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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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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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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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Amaral Joins Others in Pleading Guilty in Rancho Feeding Case

By News Desk on February 19, 2015

Jesse “Babe” Amaral Jr., former co-owner of the Petaluma, CA, slaughterhouse previously known as Rancho Feeding Corporation, has joined three other defendants in pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute adulterated, misbranded, and uninspected meat. All…
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DOJ Food-Safety Enforcement Role to Continue in 2015

By Dan Flynn on December 30, 2014

When producers of such staple foods as beef, eggs, and peanut butter found they were the targets of federal criminal prosecution, it became a top food-safety story of 2014. But is it likely that food-safety…
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Rancho Co-Owner Will Go To Trial Alone, Three Others Make Plea Deals

By Dan Flynn on December 19, 2014

Jury selection will begin July 16, 2015, in the federal criminal conspiracy case involving former Rancho Feeding Corp. co-owner Jesse J. Amaral Jr. The 76-year-old cattle company executive will be tried alone as three others,…
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