date:Jun 04, 2014
epartment spokesman.
Attorneys for Austin Jack DeCoster, 79, his son Peter, 51, and the company could not immediately be reached for comment.
The DeCosters also each pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce. Each of the men paid the court $100,000, to be applied toward fines.
The DeCosters could each face up to a year in prison and pay additional restitution to people injured in the salmonella outbreak, according to the court filings. Both