SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — ConAgra Foods has agreed to pay $11.2 million in criminal fines and forfeitures to settle a charge that the company shipped salmonella-tainted Peter Pan peanut butter from its Georgia plant more than eight years ago.
Documents outlining a plea deal with federal prosecutors were filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Georgia. ConAgra agreed to plead guilty to a single charge of shipping adulterated food, a misdemeanor, and pay $8 million in fines plus $3.2 million in forfeitures.
ConAgra was charged as a company. No executives were charged.
