An 80-year-old woman from Washington state was charged Thursday with allegedly selling rotten and tainted juice products, the Department of Justice said.
A grand jury indicted an 80-year-old Washington woman and her since-shuttered company Thursday for allegedly making and selling rotten and tainted fruitThe woman, Mary Ann Bliesner, and her company, Valley Processing Inc. , allegedly conspired to distribute "tainted and potentially unsafe" juice concentrate products, according to a Department of Justice press release. , conspiracy, false statements and violating the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
The juice products contained "potentially harmful levels" of contaminants like arsenic and were made under "insanitary conditions," the DOJ alleged in its release.Bliesner and her company allegedly sold juice products in some instances that had been stored outside for years, some of which the indictment said were later sold to customers that supplied the National School Lunch Program, according to the DOJ release.
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