Posted on 03/26/2004 6:21:09 PM PST by nuconvert
Two Men, Business Sentenced for Causing Meat to Become Tainted
Mar 26, 2004
By Cheryl Wittenauer Associated Press Writer
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A food retailer, its owner and a manager were sentenced Friday on charges that they caused meat in their store to become tainted with rodent feces, mold and other contaminants. P&S Foods, of suburban St. Louis, was placed on three years of probation and ordered to pay a $95,000 fine after pleading guilty last December to two counts of causing federally inspected meat to become adulterated, U.S. Attorney Ray Gruender said.
From 1999 through last year, federal inspectors found rodent droppings in the store's meat-cutting room, cooler, deli case and meat display cases, as well as rodent-chewed meat and dry goods.
The violations included discoveries of a heavy black buildup of dried and sour meat, blood, and bone meal on the meat-cutting saw, in addition to packages and garbage bags of old, discolored product in the grinder tray for melding into ground beef.
Peter Sarandos Sr., 68, the owner and former president of the company, was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine. He also pleaded guilty in December. His son, David Sarandos, 47, received a year of probation, including 40 hours of community service.
Four former managers previously pleaded guilty to related charges and have been sentenced to various terms of probation.
The company does business as Pete's Shur-Sav Market and Pete's Market, both of St. Louis.
Maybe we could have severe punishments for those who abuse their neighbors, without whining it's societies fault? I'd vote for that.
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