Delfresh Mushroom Farm Ltd - conviction information for 2021-11-22
Corporation name: | Delfresh Mushroom Farm Ltd |
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Address: | 28230 58 Avenue |
City: | Abbotsford |
Province/territory: | British Columbia |
Postal code: | V4X 2E8 |
Country: | Canada |
Sector or industry: | 111 - Crop production |
Location of offense: | 28230 58 Avenue, Abbotsford, British Columbia |
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Case summary: |
In August 2018, officers conducted an onsite Fisheries Act inspection of Delfresh Mushroom Farm Ltd and collected samples from where the farm deposited effluent into waters frequented by fish. The analysis of these samples determined the effluent was a deleterious substance and acutely lethal to fish. Subsequently, officers issued a Fisheries Act Direction, which required that Delfresh Mushroom Farm Ltd. stop the deleterious deposit and develop and implement a plan to prevent further deleterious deposits from entering waters frequented by fish. In November 2018, officers returned to the farm for a follow-up inspection and observed brown effluent being deposited into a creek. |
Charges: |
On November 22, 2021, Delfresh Mushroom Farm Ltd. plead guilty to the following charges. Count 1 Count 3 |
Enforcement notification: | Two British Columbia mushroom farms fined a total of $650,000 for Fisheries Act offences. |
Result: | Guilty Plea |
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Date of conviction: | 2021-11-22 |
Court level: | Provincial and Territorial Court |
Nature of offense(s): |
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Additional details about the nature of the offense: |
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Act | Regulations | Section(s) |
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Pollution Prevention provisions (subsection 36(3)) of the Fisheries Act | 36(3) |
Date of sentencing: |
2022-04-04 |
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Location of sentencing: | Abbotsford, BC |
Sentence(s): |
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Amount of fine(s): | $265,000 |
Sentencing details: |
On April 4, 2022, Delfresh Mushroom Farm Ltd. was sentenced to pay a $265,000 fine to the Environmental Damages Fund no later than April 4, 2032. Delfresh Mushroom Farm Ltd. was also ordered to submit a report to ECCC by July 1, 2022 “itemizing steps it has taken to prevent deleterious deposits into waters frequented by fish”. |