A commercial kitchen company in Calgary has pleaded guilty to four charges after a massive E. coli outbreak at daycares led to hundreds of children falling ill.
Fueling Minds Inc. was charged in relation to the outbreak that started in September 2023.
There were at least 448 infections, and 39 children and one adult were hospitalized due to severe illness.
It became the largest known outbreak in children under five.
The pleas came at what had been scheduled as the first day of trial, and lawyers were to present a joint recommendation on sentencing.
Court heard prosecutors won’t proceed with charges against the company’s two directors, Faisal Alimohd and Anil Karim….