Cadbury Schweppes was fined £1 million today by a UK court for selling unsafe chocolate in Britain and Ireland during 2006 in a salmonella-related health scare.
Cadbury, the world's largest confectionery group, had already pleaded guilty after being prosecuted by Birmingham City Council and a neighbouring council in Herefordshire, and the sentencing of both cases was brought together.
In June 2006, Cadbury admitted to the salmonella problem at one of its UK plants, and said it was recalling more than one million chocolate bars in Britain and Irish markets because they could contain minute traces of salmonella.