Bay Cuisine has been fined $130,000 for selling listeria-contaminated meat to Hawke's Bay Hospital and others.
At sentencing in the Napier District Court today, Judge Bridget Mackintosh fined the meat processing company $130,000, while director Garth Wise was fined $32,500 and employee Christopher Mackie fined $30,000.
The Hawke's Bay DistrictHealth Board (DHB) found ready-to-eat meats supplied by the company were contaminated in July 2012, after a number of listeria cases had been linked to the hospital kitchen.
The outbreak resulted in the death of Patricia Hutchinson, 68, in June 2012, and also contributed to the death of an 81-year-old woman.
