Prison for poultry farm managers that hid fatal salmonella contamination

The owner and the manager of a poultry farm in Lunteren, Gelderland were convicted of endangering public health by selling eggs contaminated with salmonella. When issuing its ruling on Thursday, the District Court of Zwolle sentenced 51-year-old company director Bertus V. and 43-year-old manager Sije van der V. to six months in prison, and 200 hours of community service. According to the Public Prosecution Service, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority knew nothing about this contamination because the positive samples were concealed on behalf of the company. In July 2016, there was already a salmonella contamination at the poultry farm and no specific measures were taken after that.