Thread: Worker Charged With Desecrating Dumplings

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Wanton disregard for wonton fillings?

Worker charged with desecrating dumplings
Article Launched: 02/13/2007 12:00:00 AM PST


A food factory worker has been arrested on charges he sprinkled glass and other debris into Chinese vegetable dumplings.
Albert Vidal Torres, of Ontario, pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges of tampering with consumer products.

The charges carry a maximum sentence of 40 years in federal prison.

Prosecutors say Torres, 33, contaminated the wontons in 2003 during the manufacturing process at Golden Crown Foods in Industry. The company has since moved to Ontario.

The dumplings were shipped to markets across the state.

Golden Crown Foods discovered the contamination after customers complained about finding odd things in their wontons.

In addition to glass, prosecutors believe Torres also contaminated the dumplings with seeds, pebbles and spit.

Nobody was hurt, although the company was forced to recall and destroy nearly $23,000 worth of dumplings, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles.

Torres allegedly told his employer he did it to retaliate against the company after it fired his brother-in-law, prosecutors said.

The company has since retooled its manufacturing processes to make its products less vulnerable to attack.

Torres

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is named in a five-count indictment that also charges him with using a fraudulent green card and possessing a fake Social Security number.
Authorities arrested him Wednesday.

A federal judge has ordered him held without bail.

His attorney could not be reached for comment late Monday evening.

Staff writer Rod Leveque can be reached by e-mail at r_leveque@dailybulletin.com, or by phone at (909) 483

the company was forced to recall and destroy nearly $23,000 worth of dumplings

Cheap labor huh? And now the lawsuits can get paid too.

I think they should make him eat his dumplings

Originally Posted by loservillelabor

the company was forced to recall and destroy nearly $23,000 worth of dumplings

Cheap labor huh? And now the lawsuits can get paid too.

And that cost, like the cost of the illegals in the first place, will be passed on to American consumers. And we can pay that added cost by working what jobs they haven't underbid us for.