ConArga Current Event

"ConArga Agrees to Pay $11.2 Million in Salmonella Outbreak"

ConArga is a company that makes many different brands of food. Their brands consist of Rotel, Blake's, Frontera, Healthy Choice, Hunt's, Marie Callender's, Orville Redenbacher's, Reddi Wip, Slim Jim, Bertolli, PF. Chang's, Swiss Miss, Pam, Hebrew National, Peter Pan and Alexia.

In one particular case dating back to 2007, there was a recall on all of the Peanut Butter sold at Walmart under the labels of Peter Pan and Great Value Brands. This case is known as the largest criminal fine every imposed on the United States by the justice department for food safety. Three years worth of peanut butter were recalled after doctors around the country started reporting severe cases of gastrointestinal illnesses cause by salmonella. That being said, no deaths were confirmed from this outbreak. ConArga said that they had no idea the peanut butter was contaminated before being shipped. The company must pay $8 million which is one-tenth of one percent of their $8 billion company. The other $3.2 million in cash will be going to the Federal Government.