Walmart Canada and four senior managers charged in January 2017 with selling contaminated food after the Fort McMurray wildfire have reached an agreement in the case with Alberta Health Services, according to a court document. The month-long trial was set to begin Monday in Fort McMurray provincial court. In a 31-page charge sheet, AHS alleged the Walmart store sold contaminated food ranging from chocolate bars to pasta, breakfast cereal, bacon and cheese. The charges alleged that Walmart Canada failed to ensure that contaminated food or food that was unfit for human consumption was not stocked or sold at its outlet in downtown Fort McMurray. Four additional charges alleged that Walmart lied to public health inspectors by saying it was not selling food that had been contaminated in the fire.

Source: CBC News September 29, 2018 12:00 UTC