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Defiant cattle dealer prodded again

flounder

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Defiant cattle dealer prodded again

January 21, 2010

The man at the centre of a large meat scandal seven years ago and additional offences in the years since is zapped with a $15,000 fine

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by BETTER FARMING STAFF

On Jan. 11, Justice of the Peace Dan M. MacDonald sentenced Richard Walter (Butch) Clare, Burford and two associated companies, to pay $15,000 in fines for dealing in livestock without a licence.

According to a news release issued today by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, for 10 weeks in the summer of 2007, Clare and the two companies —1553603 Ontario Inc. and 1648291 Ontario Inc., operating as Butch Clare Livestock, purchased 2,156 head of cattle from various licensed livestock dealers for about $1.35 million. Clare and the companies were convicted in the Ontario Court of Justice in Brantford in October.

“That’s a huge business not to be having a license,” says Bob Brander, Cheltenham, who chairs the adjudication board of the Ontario Beef Financial Protection Program. Brander describes the $15,000 fine as “fairly hefty.” He thinks it’s the maximum allowed for dealing cattle without a license under the Livestock and Livestock Products Act.

A cattle dealer license only costs $25, says Brander. But a cattle dealer must provide either financial statements or put up a bond equivalent to the value of cattle that would pass through their hands in a year.

If Clare still doesn’t have a license “anybody who deals with him won’t be covered” under the Ontario Beef Financial Protection Program if they aren’t paid for cattle, Brander warns.

Clare may be Ontario’s most notorious cattle dealer

On May 11, 2007 Aylmer Meat Packers Incorporated and its president, Clare pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice in London to offences under the Meat Inspection Act and the Food and Drugs Act. On Dec. 14 of that year, Mr. Clare was fined $5,000 and $10,000 on the Meat Inspection Act and Food and Drugs Act charges respectively. Aylmer Meat Packers Incorporated was fined $10,000 and $100,000 on the Meat Inspection Act and Food and Drugs Act charges respectively.

These fines arose from a widely publicized investigation and subsequent Meat Inspection Act charges laid by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in March 2005 and Food and Drugs Act charges laid by Ontario Provincial Police in September 2004. Clare's abattoir was shut down by inspectors in 2003. "I never, ever sold a piece of meat I wouldn't eat myself, Clare told the judge. By their guilty pleas, however Aylmer Meat Packers Incorporated and Clare acknowledged that between July 23 and Aug. 21, 2003, the company sold meat that was unfit for human consumption.

On Nov. 1, 2007, Butch’s son Jeffrey Clare, on behalf of 1648291 Ontario Inc., also operating as Butch Clare Livestock, entered a guilty plea in the Ontario Court of Justice in Brantford to an offence under subsection 65(1) of the Health of Animals Act, resulting in a fine of $25,000. Clare was charged for exporting cattle to the United States on January 19, 2006, that were over 30 months of age. The age restriction was imposed on Canadian cattle when cattle trade was partly reopened following the detection of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Canada in May 2003.

On October 21, 2008, the elder Clare pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice in Kitchener to one count under the Livestock and Livestock Products Act. He was fined $9,000 plus a victim surcharge. The court heard that between June 1 and 29, 2006, and between Sept. 15 and Oct. 16, 2006, Clare had been engaging in the business of buying and selling cattle without a dealer's licence as required under the act.

Clare also pleaded guilty to a second count under the act, as an officer and director of 1553603 Ontario Inc., for dealing cattle without a licence between July 5 and September 14, 2006.

Agriculture ministry spokespeople didn’t immediately return phone calls after issuing their press release late this afternoon.

Butch Clare, contacted on his cell phone this evening, said he was at a cattle sale in Kitchener. "I don't talk to reporters. I think you are a bunch of f***ing low life wh***s."

Update Jan 22, 2010 Gwen McBride, director, food safety programs branch at the Ontario agriculture ministry says there is a minimum fine of $2,000 under licensing offenses for a first offence under the licensing provisions of the Livestock and Livestock Products Act and a minimum of $5,000 for subsequent offenses.

McBride says that Richard (Butch) Clare had no history of violating livestock licensing rules prior to his being charged in 2007. Even though Clare was deemed a first offender, he received a bigger fine than the minimum that can be applied.

Asked if the fines were a deterrent, McBride said the penalties “are up to the courts, not the ministry. . .. It’s the court decision. You would have to talk to the Justice of the Peace.” BF


http://www.betterfarming.com/online-news/defiant-cattle-dealer-prodded-again-2573




>>>By their guilty pleas, however Aylmer Meat Packers Incorporated and Clare acknowledged that between July 23 and Aug. 21, 2003, the company sold meat that was unfit for human consumption.<<<


>>>On Nov. 1, 2007, Butch’s son Jeffrey Clare, on behalf of 1648291 Ontario Inc., also operating as Butch Clare Livestock, entered a guilty plea in the Ontario Court of Justice in Brantford to an offence under subsection 65(1) of the Health of Animals Act, resulting in a fine of $25,000. Clare was charged for exporting cattle to the United States on January 19, 2006, that were over 30 months of age. The age restriction was imposed on Canadian cattle when cattle trade was partly reopened following the detection of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Canada in May 2003.<<<


MORE dead stock downer cows for consumption in the USA, this time via Canada. ...TSS


SEE MORE VIOLATIONS AND FINES HERE ;


Try Canada Meats Inc. fined $24,000 for contravening the Meat Inspection Act and the Food and Drugs Act January 4, 2010, Moncton, New-Brunswick - On October 23, 2009, Try Canada Meats Inc. of 15 Queen Street, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, pleaded guilty in Provincial Court in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to eight counts of contravening the Meat Inspection Act and eight counts of contravening the Food and Drugs Act. The company was fined $1,500 for each count, totalling $24,000 in fines.

The use of the meat inspection legend is approved for persons who are licensed to operate registered establishments with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Try Canada Meats Inc., which is not licensed to operate such a registered establishment, used on a number of occasions between April 18, 2008 and July 30, 2009 a legend, mark, symbol or any combination thereof that so closely resembled the meat inspection legend as to be likely mistaken for it, contrary to subsection 6(a) of the Meat Inspection Act. Additionally, Try Canada Meats Inc. labelled, packaged and sold meat products in a manner that was false, misleading or deceptive, contrary to subsection 5(1) of the Food and Drugs Act.

Subsection 6(a) of the Meat Inspection Act states:

No person shall apply or use any legend, word, mark, symbol or design or any combination thereof that so closely resembles the meat inspection legend as to be likely to be mistaken for it.

Subsection 5(1) of the Food and Drugs Act states:

No person shall label, package, treat, process, sell or advertise any food in a manner that is false, misleading or deceptive or is likely to create an erroneous impression regarding its character, value, quantity, composition, merit or safety.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is responsible for enforcing a variety of federal statutes, including the Meat Inspection Act and the Food and Drugs Act as it relates to food. The Meat Inspection Act governs, among other responsibilities, the import and export and interprovincial trade of meat products. The Food and Drugs Act governs food, drugs cosmetics and therapeutic devices.

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For more information, please contact:

Gilles Thériault Communications Manager Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Communications - Atlantic Area Moncton, N.B. Telephone: 506-851-3041

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/projud/2010/20100104ae.shtml

Perfection Packers Inc. fined $24,000 for contravening the Meat Inspection Act and the Food and Drugs Act January 4, 2010, Moncton, New-Brunswick - On October 23, 2009, Perfection Packers Inc. of 1254 Bedford Highway, Bedford, Nova Scotia, pleaded guilty in Provincial Court in Halifax, Nova Scotia to eight counts of contravening the Meat Inspection Act and eight counts of contravening the Food and Drugs Act. The company was fined $1,500 for each count, totalling $24,000 in fines.

The use of the meat inspection legend is approved for persons who are licensed to operate registered establishments with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Perfection Packers Inc., which is not licensed to operate such a registered establishment, used on a number of occasions between April 18, 2008 and July 30, 2009 a legend, mark, symbol or any combination thereof that so closely resembled the meat inspection legend as to be likely mistaken for it, contrary to subsection 6(a) of the Meat Inspection Act. Additionally, Perfection Packers Inc. labelled, packaged and sold meat products in a manner that was false, misleading or deceptive, contrary to subsection 5(1) of the Food and Drugs Act.

Subsection 6(a) of the Meat Inspection Act states:

No person shall apply or use any legend, word, mark, symbol or design or any combination thereof that so closely resembles the meat inspection legend as to be likely to be mistaken for it.

Subsection 5(1) of the Food and Drugs Act states:

No person shall label, package, treat, process, sell or advertise any food in a manner that is false, misleading or deceptive or is likely to create an erroneous impression regarding its character, value, quantity, composition, merit or safety.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is responsible for enforcing a variety of federal statutes, including the Meat Inspection Act and the Food and Drugs Act as it relates to food. The Meat Inspection Act governs, among other responsibilities, the import and export and interprovincial trade of meat products. The Food and Drugs Act governs food, drugs cosmetics and therapeutic devices.

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For more information, please contact:

Gilles Thériault Communications Manager Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Communications - Atlantic Area Moncton, N.B. Telephone: 506-851-3041

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/projud/2010/20100104e.shtml

JBK Meat Products Inc. Fined $15,000 for Offences Under the Meat Inspection Act December 31, 2009, Guelph, Ontario - On November 10, 2009, a conviction was registered against JBK Meat Products Inc. (carrying on business as M. Gross 2000 of Toronto) in the Ontario Court of Justice in St. Thomas for one count of violating the Meat Inspection Act. The company was fined a total of $15,000.

The Meat Inspection Act pertains to the import and export of and interprovincial trade in meat products, as well as the registration of establishments and the inspection of animals and meat products in registered establishments. It also sets the standards for those establishments.

In August 2007, the company sent 19,911 kilograms of beef to Montreal, Quebec from Malahide Township, near Aylmer, Ontario, thereby violating section 8(a) of the Meat Inspection Act. The section states that no person shall send or convey a meat product from one province to another unless it was prepared or stored in a registered establishment that was operated in accordance with this Act and the regulations. JBK Meat Products Inc. is not a federally-registered meat establishment.

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For more information, media may contact:

Marilyn Taylor (English) Communications Specialist, Ontario Area, 519-837-5852

JoAnne Ford (French) Area Communications Manager, Ontario Area, 519-826-3027

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/projud/2009/20091231e.shtml


The most recent assessments (and reassessments) were published in June 2005 (Table I; 18), and included the categorisation of Canada, the USA, and Mexico as GBR III. Although only Canada and the USA have reported cases, the historically open system of trade in North America suggests that it is likely that BSE is present also in Mexico.

http://www.oie.int/boutique/extrait/06heim937950.pdf



SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM FROM DOWNER CATTLE UPDATE


http://downercattle.blogspot.com/2009/05/who-will-watch-children.html


http://downercattle.blogspot.com/


ALSO, I THINK THE DOWNER COW FIGURE IS UNDERESTIMATED;

Released May 5, 2005, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on Non-ambulatory Cattle and Calves call Mike Miller at 720-3040, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. Non-Ambulatory Cattle and Calves Non-ambulatory cattle and calves in the United States totaled 465,000 head during 2003 and 450,000 head during 2004. The number of non-ambulatory cattle 500 pounds or greater totaled 280,000 head in 2003 and 270,000 head in 2004. The number of calves under 500 pounds reported as non-ambulatory totaled 185,000 head in 2003 and 180,000 head in 2004. The number of operations that reported non-ambulatory cattle and calves was 103,000 in 2003 and 81,000 in 2004. In 2003, there were 66,800 beef cow operations reporting non-ambulatory cattle and calves compared to 49,700 in 2004. There were 22,800 dairy operations reporting nonambulatory cattle and calves in 2003 compared to 23,000 in 2004. This report is released as a cooperative effort between the National Agricultural Statistics Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Veterinary Services. Data for this report were collected on the January 1, 2004 and 2005 Cattle Surveys. .......END....TSS

http://ddr.nal.usda.gov/bitstream/10113/34009/1/IND43787291.pdf



Wednesday, November 18, 2009

R-CALF: 40 Groups Disagree With USDA's Latest BSE Court Submission

http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2009/11/r-calf-40-groups-disagree-with-usdas.html


Monday, October 19, 2009

Atypical BSE, BSE, and other human and animal TSE in North America Update October 19, 2009

http://bse-atypical.blogspot.com/2009/10/atypical-bse-bse-and-other-human-and.html


Sunday, September 6, 2009

MAD COW USA 1997 SECRET VIDEO

http://madcowusda.blogspot.com/2009/09/mad-cow-usa-1997-video.html


U.S.A. HIDING MAD COW DISEASE VICTIMS AS SPORADIC CJD ? see video at bottom

http://creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.blogspot.com/2009/07/usa-hiding-mad-cow-disease-victims-as.html


DAMNING TESTIMONY FROM STANLEY PRUSINER THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER ON PRIONS SPEAKING ABOUT ANN VENEMAN see video

http://maddeer.org/video/embedded/prusinerclip.html


Sunday, January 17, 2010

BSE USA feed inspection violations 01/01/2009 to 01/17/2010 FDA BSE/Ruminant Feed Inspections Firms Inventory Report


http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2010/01/bse-usa-feed-inspection-violations.html


Tuesday, January 19, 2010

CVM's OR Develops New PCR-Based Method for Testing Animal Feed

http://madcowfeed.blogspot.com/2010/01/cvms-or-develops-new-pcr-based-method.html



TSS
 

burnt

Well-known member
Butch Clare doesn't care. He lives by greed, braggadocio and intimidation. Doesn't mind carrying out his own enforcement in whatever way necessary.

He is not someone who likes being interfered with. He is so hated that I'm surprised that he hasn't stopped a slug yet.

Just a truly horrible man.
 
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