EXHIBIT 10.36 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of December 8, 1998, is made by and between OPTA FOOD INGREDIENTS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and LEWIS C. PAINE, III (the "Employee"). 1. FREEDOM TO CONTRACT. The Employee...Employment Agreement • March 24th, 1999 • Opta Food Ingredients Inc /De • Miscellaneous food preparations & kindred products • Massachusetts
