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Company: Monsanto Company
Current Parent Company: Bayer
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Penalty: $12,000,000
Year: 2021
Date: December 9, 2021
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Monsanto Company agreed to plead guilty to 30 environmental crimes related to the use of a pesticide on corn fields in Hawaii, and the company further agreed to plead guilty to two other charges related to the storage of a banned pesticide that were the subject of a 2019 Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA).
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: U.S. Attorney-Central District of California
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
Facility State: Hawaii
HQ Country of Current Parent: Germany
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: chemicals
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.