By: Associated Press//June 4, 2018//
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A former employee of Johnsonville Sausage is facing federal charges accusing him of putting foreign objects in sausages while he worked for the Sheboygan Falls-based company.
The tampering charges allege Jonathan Tilman Lane, of Kiel, placed a wire connector in a sausage that was on one of the company’s processing lines. He’s also accused, on another occasion, of putting a cigarette paper in another sausage. He’s charged with two counts of tampering and acting in reckless disregard of another’s safety. Each count carries a maximum of 10 years in prison upon conviction.
A federal charging document says Johnsonville temporarily closed its production line and discarded all products they believed could have been affected. Johnsonville says none of the tampered products left its production facilities.
Tilman’s attorney did not immediately return a call for comment.