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Company: Sara Lee Foods Inc.
Current Parent Company: Tyson Foods
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Penalty: $4,400,000
Year: 2001
Date: June 29, 2001
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: food safety violation
Violation Description: Sara Lee Foods was sentenced to pay more than $4.4 million for selling adulterated meat that appears to have led to a 1998 listeriosis outbreak that resulted in 15 deaths and more than 100 illnesses nationwide.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Western District of Michigan
Civil or Criminal Case: civil and criminal
Facility State: Michigan
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Arkansas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: poultry processing and meatpacking
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