Volkswagen not the first — or last — scandal

Earlier this week, the former CEO and owner of the Peanut Corporation of America was sentenced to 28 years in prison for his part in a salmonella outbreak that led to the death of nine people across the US. More than 700 people suffered illness and 166 being hospitalised as a result.

The contamination at the company’s now closed plant in Blakely in Georgia resulted in one of the largest food recalls in US history.

The former CEO, Stewart Parnell, was convicted on federal conspiracy charges, of creating fake food certificates and of knowingly shipping the contaminated products to customers.