SEATTLE — Food and drinks that were supposed to be destroyed instead wound up on the shelves of discount grocery stores in several states, federal prosecutors said in charging documents Wednesday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Seattle charged a Mississippi man, Randy Sparks, in what authorities described as a two-year scheme to obtain about 200 truckloads of food and beverages under the promise that the products would be destroyed or recycled into agricultural feed. They are also accused of falsifying documents to make it appear that the products had been destroyed. Food and beverage manufacturers sometimes seek to have product destroyed if its quality or appearance is subpar or if it’s past its due date. The company later learned that the juice instead was being sold at a discount grocery store in Maryland.

Source: National Post May 03, 2018 13:17 UTC