Menzies Aviation (Canada) Ltd. not only lost its appeal of a $9,000 fine over chick deaths, but had the fine increased to $10,000 by the Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal.
Half the chicks were dead by the time the flight landed for a stop-over at Quatar, the airline ignored the buyer’s request to stop there and have the chicks condemned and 80 per cent were dead on arrival at the destination in the Philippines.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said the chicks were exposed to severe weather in the Canadian warehouse before they were loaded on the airplane.