Final Defendant Pleads Guilty in Petaluma Slaughterhouse Case
Update, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday: Closed Petaluma slaughterhouse co-owner Jesse “Babe” Amaral pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to conspiring to distribute adulterated, misbranded or uninspected meat. Amaral...
View ArticleFeds Toughen Meat Inspections in Wake of Petaluma Slaughterhouse Case
Editor’s note:This story has been updated to include a comment from the National Joint Council of Food Inspection Locals. For the first time, federal officials are disclosing measures they’ve taken to...
View ArticleOwner of Petaluma Slaughterhouse Gets a Year in Prison in Fraud Case
Update, 2:35 p.m.: A federal judge has sentenced the owner of Petaluma’s defunct Rancho Feeding Corp. to one year and one day in prison in a tainted-beef case that led to a nationwide meat recall....
View ArticleTwo More Defendants Sentenced in Petaluma Slaughterhouse Case
A federal judge issued two more sentences on Wednesday in the Rancho Feeding Corp. meat recall case. Judge Charles Breyer sentenced Robert Singleton to three months in prison and three months of home...
View ArticleFinal Defendant Sentenced in Petaluma Slaughterhouse Case
The Rancho Feeding Corp. tainted-beef case came to a close today when a federal judge sentenced the last of four defendants. U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer sentenced Felix Cabrera to three...
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Rep. Jared Huffman: Prosecutors Investigating Petaluma Slaughterhouse
(Frederic J. Brown/AFP-Getty Images) Rep. Jared Huffman, whose North Coast district includes a slaughterhouse at the center of a massive beef recall, says federal prosecutors are investigating the...
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USDA Inspector: Supervisors Ignored Reports of Trouble at Petaluma...
(David McNew/Getty Images) (David McNew/Getty Images) Rancho Feeding Corp., the Petaluma slaughterhouse at the center of a massive beef recall, may have processed animals with cancer of the eye,...
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Beef Producer Niman Dumps 30 Tons of Meat Caught Up in Recall
Bill Niman has given up fight to save meat recalled, even though it wasn’t involved in alleged slaughterhouse scheme. (Mina Kim/KQED) A North Bay rancher has disposed of 30 tons of grass-fed meat that...
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Rancho Feeding Corp. Owners, Workers Charged With Selling Sick, Unfit Cattle
(John Moore/Getty Images) (John Moore/Getty Images) Updated 5:20 p.m.: A federal grand jury has indicted Rancho Feeding Corp., the Petaluma slaughterhouse at the center of a massive beef recall, for...
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