Free Declaration - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:07-cv-00140-JJF Document 11 Filed O4/18/2007 Page 1 of 4
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l My ntmte is l’iett‘et!e Nttgettt, I amt the iUitiet:tot‘· o1` Qttttlity tmtl RCf;lL1iill(}1“>’
(jotnplittnee this lletshey tffttittttgltt ine. ("‘l letshey Catntttltf`) tmtl E tvtnlt tit
l·letsEtey €Ttttttttl:t"s ltetttltttttittetts in l\··lississttttg,;ti. t.')ntttt·io.
2. I ttm respotisihitz lb: ensttrittg thttt amy ptotlttets tnattxle or btotight into Cttntttltt
hy l·let·sltey Ctmttcl:1 comply with the Foot! tmtl Drugs Act. at Czttttttlitttt lbtlerttl
sttttttte. tmtl its eonespontiing tegttltttions. tvhieh are enioreeei by the Cttttttdiattt
iiooti inspection Agency ("‘CZFl.·‘\") l serve tts llershey fjttttttclsfs ptimztty
eotttttet with the (Q`l*iA. which is bttsetl in Otttttvtt, Ottttttio,
3, The Sttlmonelltt ineitlent att the Smiths littlls, Ottttttio plztnt wats htottgiit to my
ttttentiott itnmeclittteiy ttltett ct positive Satltnonelin rcsttlt wss iotmcl on
Novtzmber 3, 2006 clotting at totttitte miorohiologieztl ittln ttttslysis ol` tzhoeoittte
paste Eiom Robot nttmiter 2 tnttele October 28. 2006 on the "Sympltony"
ehocolttte pttste line.
4 A positive test lor Sttimonelltt is tt highly ttnttsttttl amd serious issue tht l-letshey
Cttntttltt both fiom tt loot.! sttlety perspective tmul at legs] petisptztrtivez Section
l;5.0—'¥- Ul?. ol` the Cttttattiitttt lioocl and i`)tttg, Regttltttions, CT.R.(j. e..8‘?t`l,
spetzilitzttlly prohibits the stile 01`cltoeoittte protltttzts thttt eontttitt Sttitnontzlia.
54 Cltoettlttte ptotlttetion on the Sympltony line in Smiths littils was shut tlotvn on
Novemhet 3 1-is we ttm tlotvtt the milk sttpply to the system ttntl production tvtts
pltteeti on holtl; t;t;>e1··tttEtms ut the test ofthe Smiths Eittlls plttnt grtttlttatlly eeztsetl
as investigations into tht: stntttee ttatti stxoptz ol` the Sttlmonelltt itttzitlent
eontintteei. By Noyetnluet 9. 2006, the etttéte plttnt had been shut down ttntl itil
Smiths Falls empioyees had been sent home. with the exception of some
employees who t-vottltzi he t‘et;ttit‘tet.l to empty anti clean the ehoeolztte system
At this point we had cleteiminetl tlttottgh etnnprehettsive ;2lttnt~t·t··ide testing thttt
Soltttfs soy leeitititt wats the sotttee ofthe Sultnontcilttt

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6 Lute on tht: cvcning 0I`Nm=c1nht2: 9, 2006. ¥ 1<:!`t at sucssttgu with the imcatl CIFEA
iusspcctor rcsponsiblc for thc ¥\··tississt1ug:t :110:1. Sumo ,#\rjun. tmc} spoke ditcutly
with him tm tht: ntoming 0I`N0vcmht2t· 10 to tmtity him nt the sittmtitan and
intisrm him that wc wuulnl ht: initiating tt ructtil uiltii eltumltstc pmtluuts that
had bccztz impacted by thc Satimoncitat ctmttmtismtiutt Atjun then immcdiuttzly
ctutttatctcti thc Oftiuc of Eioutl Szdbty amt} Recall ("Ol*SR°`). Lmsctl in Ottawa
Ontutitn,. which is at divisétm nE`I·!czslth tjfttntttdts (C1·lI}tH`¥1’l>H LZL§L1i\'[I]t211l t0 the US.
Ihcgmtmcm ul" E ·lt:a1ltl1)..
7 At this {imc Cl*"l:\ also scm. to Smiths Fttlis two i]1S])CClOl`S, (Botti Spumscr
(lmscti out n!`BcIlcvi1lc. <')mm‘in) amd at CIl`*1.¢\ traténcc, tu izwcstigutc amd gtstlttzt
il1i~O1"E`1`I1}liUE`I about thc imsiduntt For thc next 36 Imam;. 1 was in cuntimsmzs
cunttttst with [mth Sgntmcct tmti various lC§`3I`CSCE'l{£l[i\'CS Ehum OFSR, iuciuding
D1) Shttrtmt tmc} Ciatrlicid §3t1[:;0m.. to cvatlttutt: tmcl twguiiattc thc Evvck 0i' ttzcull
thm would hc rcqttizutl. »\i`tt:1· t‘Ems·: dcfihcrtttimts. wc rcattzittxtl tu ctmszcnstts that
at Clttsss 2 tccatll was most [1])]'!I'O])l`i11lL’3 based cm thc Etzvcl GirI1`iS]< tn cutusttmcxts
8 E4 also wtuatltctl it1m1ctliz1tuEy with scvctui mcmbcres 0I` tht: OFSR
ctuttttzwttictttitutts group in tnrticr tu clrutt :1 pscss acicusu untmuncitxg thc rcuatli
(which watx :‘t:§cus¤:cr 12. .2(`}t'}6) anti with E·|c1":shuy CTatmt<.§u`s V ict:
Prcsidtmt 0!4 Sz1]cs, Mike x\t:¤:0§n. to dtutt tcttcnes to l~1`t:mI1cy Camuda Ct1:;ttmtCl"S
inlbrming them 0t`t!1<: ttzcatll cE`iba·ts.
9. E w01·l cleaning tht: cntiru clmculutc systumt (Bn Ntnvcutlncr I7. EUOG, thc Smiths Fukls
QA Ivltttmgct submitted at tltuft cleaning ;nm·;ccIurc to CFEJX {hr tvviewt
Pttzsttaattt tu tht: tZt)H`|I`|'tLI§1lS 1`1 um C"1*l¤\ that wc tl}COI“]}OI'L1l€(t] into this pmttncul.
thcsc cleaning c{`£`0rte: umttistttcd thmugét lute Nmvtztubca 2006. l>EO{iI.lL2liL)!1 nt`
Hnishcd gmudrs ut tht: Smiths Pulls titcility did not rtzsumc tmtii the wack mtu
Dcccmht:1 4. 2t}{}<$.
t0.. two CFIA insgntzctms. Mike O`Nc.ii and Paul Kirklny. lmt!1 hmsccl Util cnt
Ottawa, Ontario, itcmixuc] cx·crytl1ing ut thc Smiths Faults plant and piuccd
*‘c,h:tt:t1titm tmticms" un all u|`ti:ctt:d mutcziuls. Ltmttl CF1/\ inspcutuzrs also
plztcctl detention notitrcs on tim two wattclmuxcs whcrt: linishud garoduct haul
alrczzdy been shipped ·-~ i·i·:rs11t:y C€.H!`ll`lf.jF.l`S Exc! warclmusaz in Mississattngas,
Onmric. amd its Spectrum wattchctzsc ut Cztignry in thc Cumtdizan province: ut`
.¤\lbct‘tz1,
lE.. Duating this time I was also in ctmstunt cu:mmmic:utitm wéth mcmbcrzs ui`
l~-lcrsltcy (ZIam;zdtt'ts satlus tmci :mu··E<•:tiug ttczmmt including Mika Attcnin. Stzppiy
Chain IZ)§1·¤:cm1· Ivturiu Curhtmc, and View §}l`C5t(}€!`\l ui` i\»lt11·kc=.ing I".;-·a111
B{1Ll1`ilf;lll|'¥|}U§. atl} buscti at Ettszttiqttttttcrs in Ivlississtmgat. who wen: working to
mcztll tzhncmluttc gumcluct éium 1~Ec1t‘s§1¤:y Cillliltki customers l]11OLigE`l()L|l Ctututlttt
E2 Over 2 mélfitm units u|`ptutluct were rccxatlltrcl titom all Stttgcs oftltc clistrilautitm
chain {téhwzaw l··lcrslzcy Cztmtciat wurclmttscs in I\-iississuugtt amd Catigatry tu
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wlrolcsaicrs and rtztailcrs tiaaagltattt (..`anacla`s H} prtwiuccs). None ol`t§1t;·ac
tmits had been distrilnatctt 10 lZ)clzm··arc at lmd any impact Ol} tltc citizcns of
Dclatwaa c
i3. Tim CTl"lA, mtd in particular Atjtta, lttttii rcspmtatibility tu utisartc that the tccall
was t2E`§bct§v•2 tu1dcrCl*lA stanclards.
E4. itllllll Novcmlntar 9. 2.006 lltmttglt §`lll(.l·~DUCCl}l[}Cl" 2.006, E was in daily cttittact
with Atjitm to update him tm the status or lmth our cleaning, and recall cllintsa
Ott :1 daily basis 1 Stltll .»\tj ittn a sprcat.lsl1<2ct trcllccting thc ;>ragi·css ofthe: recall
lbtr every llcrsltcj,-· Canaria: <:t1:stu1ncr aucmtm and cvcry item number.
15. Ont Dtaccmlnei 7. 2006, Arjun natilicti mc tlttriag, a plume ccmvcisttticnit that the
rccttll had lnuca cllbctivc and was cmaplcttc litmt tltc Cl*I.t\`:s pctttptcctivtz.
16. .··\t prcscltt. licrsittzy Catmltr is lmltliag 4500 pallets —·---» ~ I 18 trtittltiutida--~ul“
qttartmtiactl and lC<$lillC•J.l mattsrials at a wttrcltmtsu near "l'at·tmta. (Jataria
l’ut:st1am tu Salads request. l··l<:rs11·:y Czmadtt has not yur Encgua tlcslrtmtian of
tltcsc matlctittls.
l tlut:lat‘·c tmdcr pumtlty <»l`pc1"_it1ty tuttlcr tht: laws 01"tlm United Statler: OlT!X[]lC1“iC£} that
the tbtcguittg is trac and c0r·ruui.
l?E.xt:t;t1tt:d tm April E8, 2007
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l’it:1‘t‘cttc Nugent tf,
lT)irt:t:t0r0l*Qt.1alEty and llcgttlttttnty Compliance
l-lcrslicy Canaria Ent:.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
i hereby certify that on April E8, 2007, I eiectronicaily tiled the foregoing with the Cleric
of Court using CM/ECI? which wili send notiiication of such filing(s) to the following and which
has also been served as noted:
BY HAND
P. Clarkson Coliins,.1r.
Katherine J. Neiicirk
Morris James, LLP
500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500
Wilmington, Delaware 19899
I further certify that on April 19, 2007, the foregoing document was sent to the following
non-registered participants in the manner indicated:
VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS
Scott L. Winkelinan
Monica M. Welt
Crowell & Morirtg LLP
1001 Permsyivania Ave. NW.
Washington, DC. 20004-2595 Q E g
Gregory M Stuhlman (#4765)
SlL1I`lI11]?1l1@l"i1li.CO1't'1
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