CANADA: A rotten deal for taxpayers: Fallout from ‘dirty’ Alberta beef plant felt on both sides of the border - (Edmonton Sun)
October 30, 2007 – 3:23 pmRanchers Beef Ltd. of Balzac collapsed on Aug.15 after company president Tony Martinez reported in a court affidavit that his outfit was “in the midst of a severe liquidity crisis”.
In other words it was broke. And likely would have stayed that way if the United States Department of Agriculture hadn’t blown the whistle on what Ranchers and the feds’ controversial Canadian Food Inspection Agency were doing - or apparently NOT doing -last summer.
Which might or might not have resulted in the death of “one elderly individual” from E. coli poisoning, another 44 cases in Canada, plus 40 cases with 26 “known hospitalizations” as of last Friday in the U.S.
The fallout has been spectacular after Topps Meat -which billed itself as “the largest U.S. manufacturer of frozen hamburgers” - was forced to recall 21.7 million pounds of ground beef.
For the complete news item, please go to http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2007/10/30/pf-4616523.html
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