British Man Convicted Of
Selling Diseased
Meat
8-29-3
- LONDON (Reuters) - A
British man working at a pet food processing plant was convicted on
Wednesday for his role in the sale of thousands of tons of diseased meat
to supermarkets, hospitals, and schools, court officials said.
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- Peter Roberts, 68, a director of Denby Poultry
Products in Derbyshire, central England, was found guilty of conspiracy
to defraud at Nottingham Crown Court, a court spokesman said.
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- Another man, Brain Paul Davies, 37, was cleared of the
same charge, and the jury were still considering verdicts against three
other men accused of the same offence.
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- The case centered on allegations that condemned
poultry waste was being recycled by the firm into the human food chain
and then sold to leading supermarkets, including Tesco, Kwik Save and
Sainsbury's, butchers shops, market stalls, and caterers.
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- "This small run down, rat infested factory crudely
processed more than one million chicken and turkey carcasses between
January 1, 2000, and March 22, 2001," police and health officials said
in a joint statement.
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- "These condemned birds were then distributed to
businesses involved in the human chain."
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- Officials said the illicit trade had been going on
from at least 1995 to September, 2001, when the fraud was
uncovered.
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- A nationwide investigation, which involved 100 police
officers and the Food Standards Agency (FSA), shut down Denby Poultry
Products and revoked the licenses of other firms involved in the scam to
sell the unfit meat.
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- The FSA also advised retailers, manufactures, and
suppliers to withdraw suspected meat products.
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- An FSA spokesman said that several measures had now
been introduced to prevent similar cases.
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