
A Canadian meat packing plant has retained the Primary Counsel Group [5], a PR firm, to help answer allegations that it has been processing and selling "deadstock" - dead and condemned animals deemed unfit for human consumption. About four dozen people have reported stomach ailments after eating meats produced by Aylmer Meat Packers, which has a long history of previous health and food safety violations and had its license pulled [6] last week pending a government investigation.
Links:
[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/13916/sheldon-rampton
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/health/food-safety
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/public-relations/crisis-management
[4] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2003%2F09%2F2155%2Fdead-meat&linkname=Dead%20Meat
[5] http://www.primarycounsel.com
[6] http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=47D22233-F127-4F3D-AFB7-492BA25065D8
[7] http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1062535723254_57944923/?hub=Canada