The Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A manager at the Iowa egg farms linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak in 2010 pleaded guilty Sept. 12 for his role in a conspiracy to bribe a federal inspector to allow the sale of unapproved eggs.
Former DeCoster Farms manager Tony Wasmund acknowledged he conspired with at least one other person to bribe a public official in order to sell restricted eggs and misbranded food during a plea hearing in Sioux City, federal prosecutors said.
Wasmund, 61, of Wilmar, Minn., is a former manager in the network of companies owned by. . .