In U.S. v. LaGrou Distribution Systems , the defendant company suffered from an extremely serious rat infestation. Stewart, the
president of LaGrou, defended, saying he had no specific knowledge of meat contamination and therefore he was not culpable. A. Stewart was found not guilty because he recognized the problem and instructed employees to work daily to control the problem.
B. Stewart was found guilty because he knew of the rat problem and did not do all that could be done to control the problem.
C. Stewart was found guilty because even though his subordinates hid the problem from him, they did so in the normal course of business, thus making senior management liable.
D. Stewart was found not guilty because the court recognized that when 20 million pounds of meat are stored in a facility, it is impossible to control rats that target the meat.
Stewart knew of the problem and any infestation was a violation even though there may or may not have been specific knowledge of meat contamination.
LaGrou's cold storage warehouse in Chicago kept raw, frozen, and fresh meat and other food products. LaGrou stored products for commercial customers.
Manager knew about the problem of rats he also talked to the president of the company that they are catching rats on daily basis and the rotten or rat eaten food are thrown away.
Customers were not told about the problem of rats instead of that they told them food is damaged due to transpiration and shipment issue.
