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Criminal

Jul. 19, 2014

Sysco to pay $20M for improperly storing food

Orange County DA is prosecuting what it calls state's largest food safety action

By Kibkake Araya

Daily Journal Staff Writer


Sysco Corp., the largest food distribution company in the U.S., must pay $20 million for storing perishable foods in unrefrigerated units and distributing those foods to customers in what is being called California's largest food safety prosecution action lawsuit ever.


On behalf of the California Department of Public Health, district attorneys' offices in 10 counties including Orange that make up the California F...

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