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Company: Premium Standard Farms (PSF) and Continental Grain Company
Current Parent Company: WH Group
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Penalty: $50,350,000
Year: 2001
Date: November 20, 2001
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: Clean Water Act and related
Violation Description: To resolve a Clean Water Act case, the companies agreed to spend an estimated $50 million on new waste treatment technology and pay a civil penalty of $350,000.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: China
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: meatpacking
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