Thursday, July 26, 2012

Burnbrae exec on Australian board


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.