Singleton, 77, is free on $50,000 bail. He has signed an agreement requiring him to work with prosecutors who have filed charges against the company's other owner, Jesse Amaral Jr., and two employees, Eugene Corda and Felix Cabrera.
The indictment charges Rancho owner Jesse Babe Amaral Jr., 76; Eugene Corda, 65, both of Petaluma, and Felix Cabrera, 55, of Santa Rosa with distribution of adulterated, misbranded, and uninspected meat.
istrict Court in San Francisco, names Jesse Amaral Jr., the company's president and general manager; Felix Cabrera, the plant foreman who oversaw the "kill floor" where livestock was slaughtered; and Eugene Corda, who was responsible for receiving cattle and moving them for inspection and slaughter.
Date: Aug 18, 2014
Category: Business
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Federal indictment reveals graphic details of Petaluma plant's distribution of ...
charged with distribution of adulterated, misbranded, and uninspected meat; conspiracy, and mail fraud conspiracy. Eugene Corda, 65, who was in charge of receiving cattle and moving them for inspection and slaughter, and Felix Cabrera, 55, the foreman who ran the kill floor, face the same charges.
According to the indictment and a separate criminal information, from 2012 to early 2014 owners Jesse "Babe" Amaral and Robert Singleton directed foreman Felix Cabrera and fellow employee Eugene Corda to slaughter cows showing signs of epithelioma, or "cancer eye," during USDA inspectors' lunch