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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Pepperidge Farm, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Campbell Soup
Penalty: $7,500
Year: 2004
Date: June 21, 2004
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: nuclear safety violation
Violation Description: On June 21, 2004, a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $7,500 was issued for a Severity Level III violation involving the inappropriate transfer of a generally-licensed device containing approximately 36 millicuries of cesium-137 to a person (a salvage yard and then to a metal recycling center) not authorized to receive the device. Although the civil penalty would have been fully mitigated based on the normal civil penalty assessment process, a base civil penalty was assessed in accordance with Section VII.A.1.g of the Enforcement Policy to reflect the significance of maintaining control of licensed material.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Connecticut
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New Jersey
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: food products
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