MARLER BLOG: The Canadian government sends e. coli contaminated meat south? - (Marler Blog)
October 30, 2007 – 3:25 pmI had a nice chat with Neil Waugh of the Edmonton Sun yesterday about the twisted trail of E. coli from Canada. I am hurt (not really) that he called me a legal vulture.
Fallout from ‘dirty’ Alberta beef plant felt on both sides of the border
According to Mr. Waugh:
Ranchers 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 […]
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