Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Faced With Charges

In the article that I researched a sheriff found pubic hair in a sandwich that he bought at Wendy's. This is important because we should know what would happen to the person responsible of tampering with the food. If caught food tampering one may be charged with misdemeanor a one year sentence, or felony food poisoning a three to eighteen year sentence. Also, it is important to know that the food department would investigate. According to the article that I researched every food handler must complete a class in order to receive a food handlers card. It also stated that the two employees that tampered the food at Wendy's did not have cards. This brings up a good point that those working in any restaurant should probably be required to get this food handler's card.
http://wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=54643

This article contains information regarding a grocery store where multiple cases of food tampering occurred. Metal objects were found in packages of ground beef. It tells that they will give a $10,000 reward to someone that finds out who is involved in the tampering cases because it has occurred in seven local food stores in the same area. It also explains that a woman was charged $5,000 for her involvement in the tampering cases.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2010/04/01/calgary-food-tampering-metal-grocery-police-buy-safeway.html

The article is important because it explains that if caught food tampering at a restaurant the permit could be suspended. Also this article talks about a restaurant that had surveillance of chefs spitting on food and putting food up their noses. It tells how the employees were charged fines, fired, and the legal charges that they face because of their acts.
http://www.wmctv.com/story/10279765/andys-restaurant-scorecard-food-tampering-laws-plus-scores-as-of-42309

This article is important because it tells the story of a Domino's employee caught food tampering. It explains that he was convicted of the charge and sentenced to 24 months of supervised probation. He was also given a fine of $1,000 and told to stay away from Domino's. The interesting part of this article is that he was caught because it was on film. The girl that Linkfilmed the video is also being charged for her involvement in the case.
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/22785146/detail.html

The story here is that an old couple bought jello, would take it home to replace the contents with a mixture of sand and salt, reseal the jello and return it back to the store. The thing I found interesting here was that they claimed that the couple was suffering "age related mental issues." They were arrested and face charges, but the fact that they are old may get the charges lowered. I thought this was crazy because they still knew they were doing something wrong. A police officer was reported saying "the couple did not mean any harm, they just wanted jello without having to pay for it." However the couple has been noted as being in a well financial situation. It just goes to show that anyone can do a crime such as food tampering and you can't just not charge someone because they are old.
http://law.rightpundits.com/?p=1387



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