Menu Foods' Director was Director of Safety-Kleen Corp when it was sued for violations.

[AZBlue]

The director of Menu Foods Inc., (the company that makes the pet food that is killing your pets) Robert W. Luba, was the director of Safety-Kleen Corp. (the nation’s largest hazardous waste operator) when that company filled for bankruptcy in a June 2000. It was discovered that there were “problems” with the way the “top officers reported financial information internally and to shareholders.” Safety-Kleen settled with investors for $284 million.

It looks like Robert W. Luba left Safety Kleen bankrupt (owing investors $1.6 billion) and tones of hazardous waste strewn about for citizens and state governments to contend with.

This is the guy feeding our beloved pets.

From here: http://lethaldose.wordpress.com/2007/03/21/what-is-this-guy-up-to-he-spent-years-ruining-americans-health-now-he-is-targeting-our-pets/


And here are some of Safety-Kleen's violations under Robert W. Luba:
- Exceeding the permitted feed rate of cadmium to the incinerator
- Storing used oil fuel (VFS Distillate) from the Safety-Kleen East Chicago facility in the fuel oil tank and burning it in the incinerator when the incinerator did not meet all of the operating conditions for burning hazardous waste
- failing to record the location of each container accepted in the container storage areas, and track these wastes in real time so that their location is known at any time
- Accepting pyrophoric wastes
- Placing incompatible wastes or materials in the same container and failing to document any evaluation of the compatibility of the absorbent with the liquid
- Failing to retain the data recorded by the PI archiving system for at least three years
- Failing to maintain systems to automatically cut off hazardous waste feed to the incinerator at a pH of less than 6.2 in the second stage packed tower effluent
- Failing to retain a copy of a manifest at the facility for at least three years
- Failing to analyze the slag for methanol daily until analyses showed the treatment standards had been achieved for seven consecutive days after methanol was detected at a level above the treatment standards
- Entering the wrong generator name, address, and phone number on manifests accompanying wastes shipped by Safety-Kleen (Aragonite), Inc. for off-site treatment, storage, or disposal

This list is from here: http://lethaldose.wordpress.com/2007/03/21/hazardous-waste-in-the-pet-food-yum/


Luba, of Toronto, CA, resigned after the bankruptcy/violations/lawsuit settlement. Little wonder he's now poisoning pets!

And, here's a picture of the bastard, for your dartboard pleasure:

[Donnachaidh]

1. put this asshole in JAIL -- the Federal PEN

Not some taxpater funded rehab for corporate crooks. :grr:

[partylessinOhio]

2. Criminal! He should be forced to eat the poison sh!t for the rest of his days.

[nicknameless]

3. Thank you for finding this, AZBlue

K&R

[nicknameless]

4. One more vote?

Please?

[Kool Kitty]

5. You got it.

The lousy bastard. He should rot in hell.

[nicknameless]

6. Thank you, Kool Kitty!

He SHOULD, absolutely, rot in hell.

[tblue37]

7. The pet food industry will not recover from this. People love

their pets as if they were their children. My kids are adults now--my 3 cats are my babies. I didn't give them any of that bad food, but if I had, and if they had died from it, or even gotten sick--well, I know I would be totally destroyed.

There is at least one whole website devoted to helping people deal with their grief over losing pets to this SNAFU. Actually, there are probably several.

This is a very, very big deal, and it might drive renewed regulation even of the human food supply in this country, as well as recognition of the damage deregulators cause and why we need to pay taxes and have a properly functioning government.

[TZ]

8. GRRR! Cutting corners to save money never works!!!

Which is probably exactly what happened at Menu Foods which is why they refuse to identify the "source" of the wheat gluten. As a cat owner who USED to feed my cats Iams, and a biologist who is familiar with biohazardous waste regulations (and let me tell you those are SERIOUS problems cited there- especially mixing incompatabile wastes-that could lead to major explosions or fire!) that really PISSES me OFF. Why oh why do corporate idiots not understand that safety is foremost, and should never be looked at as a place to cut costs!:grr: :grr: :grr: :mad: :mad: :mad: :argh:

[Shallah Kali]

18. Not all psychopaths commit violent crimes. Some go for cut-throat business practices in corporations

Psychopath in a Suit
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/20/1045638423969.html

ot a murderer, a vicious criminal or rapacious scam-meister. But we know the type. Oozing charm and charisma but with no emotional depth; more sizzle than steak. These are the ones who are manipulative and ruthless enough to do whatever it takes and stick the knife into anyone standing in their way. With their finely honed political skills, sharp timing and chameleon-like abilities, they thrive on risk, chaos and upheaval. And they are cold-blooded enough to claim later that they did nothing wrong.

Research done by Dr Robert Hare, emeritus professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia and a New York-based colleague Dr Paul Babiak indicates the psychopath usually seduces and takes over in five stages.

First, comes the entry phase, in which the psychopath charms the hiring team into selecting him or her for the job. Then comes the assessment phase. Here, the psychopathic employee identifies the potential support network of Patrons (those who will protect and defend the psychopath), Pawns (those who can be unwittingly manipulated into using their power in service of the psychopath's aims), and Organisational Police (staff in such control functions as audit, security, human resources who might get in the way). Stage three is manipulation: the psychopath works the patrons and pawns, building the influence network through close and intense one-on-one relationships and at the same time moving up the organisation. The next stage is confrontation. Individuals no longer deemed useful discover they've been wiped, relegated from close friend to Patsy. Two factions start forming: influential supporters (Pawns and Patrons); and powerless detractors (Patsies and Police). Finally, there's ascension. That's when all that planning and manipulation pays off - the patrons are betrayed, the boss is shoved aside and the psychopath moves in.

{snip}

Hare himself estimates that psychopaths account for only about 1 per cent of the general population.

But he says there would be a higher proportion in such areas as business, politics, law enforcement agencies, law firms, religious organisations and yes, the media.

their business practices are heartless because they have empathy for any creature but themselves. Incidents like this make me say that any large business should require the people in charge to be tested for psychopathology. Ditto for the government.

[SidDithers]

9. Full list of MenuFoods Directors and Admin here...

http://www.menufoods.com/ir/trustees%5Ctrustees_etc.html

Trustees, Directors and Management

* Robert W. Luba: Chairman and Trustee of the Fund, Chairman of Menu Foods GenPar Limited
* Alexander R. Aird: Trustee of the Fund, Director of Menu Foods GenPar Limited
* Serge K. Darkazanli: Trustee of the Fund, Director of Menu Foods GenPar Limited
* Eric A. Demirian: Trustee of the Fund, Director of Menu Foods GenPar Limited
* Thomas A Di Giacomo: Trustee of the Fund, Director of Menu Foods GenPar Limited
* Stephen A. Bearg: Director of Menu Foods GenPar Limited
* Margaret A. Bras: Director of Menu Foods GenPar Limited
* Robert W. Bras: Director of Menu Foods GenPar Limited
* Douglas F. Haslam: Director of Menu Foods GenPar Limited
* Fraser D. Latta: Director of Menu Foods GenPar Limited
* Douglas N. Lunau: Director of Menu Foods GenPar Limited
* Donald G. Watt: Director of Menu Foods GenPar Limited
* Paul K. Henderson: President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Menu Foods GenPar Limited
* Mark A. Wiens: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Menu Foods GenPar Limited
* Dr. Richard G. Shields Jr.: Executive Vice President – Technical Services of Menu Foods GenPar Limited
* Randall C. Copeland: Executive Vice President – Sales and Marketing of Menu Foods GenPar Limited
* William F. Grant: Executive Vice President – Corporate Purchasing and Logistics of Menu Foods GenPar Limited

Links to the rest of the MenuFoods site are there as well. They've hidden the rest of the site from their current home page. Corporate directors don't usually make the day-to-day business decisions, thought. Look to the President and the VP's for the ones who are probably more involved in why this happened.

Sid

Sid
* Christopher J. Mifflin: Executive Vice President – Operations of Menu Foods GenPar Limited

[SidDithers]

10. William F Grant...

William F. Grant

William F. Grant of Nobleton, ON joined Menu Foods in 1987 and assumed responsibility for purchasing and introduced the benefits of effective buying. From October 2003 to September 2005, he was responsible for the operations of Menu's plants in Streetsville and Pennsauken. Mr. Grant was appointed Executive Vice President of Corporate Purchasing and Logistics in October 2005. Prior to joining Menu Foods, Mr. Grant spent 5 years as a buyer for Effem (Masterfoods).

Sid

[SidDithers]

11. Jeez...I can't get director bio's to come up anymore...

getting "page cannot be found" on all the name links. It was OK a few minutes ago.

Sid

Edit: source directory was changed, but now it's changed back. Strange.
Edit 2: links on their site are all messed up. I don't know if they've changes some but not others, or have always had broken links, but you can get to director information from some pages, but not from others. As I said, strange.

[AZBlue]

12. Thank you!

I couldn't find all that info - as you said, everything on their site is now hidden except for the recall info. Being a Canadian company either I didn't know where to look or it's not as easy to find the other info.

I find it appalling too that they haven't offered a single comment on the situation. I realize for legal reasons they aren't going to come out and say it's their fault - but even some carefully worded meaningless generic statement would have been better than nothing at all.

There is no punishment too great or too awful for these thugs.

[nicknameless]

13. Menu scrubbed those pages. I was able to capture all but two of them.

Robert W. Luba

Robert W. Luba of Toronto, ON has been a trustee of the Fund and a member of the Board of Directors of Menu Foods GenPar Limited (administrator of the Fund) since July 2002. He was appointed the chairman of the Board on August 31, 2005. Mr. Luba is the President of Luba Financial Inc, a mid-market merchant bank investing in selective special situations. Mr. Luba was President and Chief Executive Officer of Royal Bank Investment Management Inc. from 1991 to 1993 and President of Crown Life Insurance Company from 1986 to 1988 and Sr. Vice-President of John Labatt Limited from 1976 to 1983. Mr. Luba is also a director of AIM/Trimark Mutual Funds, ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc., KCP Income Fund, MDS Inc. and Softchoice Corporation. Mr. Luba is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. Mr. Luba is an independent Trustee and Director, and is a member of the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee.


Alexander R. Aird

Alexander R. Aird of Toronto, ON has been a trustee of the Fund since May 2005 and a member of the Board of Directors of Menu Foods GenPar Limited (administrator of the Fund) since July 2002. Mr. Aird practices as a consultant in areas of strategy and governance. Mr. Aird had been a senior partner of Deloitte Consulting for 33 years, he worked with corporations and governments in North America and overseas in strategic planning and organization development. He also held senior management positions in Canada and internationally, including those of Managing Partner and then Chair of the Canadian consulting practice. Mr. Aird is a past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Multiple Sclerosis Scientific Research Foundation of Canada. Mr Aird is an independent Trustee and Director and Chair of The Compensation & Corporate Governance Committee.


Eric A. Demirian

Eric A. Demirian of Toronto, ON has been a trustee of the Fund and a member of the Board of Directors of Menu Foods GenPar Limited (administrator of the Fund) since May 2005. Mr. Demirian is the Chief Executive Officer of Parklea Capital Inc., an independent investment banking and corporate finance firm servicing mid market clients. Prior to joining Parklea, Mr. Demirian was Executive Vice President of GT Group Telecom Inc. From 1983 to 1999, Mr. Demirian was with PricewaterhouseCoopres LLP where he was a partner and an industry practice leader. Mr. Demirian holds a BBM from Ryerson University. He is also a Certified General Accountant and Chartered Accountant. Eric currently sits on the Board and is chair of the Audit Committee of Enghouse Systems Limited, and is a trustee and the chair of the Audit Committee of Granby Industries Income Fund. Mr. Demirian is not an independent Trustee or Director.


Thomas A Di Giacomo

Thomas A Di Giacomo of Toronto, ON has been a trustee of the Fund and a member of the Board of Directors of Menu Foods GenPar Limited (administrator of the Fund) since July 2002. Mr. Di Giacomo’s is the President of Tadico Limited, a management consulting company. Prior to 1994, he held a number of positions with Manulife Financial Inc., the most recent being Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer from 1990 to 1993. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Toronto and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago. Mr. Di Giacomo is also director of Kingsway Financial Services Inc., AfriOre Limited, Xceed Mortgage Corporation and RDM Corporation, and is a trustee of Cinram International Income Fund. Mr. Di Giacomo is an independent Trustee and Director, and is chair of the Audit Committee.


Stephen A. Bearg

Stephen A. Bearg of Santa Rosa, CA has been a member of the Board of Directors of Menu Foods GenPar Limited (administrator of the Fund) since July 2002. Mr. Bearg practices as a management consultant. Mr. Bearg, a Chartered Accountant, founded and acted as senior partner of Bearg, Shore, Newman & Rose (chartered accountants) until his retirement in 1993. He has been involved with Menu Foods since 1977 through his firm, as it's former auditors. Mr. Bearg is an independent Director and is a member of the Audit Committee.


Margaret A. Bras

Margaret A. Bras of Brampton, ON has been a member of the Board of Directors of Menu Foods GenPar Limited (administrator of the Fund) since November 2002. Mrs. Bras is the President of Robert & Maggie Bras and Family New Drug Development Program at the Princess Margaret Hospital, the President of The Bras Family Foundation, a charitable organization, and Co-Chair of the Gastrointestinal Team Capital Campaign of the University Health Network. Mrs. Bras is not an independent Director.


Robert W. Bras

Robert W. Bras of Minneapolis, MN has been a member of the Board of Directors of Menu Foods GenPar Limited (administrator of the Fund) since November 2002. Mr. Bras is a private investor and prior to September 2003, Senior Compliance Counsel of Dell Computer Corporation. Mr. Bras is not an independent Director.


Douglas F. Haslam

Douglas F. Haslam of Meaford, ON has been a member of the Board of Directors of Menu Foods GenPar Limited (administrator of the Fund) since July 2002. Mr. Haslam is a private investor and from 1990 to 1998 he was the Chief Financial Officer of Menu Foods. He received his Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University and earned an MBA at The University of Western Ontario and is a Chartered Accountant. Mr. Haslam is not an independent Director.


Douglas N. Lunau

Douglas N. Lunau of Toronto, ON has been a member of the Board of Directors of Menu Foods GenPar Limited (administrator of the Fund) since July 2002. Mr. Lunau is a private investor and prior to that he held various senior management positions with Loblaws. Mr. Lunau is also sits on the Board of Director of Pet Valu Canada Inc. Mr. Lunau is an independent Director.


Donald G. Watt

Donald G. Watt of Schomberg, ON has been a member of the Board of Directors of Menu Foods GenPar Limited (administrator of the Fund) since July 2002. Mr. Watt is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DW+Partners, a management consulting company specializing in retail planning, design, marketing and communications. Founder and former Chairman of Watt International, Mr. Watt has played a major role in the "President's Choice" program and the programs for 'Wal-Mart (U.S.) and Home Depot. He has been involved with Menu indirectly since 1977 and as a director since 1999. Mr. Watt also sits on the Board of Aastra Technologies Limited, Cott Corporation and The Forzani Group. Mr. Watt is an independent Director.


Paul K. Henderson

Paul K. Henderson of Richmond Hill, ON has been a member of the Board of Directors of Menu Foods GenPar Limited (administrator of the Fund) since May 2002. Mr. Henderson joined Menu Foods in 1998 as its Chief Financial Officer. Subsequently, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer in May 2002, and became President in November 2004. In August 2005, Paul assumed the added responsibilities of Chief Executive Officer Before joining Menu, Paul was associated with the Company for six years through his position as Executive Vice-President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer of Cott Corporation, which was a significant shareholder of Menu at the time. Paul has over 18 years experience in the food and beverage industry. He is a chartered accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto. Mr. Henderson is not an independent Director.


Mark A. Wiens

Mark A. Wiens of Limehouse, ON joined Menu Foods in November 2001 as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Wiens has over 19 years experience in the food industry. He is a Chartered Accountant and a graduate, with distinction, from Wilfrid Laurier University with an honors degree in Business Administration. Prior to joining Menu, for the period from 1999, Mr. Wiens was the Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Centennial Foods, a manufacturer and distributor of premium private-Iabel meat products and a food services distributor. Prior to joining Centennial, Mr. Wiens was Vice-President and General Manager of Cott Beverages West Ltd. (a subsidiary of Cott Corporation), which is a manufacturer and distributor of premium private-Iabel soft drinks.


Dr. Richard G. Shields Jr.

Dr. Richard G. Shields Jr. of Loveland, OH joined Menu Foods in 2000 and is the Executive Vice-President of Technical Services. Dr. Shields holds a Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition from Ohio State University. He has nearly 25 years of industry experience and is responsible for technology, process and product development as well as quality assurance and regulatory affairs. He has previously held research positions with Quaker and Heinz.


Randall C. Copeland

Randall C. Copeland of Allentown, PA joined Menu Foods in 1994. He is the Executive Vice-President of Sales and Marketing. Prior to joining Menu Foods, Randall held several senior positions with Alpo and The Campbell Soup Company’s pet food division. Randall has accumulated more than 25 years of pet food experience after having graduated summa cum laude from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, as well as a Masters in Science.


William F. Grant

William F. Grant of Nobleton, ON joined Menu Foods in 1987 and assumed responsibility for purchasing and introduced the benefits of effective buying. From October 2003 to September 2005, he was responsible for the operations of Menu's plants in Streetsville and Pennsauken. Mr. Grant was appointed Executive Vice President of Corporate Purchasing and Logistics in October 2005. Prior to joining Menu Foods, Mr. Grant spent 5 years as a buyer for Effem (Masterfoods).


Christopher J. Mifflin

Christopher J. Mifflin of Toronto, ON joined Menu Foods in November 2005 as Executive Vice President of Operations. Mr. Mifflin has over 25 years of operations experience. He began his career with AG Simpson Company as an Industrial Engineer, then moved into operations by joining Canada Packers where he spent the next 10 years with ever increasing levels of responsibilities. After leaving Canada Packers, Mr. Mifflin spent the next 13 years in general management roles with General Mills, Morrison Lamothe, Trophy Foods, and most recently, with Renee’s Gourmet Foods. Mr. Mifflin received his Bachelor of Applied Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto and earned an MBA at York University. He is a Professional Engineer.

[orleans]

14. k&r. here's a fun fact about safety kleen

"Safety-Kleen's 279-acre landfill is within a few hundred yards of Lake Marion, one of South Carolina's most popular recreational lakes.

"For more than 20 years, the site accepted more than 5.6 million tons of hazardous waste and industrial garbage. Chemicals in the landfill include mercury, arsenic and lead, The landfill closed in September 2000.

"Last year, DHEC accused Safety-Kleen of failing to tell the agency of problems with a protective liner. The company also was accused of using a firm it owns to certify that parts of the landfill were safe. Such certifications are supposed to be made by independent companies."
http://www.atlassettlements.com/pages/abea_sk.html

[Nikki Stone1]

16. kick

:kick:

[ends_dont_justify]

15. Hope someone finds him and takes some personal justice

All I gotta say. Couldn't happen to a better douchebag

[TahitiNut]

17. He's obviously disposing of toxic waste by canning it and selling it as pet food.

:shrug: Capitalists will find a way of profiting, no matter what.

[bobthedrummer]

20. We've been eating it too-for years eom

[underseasurveyor]

19. Kicking this back up

Remember this bastards face and name.