A U.S. District judge in Albany, GA has sentenced 61-year-old Stewart Parnell to 28 years in federal prison for his role in shipping contaminated food that killed 9 people and sickened at least 700 others in 2008 and 2009, causing one of the largest foodborne outbreaks in U.S. history.
Parnell–former owner of Peanut Corporation of America (PCA)–was convicted last year of knowingly shipping peanut butter that was contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. He was also found guilty of faking laboratory tests to hide said contamination. He was immediately taken into custody.