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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Midamar, Islamic Services Hit With $600,000 Forfeiture in Halal Case
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
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. 
Court documents suggest that Jalel Aossey
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Halal Beef Exporter Goes to Federal Criminal Trial in Iowa on July 7
The man who built a worldwide Halal beef exporting company from Iowa will go to federal criminal trial in Cedar Rapids on July 7, beginning with jury selection. Federal Magistrate Judge Jon Stuart Scoles has
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Founder of Iowa’s ‘Halal’ Beef-Exporting Businesses Gets Trial Postponed
The first to be charged might now be the last to be tried in the Iowa cases involving the allegedly falsified sale of “Halal” beef to markets in Southeast Asia. The trial in U.S. District
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Ex-Midamar Operations Manager Will Testify Against Former Employers
The U.S. District Court for Northern Iowa has accepted the government’s plea bargain with a former Midamar Corp. operations manager, clearing the way for 50-year-old Philip Payne to become a witness against his former employers.
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DOJ Food-Safety Enforcement Role to Continue in 2015
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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All Defendants Plead Not Guilty in Halal Case
The federal courts often move too slowly for some, but that was not the case Monday in the U.S. District Court for Northern Iowa. in just 18 minutes, officers of the Cedar Rapids, IA-based Midamar
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