Australians say they are close to forming a Centre for Food
Integrity.
They have chosen a board of directors which includes Craig
Hunter, who is executive vice-president, operations, for Joe Hudson’s Burnbrae
Farms.
One wonders whether the Australians know that Burnbrae is
part of a lawsuit accusing the company of conspiracy to drive a tiny
egg-grading competitor out of business.
One of the accusations is that Burnbrae and L.H. Gray and Son Ltd. shipped eggs to the
tiny company, when it said it was short of enough to meet Canadian demand, that
were such poor quality that many were filthy dirty and broken.
They were so bad that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
condemned them on the spot.
Yet Burnbrae and Gray insist that they have done nothing
wrong.
However, Gray's lawyers adamantly refuse to turn over egg-grading and Canadian Food Inspection Agency records to the court.
Donald Good, lawyer for the little guy, says that everything
Gray did, Burnbrae also did.
Good's client has seen electronic grading records from Gray's operations, but not Burnbrae's, so Good's contention that they both did the same things remains to be proven in court.
