date:Apr 03, 2014
isdemeanor charge and agreed to pay $4.4 million in civil and criminal penalties for producing and distributing contaminated hotdogs and deli meats in 2001, causing 15 deaths.
The investigation itself has cost ConAgra $25 million, according to the Omaha, NE-based company. ConAgra is a Fortune-500 company that employs more than 36,000 people and has net sales totaling approximately $18 billion.