Company fined $10,000 for offences linked to E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares

A judge has fined a commercial kitchen company $10,000 for bylaw offences linked to an E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares that saw hundreds of children fall ill.

Fueling Minds Inc. pleaded guilty in April to four offences relating to the company’s failure to have a catering licence.

The company faced a maximum $40,000 fine, but lawyers made a joint submission recommending $10,000 and the judge agreed.

Justice Mathieu St. Germain said the higher fine would have been appropriate if there had been evidence the outbreak was linked to or caused by the company’s offences.

“However, that nexus for connection is not in the facts before me. I’m not entitled to start drawing such inferences or speculating outsid

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