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(off cbc.ca)
Human remains may have been among farm meat
Last Updated Wed, 10 Mar 2004 21:56:26
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - B.C.'s provincial officer of health said he can't rule out the possibility that human remains were among meat processed at a farm now at the centre of Vancouver's missing women case.
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Dr. Perry Kendall
Dr. Perry Kendall, said he was asked to assess the potential health risks of eating meat from the Port Coquitlam farm.
Investigators have found DNA at the farm site that has been matched to several women missing from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Farmer Robert Pickton faces 15 counts of first degree murder.
"Given the state of the farm and what we know about the investigation, we cannot rule out the possibility that cross contamination may have occurred," Kendall said.
Not commercially distributed
Kendall said the meat was never distributed commercially. But about 40 friends and neighbours ate meat from the farm during barbecues or were given some to take home.
Kendall said tests on samples show a very low risk of disease from the meat, especially if it was cooked.
In February 2002, police raided the farm that Pickton owned with his brother and sister.
Investigators later began excavating the farm, looking for evidence in the case. The huge excavation project ended last November.
Investigators say they wanted to talk personally with the people who may have received or eaten the meat before releasing the information, but those plans changed when the story leaked out.
Anyone who still has frozen meat from the farm is asked to contact the Missing Women Task Force.
The 54-year-old Pickton is expected to go on trial later this year or early in 2005.
Written by CBC News Online staff
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