Court: DeCosters must serve jail time for salmonella outbreak

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Source: The (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) Gazette

A federal appeals court Wednesday ruled that prison time is warranted for the father-and-son DeCoster egg barons, who were convicted of introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce after eggs from their Iowa farms were linked to a 2010 national salmonella outbreak.

The U.S. District Court of Appeals 8th Circuit affirmed on a 2-1 vote the three-month sentences for Austin “Jack” DeCoster, 82, of Turner, Maine, and Peter DeCoster, 53, of Clarion, Iowa.

“The DeCosters’ three-month prison sentences are not grossly disproportionate to the gravity of their misdemeanor offenses,” Judge Diana Murphy wrote in an opinion filed Wednesday.

The judge cited a need “to protect consumers ‘who are wholly helpless’ from purchasing adulterated food products which could make them ill.”

Read more: http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/0001/11/30/federal-appeals-court-upholds-prison-time-former-iowa-egg-farm-owners-decoster-egg-farms-linked-

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[jpak]

1. i used to work for DeCoster - he owes me a paycheck

Hope he rots...

yup

[rurallib]

2. three whole months???

talk about a slap on the pinky.

Pro-business groups, including the Cato Institute and the National Association of Manufacturers, filed briefs in support of the DeCosters, arguing executives shouldn’t serve jail time.
what hogwash. Hey Joni Ernst, here's some balls you should be cutting.