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Last sentence handed out in Rancho Feeding Corp. saga

By Dan Flynn on March 18, 2016

Felix Cabrera, the one-time foreman of the Petaluma,CA slaughterhouse, was sentenced Friday in San Francisco to three months of federal custody to be followed by two years of supervised probation. He was also fined $1,000.…
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Yardman only one not paid in Rancho diseased cow scheme

By Dan Flynn on March 1, 2016

Sentencing continues tomorrow in the criminal prosecution of the four men whose scheme to circumvent USDA inspection in 2013 caused diseased cattle to end up as human food. The owner of Rancho Veal, Robert “Bob”…
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How Rancho’s insider scheme cost others millions of dollars

By Dan Flynn on February 18, 2016

While the owners of the Petaluma slaughter house were running a scheme to collect a few hundred dollars at a time from area ranchers by harvesting an occasional condemned cow and pocketing the money, the…
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Rancho boss Jesse “Babe” Amaral sentenced to a year and day

By Dan Flynn on February 11, 2016

The elderly Petaluma, CA, man who ran a scheme to sell cattle condemned by USDA because of diseases like cancerous eyeballs was sentenced Wednesday to one year and one day in federal prison to be…
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Courts Will Continue to Be Food Safety Enforcement’s Big Stick in 2016

By Dan Flynn on December 21, 2015

Criminal courts have played a prominent role in food safety during both 2014 and 2015, and that will continue in 2016. We know that much for certain just by the amount of work the courts…
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Judge Tells Former Rancho Owner to be ‘Prepared to Surrender’ in February

By Dan Flynn on December 1, 2015

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Francisco does not like it, but Jesse J. Amaral Jr. is getting two additional months of freedom before he needs to report for sentencing, now rescheduled for 2 p.m.…
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Sentencings for Selling Cows With ‘Cancer Eye’ Pushed Into 2016

By Dan Flynn on October 8, 2015

The sentencings of defendants in a scheme to fool the U.S. Department of Agriculture and sell cattle with diseased eyeballs has again been delayed, some into next year. After spending 14 minutes hearing a defense…
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Attorney for Former Rancho Owner Wins Hearing on Protective Order

By Dan Flynn on August 20, 2015

The Valentine’s Day recall last year of 8,742,700 pounds of beef — all production of the Rancho Feeding Corporation from Jan. 1, 2013 through Jan. 7, 2014 — immediately sparked protests from customers who used…
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Money Lost By Others Delays Sentencing in Rancho Beef Case

By Dan Flynn on July 15, 2015

Sentencing four defendants in a scheme to slaughter cattle with cancerous eyes and sell the meat for human consumption is going to take longer than expected.

The U.S. District Court for Northern California has rescheduled…
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Sentencing of Rancho Defendants Will Be Aug. 12 in San Francisco

By Dan Flynn on May 6, 2015

Four defendants involved in the scheme to slaughter cattle with cancerous eyes and sell the meat for human consumption are going to be sentenced together Aug. 12 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District…
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Letter From the Editor: Week Eight of the PCA Trial

By Dan Flynn on September 21, 2014

Two months ago, at the start of the criminal trial of three former Peanut Corporation of America executives, we decided to use this Sunday space to comment on the comings and goings in the federal…
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