Two senior executives at an egg company in Iowa that was central to a nationwide salmonella outbreak in 2010 can be held criminally liable as “responsible corporate officers,” a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in a closely watched prosecution. The court upheld misdemeanor charges that included jail time.
Over opposition from business groups, a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled against Quality Egg owner Austin “Jack” DeCoster and his son, Peter DeCoster, the company’s chief executive officer. The DeCosters, fighting the charges on due process and Eighth Amendment grounds, argued they didn’t know they were releasing contaminated food into interstate commerce.
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