A unit of ConAgra Foods Inc. on Wednesday agreed to plead guilty to a federal misdemeanor charge stemming from a 2006-07 salmonella outbreak, a rare criminal case against a major U.S. food company that highlights intensified enforcement of food-safety laws by the Justice Department.

ConAgra Grocery Products LLC agreed to pay $11.2 million to settle allegations the company shipped contaminated peanut butter that led to a nationwide outbreak of salmonella poisoning, sickening more than 700 people. The Justice Department said the criminal fine is the largest ever paid in a food-safety case.

ConAgra's Peter Pan and Great Value brands were part of a 2007 recall stemming from the outbreak.

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