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Man who sold poor quality fish jailed

By News Desk on November 7, 2020

A mobile fish seller who forced customers to buy fish in England that was often unfit to eat has been jailed.

Between 2017 and 2019, John Mills used aggressive, unfair, and dishonest selling practices to…
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E. coli consultant escapes federal prison time for falsifying tests

By Dan Flynn on May 6, 2016

The consultant who in 2010 said beef he tested was E. coli free when it wasn’t got off Thursday with one year of home detention, three years of probation and 200 hours of community service.
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Judge moves to wrap-up final act in case of Peter Pan outbreak

By Dan Flynn on March 16, 2016

The judge who knows the more about poison peanut butter than anyone else on the federal bench wants to know what’s up with Peter Pan. Judge W. Louis Sands of the U.S District Court of…
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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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Federal judge sentences Halal beef schemer to 2 years

By Dan Flynn on February 25, 2016

Another long-time food company executive is headed to federal prison. billaosseyjr_406x250William B. Aossey Jr., the founder and long-time chief executive of Iowa’s Midamar Corp., was sentenced today to two years in a federal prison yet…
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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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Sentencing in Halal food case continued to Feb. 25

By Dan Flynn on February 6, 2016

In three hours court action Friday, Chief Judge Linda R. Reade heard from witnesses and lawyers over objections and exhibits. Reade did not, however, get to the purpose of the hearing — the sentencing of…
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Iowa Halal Business Founder Will Be Sentenced on Feb. 5

By Dan Flynn on January 27, 2016

William B. Aossey, Jr., the 74-year old founder of a Halal food exporter enterprise in Cedar Rapids, IA, will be sentenced at 9 a.m., Friday, Feb. 5 by Chief Judge Linda R. Reade of the…
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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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Last Two PCA Sentences Are In: Kilgore Gets 6 Years; Lightsey, 3

By Dan Flynn on October 1, 2015

The final two sentences have been handed down in the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) criminal case. Former plant managers Samuel Lightsey and Daniel Kilgore were sentenced on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, to three and…
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