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Appeal could put Secretary of Agriculture in courthouse door

By Dan Flynn on June 30, 2016

For the first time since the U.S. Department of Justice increased filing criminal charges for food safety violations, it may get its wings clipped just a bit by a challenge to district court jurisdiction in…
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Consent decree clamps down, but lets Midamar try Halal again

By Dan Flynn on March 14, 2016

Iowa’s Halal exporting company where for five years workers erased mandatory USDA Establishment numbers on products to hide the source of orders destined for Malaysia and Indonesia can continue in business. The U.S. Department of…
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Corporate entities in Halal beef scheme get fines, probation

By Dan Flynn on February 26, 2016

Iowa’s Midamar Corp., a worldwide supplier to Muslim markets, and its Halal certifying agency Islamic Services of America, or ISA Inc., cannot be put in jail, but the corporate entities did not escape the hurt…
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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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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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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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Halal Beef Scheme Could Have Millions of Potential Victims in Asia

By Dan Flynn on November 11, 2015

Ahead of the yet-to-be scheduled sentencing of the defendants, the government wants to be relieved of the burden of notifying individual victims of a scheme that altered and falsified the true USDA establishment numbers on…
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Midamar, Islamic Services Hit With $600,000 Forfeiture in Halal Case

By Dan Flynn on October 9, 2015

A preliminary order of forfeiture has been entered in the U.S. District Court for Northern Iowa requiring defendants Midamar Corporation and Islamic Services of America to pay a judgment of $600,000 to the federal government.…
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Plea Agreements in Halal Case Could Mean Jail Time for Aossey Brothers

By News Desk on September 11, 2015

Outlines of the plea agreements between the government and brothers Jalel and Yahya Nasser Aossey were coming into focus ahead of today’s federal court hearings in Cedar Rapids, IA. halalmeat_406x250Court documents suggest that Jalel Aossey…
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Plea Agreements Could Lead to Second Iowa Halal Trial Being Scratched

By Dan Flynn on September 4, 2015

A second criminal trial in Iowa’s halal beef case will likely be scratched if the court accepts plea agreements that four defendants have reached with the government. Those defendants, along with their attorneys, are scheduled…
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