Stewart Parnell,the former CEO of the now-bankrupt Peanut Corporation of America,was charged with falsifying food safety reports required by the FDA.The reports certified that his peanut base product was salmonella free.In some cases,the tests were not yet complete when the certification was done and in other cases the tests indicated the presence of salmonella.
-Who else would be criminally responsible for the shipment of contaminated product?

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Stewart Parnell,the former CEO of the now-bankrupt Peanut Corporation of America,was charged with falsifying food safety reports required by the FDA.The reports certified that his peanut base product was salmonella free.In some cases,the tests were not yet complete when the certification was done and in other cases the tests indicated the presence of salmonella.​
-Who else would be criminally responsible for the shipment of contaminated product?

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Managers who shipped the product knowing it was contaminated would also be criminally responsible for the shipment of contaminated product. Board members may have a level of responsibility for oversight, but it would depend on the specifics of their involvement. The clerks who paid the shipping expenses and the shippers who handled the goods may not have had knowledge of the contamination and would likely not be held criminally responsible.

Stewart Parnell,the Former CEO of the Now-Bankrupt Peanut Corporation of America,was