Baby Formula Manslaughter Probe Opens (maybe not an accident??

[Noordam]

AP NEWS

Why would they start a Manslaughter Probe unless they had an idea this was not an accident.



November 12, 2003
Baby Formula Manslaughter Probe Opens
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 5:30 p.m. ET

BERLIN (AP) -- Prosecutors said Wednesday they have opened a criminal investigation against an employee of a German company that made a kosher baby formula linked by Israeli authorities to two infant deaths.

The company, Humana Milchunion, said Tuesday that an error in developing the formula left the soy-based milk substitute with less than one-tenth of the advertised quantity of Vitamin B1, which is vital for the development of babies' central nervous system.

Humana made Remedia Super Soya 1 formula for the Israeli firm Remedia, which is partly owned by American food giant H.J. Heinz Co.


..more at article...

[DUreader]

1. I think manslaughter can be accidental

otherwise it is called murder

isn't negligent homicide a worse crime than manslaughter?


I don't really know.

[Kellanved]

2. Babies died

So of course there has to be a criminal investigation. The person responsible has to be found and tried: negligent homicide is a capital crime.


That said: this is not LBN. Not even close.

On Edit: i'm curious what you want to imply with your (rule-breaking) addition to the title?
No poison threats or blackmail attempts were found AFAIK.

[Noordam]

3. Why not LBN

It just hit the AP...........

[Kellanved]

4. AP - yes

But the matter itself is a few days old. There is a Thread in I/P about it.

On Edit: I rest my case. The investigation officialy started today. However it seems to be cleared up already: a change in the recipe wasn't implemented right. This slipped past all controls and led to the tragedy.

[Noordam]

5. Well

if it just hit AP and the "investigation officialy started today" that makes it LBN.....

Maybe it was a "a change in the recipe wasn't implemented right" or maybe not.... that is what the State is trying to find out.....