Saturday, May 30, 2009
Fairfax sues Krispy Kreme over ruined sewer system
Krispy Kreme doughnuts appear to have much the same effect on a sewer line as they do on a human artery. Citing goop-clogged pipes, Fairfax County is looking to recoup millions of dollars from the confectionery giant, claiming yeast and grease dumped at the company’s Lorton plant destroyed the surrounding sewer system.
Fairfax County, USA sent Krispy Kreme a $1.9 million bill for the cost of repairing the system — the result of years of discharging “excessive quantities of highly corrosive wastes, doughnut grease and other pollutants” into the sewer, according to the suit. The suit details problems with the plant dating as far back as 2004, describing a sewer facility permeated by the smell of doughnuts, pipes clogged with corrosive slime and the resulting raw sewage leaks that eventually shut down the southern Fairfax sewer system.
Test results from last year showed the plant’s wastewater had “extremely high levels of pollutants,” according to the lawsuit, which asks for penalties as high as $17 million on top of the repair bill.
IMO: I had said earlier "Perhaps it would be best to ban Krispy Kreme from Australia entirely" and this sort of things may well - FAIK - show the way Krispy Kreme seems to operate. It takes a long time for this sort of thing to be sorted out in the USA - I recall that not so long ago a hamburger chain killed quite a few people by food poisoning in Arizona, New Mexico etc before the US authorities did anything. And of course, who can forget Bhopal, Enron, Dow Chemical ... etc ... the names go on and on.
Fairfax County, USA sent Krispy Kreme a $1.9 million bill for the cost of repairing the system — the result of years of discharging “excessive quantities of highly corrosive wastes, doughnut grease and other pollutants” into the sewer, according to the suit. The suit details problems with the plant dating as far back as 2004, describing a sewer facility permeated by the smell of doughnuts, pipes clogged with corrosive slime and the resulting raw sewage leaks that eventually shut down the southern Fairfax sewer system.
Test results from last year showed the plant’s wastewater had “extremely high levels of pollutants,” according to the lawsuit, which asks for penalties as high as $17 million on top of the repair bill.
IMO: I had said earlier "Perhaps it would be best to ban Krispy Kreme from Australia entirely" and this sort of things may well - FAIK - show the way Krispy Kreme seems to operate. It takes a long time for this sort of thing to be sorted out in the USA - I recall that not so long ago a hamburger chain killed quite a few people by food poisoning in Arizona, New Mexico etc before the US authorities did anything. And of course, who can forget Bhopal, Enron, Dow Chemical ... etc ... the names go on and on.
# posted by uv : 8:06 AM
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