, according to federal officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Both Lightsey and Kilgore pleaded guilty to conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, and the sale of misbranded and adulterated food.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Additionally,Lightsey and Kilgore testified last year against\u00a0<strong>Stewart Parnell,<\/strong> 61, of Lynchburg, Virginia, the former owner and president of the Peanut Corporation, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Lightsey and Kilgore also testified against <strong>Michael Parnell,<\/strong> 56, of Midlothian, Virginia, Stewart Parnell\u2019s brother, who worked at P.P. Sales and was a food broker who worked on behalf of the Peanut Corporation; and Mary Wilkerson, 41, of Edison, Georgia, who held various positions at the corporation&#8217;s Blakely plant, including receptionist, office manager and quality assurance manager.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Lightsey was on the witness stand during nine trial days, and Kilgore testified as a witness during five trial days, federal officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/centers-for-disease-control-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-13462 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/centers-for-disease-control-logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"centers-for-disease-control-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/centers-for-disease-control-logo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/centers-for-disease-control-logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/centers-for-disease-control-logo.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The evidence at trial, which resulted in the convictions of\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Stewart Parnell,<\/strong> <strong>Michael Parnell<\/strong> and <strong>Mary Wilkerson<\/strong>, indicated that tainted food led to a salmonella outbreak in 2009 with more than 700 reported cases of salmonella poisoning in 46 states, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">According to the <strong>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,<\/strong> based on epidemiological projections, that number translates to more than 22,000 total cases, including nine deaths.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">During the sentencing phase of the case, officials said the court found that the evidence presented at trial linked the Peanut Corporation&#8217;s\u00a0contaminated peanut products to the victims\u2019 illnesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The government presented evidence at trial to establish that <strong>Stewart Parnel<\/strong>l and <strong>Michael Parnell<\/strong>, with <strong>Lightsey<\/strong> and <strong>Kilgore,<\/strong> participated in several schemes by which they defrauded PCA customers and jeopardized the quality and purity of their peanut products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Specifically, the government presented evidence that the defendants misled customers about the presence of salmonella in their products, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">For example, the Parnells, Lightsey and Kilgore fabricated certificates of analysis that accompanied various shipments of peanut products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Certificates of Analysis<\/strong> are documents that summarize laboratory results, including test results concerning the presence or absence of pathogens in food.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Peanuts-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16109 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Peanuts-11-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Peanuts. Close-up.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Peanuts-11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Peanuts-11-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Peanuts-11-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Peanuts-11-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Peanuts-11-95x64.jpg 95w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Peanuts-11.jpg 1698w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">According to the evidence, on several occasions, the <strong>Parnells, Lightsey<\/strong> and <strong>Kilgore<\/strong> participated in a scheme to fabricate Certificates of Analysis that stated that the food at issue was free of pathogens when in fact there had been no testing of the food or tests had revealed the presence of pathogens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The government also presented evidence that demonstrated that when the<strong> U.S. Food and Drug Administration<\/strong> officials visited the Peanut Corporation&#8217;s Blakely plant to investigate the outbreak, <strong>Stewart<\/strong> <strong>Parnell, Lightsey<\/strong> and <strong>Wilkerson<\/strong> gave untrue or misleading answers to questions posed by those officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cBy making sure that the individuals involved in the corporate fraud at PCA were held accountable, I am confident that the message to other executives is clear,\u201d said<strong> U.S. Attorney Michael J. Moore<\/strong> of Georgia. \u00a0\u201cBecause we all know that it is people who make decisions about what goes on behind the corporate curtain, we&#8217;ll be looking to hold those individuals personally accountable when they steer their businesses down the path of fraud. \u00a0Mr. Kilgore and Mr. Lightsey acknowledged their wrongdoing, and today their sentences reflect not only their acceptance of that responsibility, but also the requirement of accountability.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">On Sept. 21, Judge Sands sentenced Stewart Parnell to 28 years in prison. The judge sentenced\u00a0Michael Parnell to\u00a020 years, and Mary Wilkerson to five years, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GEORGIA A federal judge sentenced two former officials of Peanut Corporation of America who shipped salmonella-positive peanuts that resulted in a nationwide outbreak, U.S. Department officials said today. 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