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San Gabriel, California -- A food worker has been arrested on charges he sprinkled glass and other debris into Chinese vegetable dumplings at a processing plant in Industry.
Albert Vidal Torres of Ontario pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges of tampering with consumer products, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.
The charges carry a maximum sentence of 40 years in federal prison.
Prosecutors say Torres, 33, contaminated the wontons in 2003 during the manufacturing process at Golden Crown Foods in Industry. The company has since moved to Ontario.
The dumplings were shipped to markets across the state.
Golden Crown Foods discovered the contamination after customers complained about finding odd things in their wontons.
In addition to glass, prosecutors believe Torres also contaminated the dumplings with seeds, pebbles and spit.
Posted by tyne at February 14, 2007