http://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId=14984 including this segment form the middle of the article: >The Millers, a married couple, each was fined $5,000 and given three >years probation in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo., by U.S. >Magistrate Judge John T. Maughmer. In addition, ChemNutra was fined >$25,000. > >The Millers and ChemNutra pleaded guilty last June to one count each >of distributing adulterated food and selling misbranded food, both >Class A misdemeanors. They did not admit to knowingly distributing >and selling the contaminated food. > >A press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office at the time stated >that the Millers could be sentenced to up to two years in prison >without the possibility of parole, and that they and the company >together could be fined up to $800,000 and ordered to pay restitution. >However, prosecutors recommended a total of $35,000 in fines and three >years of probation for each of the individuals. The judge followed the >recommendation. > >The court opted not to impose restitution, citing a $24-million >settlement in a related class-action civil suit handled by the U.S. >District Court for the District of New Jersey. So, we will also need to see what happens with the civil suit in the future. and much later in the article: >The Veterinary Information Network, which surveyed its members and >tracked cases, estimates that 30,000 to 50,000 animals were affected. >About 1,950 cats and 2,200 dogs died, by the reckoning of the U.S. >Attorney's Office, based on consumer reports received by the FDA. Wasn't there someone here who had a ferret affected back then? Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/ http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html all ferret topics: http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html HAPPY: http://www.6footsix.com/my_weblog/2010/01/high-fives-for-happiness.html "All hail the procrastinators for they shall rule the world tomorrow." (2010, Steve Crandall) [Posted in FML 6606]