The former CEO of Blue Bell Creameries was sentenced Tuesday to pay $100,000 after he pleaded guilty to a federal misdemeanor charge of introducing adulterated food into the market when the company had a deadly listeria outbreak nearly a decade ago.

Federal prosecutors initially charged Paul Kruse with felony crimes of wire fraud and conspiracy. However, jurors could not agree on a verdict at the conclusion of his trial last summer, and the case ended in a mistrial after four days of deliberation.