The Missouri processor that is the subject of a pollution lawsuit said that any release of slaughterhouse waste into a nearby creek years was unintentional.
"We have never intentionally had any discharge that went into the creek," said Fruitland American Meat president Peter Whisnant to the Southeast Missourian. The state’s Attorney General, Chris Koster, filed a lawsuit against the company last week, stating that the company allowed slaughterhouse waste to escape the company’s wastewater system on four occasions, resulting in the waste entering a tributary that flows into Cane Creek. The suit alleges that the pollution from the plant turned the water foamy and red, and in one incident killed more than 900 fish.