Former Peanut Corporation of America's president Stewart Parnell in 2009.
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A former peanut executive convicted of knowingly selling salmonella-tainted food that killed nine people and sickened hundreds of others was sentenced Monday to 28 years in prison, according to multiple outlets.
Stewart Parnell, the 61-year-old former head of the Peanut Corporation of America, had faced a possible life sentence after being convicted in September 2014 for selling peanuts from his Georgia plant to food processors despite knowing that they were tainted with salmonella.
As a result of his actions, nine people died and more than 700 others were sickened in 2008 and 2009.
A jury last year also found him guilty of falsifying lab records to cover up the contamination.
The outbreak prompted a massive food recall and, according to the Centers for Disease Control, Parnell's customers suffered an estimated $144 million in losses.
The U.S. Probation Office had recommended that Parnell get life in prison for his role in the outbreak, something his attorney called "unprecedented" and "truly absurd."
LINK: Ex-Peanut Exec Faces Life In Prison For Fatal Salmonella Outbreak
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