Da'ville arrested for assaulting his wife
Lover rock singer Da'Ville was released from the American Nassau County Fourth Precinct in New York yesterday after allegedly assaulting his wife.
The 35-year-old singer, whose given name is Orville Thomas, was arrested on Thursday and charged.
A man, who gave his name as Sergeant O'Conner at the Nassau County Court, confirmed that the singer attended the 9:00 am session. He is scheduled to return on June 24.
In a telephone interview with the Jamaica Observer, Jae Brown-Thomas — the singer's wife — confirmed the incident. She said calling the police was her last option.
"I am not trying to bash my husband but at the same time, what happened was wrong," she said.
Brown-Thomas, who manages her husband through Fashozy Records, said she has always led a private life as they were always a private couple.
"I still love my husband and I want everyone to know we are going through a rough time," she said.
"I had no choice in action. My husband is a big, tall man," she said. She said they both needed time to resolve it. Da'Ville started his professional career as part of the vocal group ARP. He went solo in 2003.
Three years later, he scored one of his biggest hit with Always on My Mind.
Schoolboy killed over girl
An argument over a girl has left a Form Three student of the Waterloo Secondary School dead after he was stabbed several times by a Form Five student. Renaldo Dixon, 14, of Bagna Trace, Chase Village, Chaguanas, died during emergency treatment at the Freeport Health Centre after he was stabbed three times and his wrist slit by a 16-year-old fellow student. Another student was cut on the neck when he tried to part the fight. The suspect, a Form Five student, who was supposed to be writing the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) history paper, has been detained. Police also recovered the knife used in what they said was a premeditated attack.
According to reports, Dixon and the girl were sitting on a bench around 10 am when the other boy attacked him. Students said the boy was supposed to write the CSEC history paper but did not show up for the exam. Instead he waited at the school until recess. School was dismissed after the incident except for those who were writing exams. But Form Five students who remained behind said the sight of pools of blood along the corridor haunted them while they wrote the exams. “We are not afraid to come back to school but it was traumatising to see how someone so young could lose their life like that,” one student said while leaving the Carapichaima school. He said there had been a stabbing before and the school had been given metal detectors but they had not been used for some time.
Exactly how a boy was able to enter the school with a knife was one of the questions on the mind of Dixon’s traumatised mother, 34-year-old Camille Taitt. “I sent my child to school this morning thinking he was going to come back home but he didn’t come back home. “He said: ‘Mommy, can I get pie to carry to school?’ I took it out and gave it to him. He said: ‘Well, Mommy, later,’ and that was it,” Taitt said while being consoled by a relative. She said the school called after 10 am but by the time she arrived at the health centre he was already dead. Taitt said the fatal blow was dealt to her son’s shoulder, which doctors measured at four centimetres wide. She said she did not know her son’s attacker nor did she know if he had any trouble at school.
However, she said, her son and the girl were close friends. “I know he had a friend but to be honest with you, I don’t know if she was his girlfriend. I met her at school for a parents’ day. We talked and I talked to her mom as well. “If it was that the girl chose Renaldo over him, it will have a problem. I cannot say because he never came home and complained to me.” She said one of her biggest challenges was to let her younger children know of his death. “My children are by my brother. I haven’t told them anything yet, except for the big one. “The other two don’t know. They are seven and three years old. How am I going to tell them their brother is not coming home?” She pleaded with the Government to reinstate corporal punishment in schools and called on parents to take an interest in their children’s lives before someone else is murdered through school violence. “You can’t predict what they are going to do but you can talk to them. I talk to my children every day. You can talk to them, let them know what is right and wrong. “Find out what is going on with them, go to their schools, inquire what is going on with them because something had to lead him to this.”
The Education Ministry’s communications management adviser Alicia Busby said in a release the ministry would be providing counselling for the school’s staff and students as well as Dixon’s parents. She said: “The ministry’s Student Support Services Division has dispatched a team and is co-ordinating counselling for students, teachers and parents.“The Minister of Education, on behalf of the ministry, expresses his sadness and heartfelt condolences to the parents, family, classmates, students, teachers, friends and other loved ones. May God be with them at this time.”
Civil Recovery Team’s cash to date shows a dramatic increase of nineteen and a half million dollars
The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Civil Recovery Programme today released a report, indicating that cash recovered or agreed to be paid to date, is to the tune of nineteen, point five million dollars, compared to this period last year.
You will recall that The Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Civil Recovery Programme began its work in December of 2009 to regain the assets of the TCI taxpayers that were obtained improperly. An account of this extensive maladministration was detailed at length in Sir Robin Auld's Commission of Inquiry report.
The Law firm Edwards Wildman was appointed after a competitive tender, to work closely with the Attorney General and the TCI Government to pursue these cases.
Today, Mr. Laurence Harris, the deputy managing partner with Edwards Wildman, provided RTC News with an update on the scale of the civil recovery programme. Here he outlines the progress on recoveries and lays out the likely timetable going forward, noting they have now opened 62 case files, an increase on last year's figure of 51.
As RTC’s Damen Bovie reports, the work of the Civil Recovery Programme’s report, covers a wide range of matters, some well-known from the Commission of Inquiry Report; others not identified by the Commission of Inquiry and some which have only come to light since then.
Damen Bovie:- Mr. Harris says these claims cover the recovery of land, damages, or both. He says as well as claims for corruption and fraud, they have claims for breach of contract, for unjust enrichment, for recovery of unpaid Stamp Duty and for other civil causes of action.
"This time last year we had recovered nearly $2.4m in cash and around 900 acres of land. Both of those figures have risen very substantially over the last twelve months. The cash already paid to the Government, or agreed to be paid, has now risen to $19.5m and land recoveries are now 2,508 acres.
"And there is still much to do. Although several claims have concluded, we are awaiting judgments on two significant cases, and several more are still yet to go to trial. We have claims for many millions of dollars in damages and for well over a thousand of acres of land, all still to be heard by the TCI Courts.
"Inevitably we understand that much of the short term focus on the programme is on how much cash has come in, particularly given the difficult financial circumstances the TCI finds itself in. We appreciate that short term cash helps with the immediate issue of balancing the books and we are doing our very best to collect as much as we can. However, the much more valuable long term asset is the land that has been recovered,” Mr. Harris told RTC News
Thedeputy managing partner also told RTC News that this land holds the key to help the Turks and Caicos Islands generate long term revenues, through sharing profits with developers.
“As well as giving the Government an opportunity for a higher degree of ongoing control over how land is used, this approach allows the people of the TCI to share in the long term value of the land. Used this way, the land recovered is worth a very large amount of money - quite possibly over $100m - assuming it is used for long term partnerships. Of course, the job of the civil recovery programme is just to get the land back into the Government's hands - it is for the Government to decide what to do with it. But we hope that the very substantial value that is intrinsic to the land we have recovered, will be understood as bringing real long term opportunity to TCI,” he said.
He also told RTC News that the Civil Recovery Programme remains on course to complete many of its cases by the end of the summer 2013.
Damen Bovie:- Mr. Harris said this year has seen their most intensive period of activity, as many of their cases come to trial. “We have had trials and hearings every month but one so far this year, often more than one a month, and that pace will continue. So far this year we have been involved in seven major hearings or trials since January and after this week, we have four more trials before the end of July. By the time we get to that point we will have completed the majority of our cases - subject of course to any appeals,” he said.
After July, Mr. Harris said they will still have a smaller number of cases which they will be progressing forward and which will probably not reach trial until 2014, unless they settle earlier. “We continue to encourage settlement as a way of bringing matters to an end more quickly, provided the settlement looks to be sensible and appropriate, bearing in mind the size of the claim, and the settlement is consistent with the Government's approach in other cases,” he said.
"We have also been assisting Chambers with non-civil recovery cases for the Government, most notably the Trade Winds claim brought by the owners of the Conch Farm against the Government and the Governor last year. We were delighted that the Court of Appeal agreed with us that the claim should be stayed for arbitration which had been our position all along. We now wait to see whether the Plaintiff decides to bring arbitration proceedings or not. Hopefully they have decided to abandon the claims since those claims are without any legal merit. Certainly so far since the Court of Appeal's decision the Conch Farm owners have not started any arbitration proceedings. If they do so, those proceedings will be very strongly defended,” Mr. Harris added.
"So, in summary:- the civil recovery programme continues to make good progress. We have made a substantial number of recoveries of cash and land; and we expect to make more recoveries over the next few months. Many of our cases will be completed by the end of the summer of this year, whilst a smaller number of cases will continue into next year, as well appeals on the completed cases," said Mr. Harris.
This is Damen Bovie for RTC News.
Cabinet’s meeting for Wednesday 22nd May, 2013
His Excellency Governor Ric Todd chaired the meeting of the Turks and Caicos Islands' (TCI) Cabinet on Wednesday, 22nd May 2013 at the House of Assembly Building on Grand Turk. The Premier and all Ministers were present at the meeting, with the exception of the Deputy Premier who was unwell and sent apologies.
At this meeting Cabinet:
- Discussed the need for a National Protocol Policy. It noted that most governments have in place formal policies and procedures which prescribe the various protocols to be used at official events and when hosting foreign dignitaries, as well as the proper use of the national flag and coat of arms by both government and the private sector. In order to avoid the risk of inconsistency, Cabinet agreed that a comprehensive Protocol Policy and Implementation Handbook should be developed, along with official guidance on the appropriate use of the TCI flag and
coat of arms.
- Heard a presentation from the Turks and Caicos Resort Economic Council (TCREC) on the practice of owners of Condominium Resort properties bypassing resort management companies. TCREC set out that the Condominium Resort model in the TCI is one that provides benefits for TCIG, tourists, owners and the local economy, and that the exclusion of management companies from the letting process could ultimately lead to their withdrawal from such resorts and the resorts changing in status to residences. This in turn would have a negative impact on the economy and TCIG revenues. After discussion Cabinet agreed to invite the TCREC to present to AG Chambers options for amendments to legislation covering the regulation of the letting of Condominium Resort properties. It undertook to consider such draft legislation with a view to passing it to the House of Assembly.
- Discussed a report from the Minister of Finance about the fourth quarter outturn on FY 2012/13. This set out that TCI had achieved a fiscal surplus in 2012/13, which represented significant progress. Cabinet welcomed this and noted that, despite some issues on recurrent revenue, a combination of a small recurrent surplus and a strong non-recurrent surplus meant that $41m was paid into the Sinking Fund at year end. This put TCI in a good fiscal position. Cabinet asked the Finance Minister to publicise the final report on the FY 2012/13.
- Welcomed the information from the Governor that the Secretary of State had approved the FSPS sent to him in April and that formal notice of this would follow in due course.
- Considered the draft budget for 2013/14 presented by the Minister of Finance, which was in line with the FSPS. It agreed the headline figures for revenue and expenditure, both current and capital, proposed in the budget and analysed the draft budget in the light of the Government's priorities. Cabinet noted that there
were a number of challenges and choices. It agreed to have further intensive discussions over the next week about priorities before finalising the budget at the next Cabinet meeting and forwarding it to the House of Assembly.
- Endorsed a proposal from the Minister of Border Control and Labour for a public consultation on a draft Ordinance to replace the 2004 Employment Ordinance.
It also noted an update from the Minister on work being done on a new Immigration Ordinance. The Minster explained to Cabinet that the outline of draft legislation, which would, inter alia, align legislation on TCIslander status with the provisions of the Constitution, was with AG's Chambers. Cabinet invited the AG to make conclusion of this work and presentation to Cabinet of draft legislation an early priority.
- Agreed the nominations by the Minister of Government Support Services for appointments to the 2013 / 2014 Water and Sewerage Board.
- Agreed to the Minister of GSS's proposal to change the title of the Electricity Commissioner to that of Energy and Utilities Commissioner.
- Agreed that beach access points and community parks be registered as National Parks under the National Parks Ordinance, given their importance to the community, and invited the AG to give this legal effect.
- Approved the introduction of licensing fees on the importation, handling and storage of hazardous materials under the Petroleum Ordinance and invited the AG to draft appropriate changes to regulations and, if required, to propose appropriate changes to legislation.
Further information on the issues addressed by Cabinet will be provided by Ministers during a post cabinet press briefing at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the Tourist Board’s conference room in Providenciales.
Meanwhile, Cabinet decided that its next meeting would be on Wednesday 29 May.
Warning for All Boat Operators
Officers of the Royal Turks & Caicos Islands Police Force, Marine Division, are reminding boat operators of the inherent dangers of operating their boats if not properly equipped. Recently the Marine Division has seen a marked increase in the number of calls they are receiving to assist or rescue persons. They have been called to assist persons who have run out of gas, or asked to locate persons who get stranded without any communication or respond to persons who have got caught unprepared for a significant weather change.
The Police encourage you to be prepared by ensuring the following:
- ⎫As the vessel operator you must be licensed and you are responsible for the safety of the vessel and of your passengers.
- ⎫Ensure that the engine is working properly before launching.
- ⎫Ensure that you carry some form of communication, either marine radio or mobile phone and that you inform someone of where you are going and when you will return
- ⎫Check that you are carrying all the compulsory safety equipment and you know how to use it.
- ⎫Know exactly where you are going, how to get there and any navigation hazards that you may encounter.
- ⎫Check the weather prior to launching, and constantly monitor sea conditions to assess if it is safe to continue.
Please visit our web site at www.tcipolice.tc or www.facebook.com/RTCIPF for more information.
Today’s bargain, yesterday’s burglary, car crime or robbery
The Royal Turks & Caicos Police are urging people to make the link between buying stolen goods and fuelling further crime, drug abuse and misery in their community. Officers say that the cheap deals on a watch, jewelry or mobile phone that persons may be offered on the street or at their door, has probably been taken through a local burglary, a theft or a robbery.
In some cases, criminals may have used or threatened violence to obtain the items they are offering for sale. Every criminal act leaves a victim, not only losing their valuables, but that person is left distressed and possibly emotionally scarred. Stolen items may have sentimental value and therefore will be sorely missed and irreplaceable.
Police say by refusing to buy goods that you suspect may have been stolen, you can help stem further crime, deprive drug users of cash and thus force them into rehabilitation. Criminals use money made from dealing drugs to live extravagant lifestyles and fund other serious crimes, such as armed robberies. Don’t become part of a crime ring, make the link and break the chain by refusing to buy stolen goods.
People are urged to report criminals selling stolen goods either directly to police on 941-3327 or anonymously through the independent charity Crime-Stoppers on 1-800-8477.
Please visit Crimestoppers website at www.crimestoppers.tc or our web site at www.tcipolice.tc or www.facebook.com/RTCIPF for more information.
MISS TCI UNIVERSE 2013, SNWAZNA ADAMS LENDS A HELPING HAND
Young ladies from some of the Primary schools in Providenciales, are learning first-hand what it takes to become a beauty queen.
The recently crowned Miss Turks and Caicos Universe beauty queen Snwazna (SNOW-WAN-NA) Adams is doing what she loves best; working with the youth.
For several weeks now, SNOW-WAN-NA, a teacher at the Clement Howell High School, has been serving as pageant coach, facilitating training and grooming sessions with the students at the Oseta Jolly Primary School in Blue Hills for their upcoming pageant.
“It is an exciting learning experience working with the young children of the Oseta Jolly Primary School. They learn very quickly and are very enthusiastic about the upcoming competition, SNOW-WAN-NA said.
The excited beauty queen said it is so nice to see them having so much fun and learning from one another, while she too is learning from them.
“Each of their personalities is so different which makes this experience more pleasurable and exciting. I am very happy to be a part of this event” said the excited beauty queen, SNOW-WAN-NA added.
The Miss and Mr. Oseta Jolly Primary pageant will be held at the Marantha High School’s Auditorium at 7:00pm on Thursday, May 30th, 2013.
Crime & Incident Reports for 21st May, 2013
The Royal Turks & Caicos Police in Providenciales are investigating a residential Burglary, which was reported on Sunday May 19th. It has been determined that the burglary occurred between 4:45PM on Saturday May 18th and 2:30AM on Sunday May 19th. Missing are a Black IBM laptop and a Portable Toshiba Hard Drive.
Police in Provo are also investigating a Robbery, which was reported on Monday May 20th, at 3:38AM. A resident of Blue Hills was robbed while waiting for a ride home in the vicinity of Walkin Marine Shop on Blue Hills Road. Five black males drove a dark colored jeep next to the complainant. Two of the male suspects, wearing all dark clothing, exited the vehicle, demanded and stole a cell phone, watch and chain. All five males then escaped in the said vehicle traveling towards the Blue Hills area. Investigation into this incident is ongoing.
The Royal Turks & Caicos Police are also investigating an incident of fighting in a Public Place, which was reported on Monday 20th, 2013 at 12:36AM.
A resident of Kew Town reported that there were two persons at a business place in Kew Town fighting. The two suspects were throwing stones and bottles during the commission of this crime. Responding officers failed to locate the two subjects after a search of the area.
Investigation into all three of these criminal incidences, are ongoing.
Meanwhile, the Police are offering motorists some tips on why it’s not ok to leave valuables on display in your vehicle. Police ask that you
- •DON’T tempt thieves by leaving items on display
- •DO lock your vehicle at all times and
- •DO park in a secure, well lit area – in other words, use secure parking lots.
Items that Police say are of particular interest to thieves that should never be left in vehicles are MP3 systems; Mobile phones; Laptops; Wallets or purses; credit and debit cards, Cash or cheque books; Electrical items; Jewelry; Power tools and Vehicle registration documents.
Police advise drivers to empty their cars before someone else does!
Police also ask that you trust your instincts. If something doesn't seem right in your neighborhood or your school, it probably isn't. Reporting suspicious activities might help the Police identify a suspect or a crime trend. For activities in progress, call 911. Otherwise, call the Police at 941-3327 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-8477.
You can also visit their web site at www.tcipolice.tcor www.facebook.com/RTCIPFfor more information.
NATIONAL HEROES’DAY 2013 MESSAGE Delivered By The Hon Sharlene Cartwright Robinson
I pay homage to each of you in our respective places. A pleasant morning to the family of the Late JAGS McCartney especially today’s honoree, Mrs Dorothy McCartney.
We are here at this familiar place celebrating National Heroes Day and focusing our attention on the sole named National Hero, the Late Hon JAGS McCartney.
In 2009, I was asked to address the Nation as the Guest Speaker at that year’s National Heroes Day Celebration. In that Address I called this nation to not only a time to celebrate but also to reflect and review: To celebrate the life of Late Hon JAGS McCartney, to reflect on the times of our country and life and then to review our role as citizens, individually and collectively. That call is just as relevant today as it was then.
Today I celebrate the life of my Party, PDM’s first Leader and one of its founding members but also the country’s first Chief Minister and only named National Hero, JAGS. His name is well known but his life is not as well - known as it ought to be. We cannot truly appreciate him if we do not take the time to learn about him. This year I am trying to encourage us all to find out more about him and to learn from his life all the attributes that makes him a great leader, a uniting national figure but above all a model citizen.
Yes we forget that he was just a citizen as we are just citizens. He was not a superhero with super powers. He was chosen in a time when people were prepared to fight, to rally around a cause and to stand up for the rights of others even when it didn’t really affect them. That was period when ordinary citizens became extraordinary, not from spinach like Popeye nor from the yellow rays of the earth’s sun like Super Man. He had no tricks, no super powers just armed with a vision and a passion. Like Gatorade’s slogan, he operated from “the wind from within”. He could have sat down and ignored the issues until it affected him directly but he knew he could do more and there are others among us who knows that we can and should be doing more. He did not wait for external sources to move him. We too often look to leadership to move you when all leadership does is ignite the passion within that ought to already be there but too many appear passionless, spineless and careless with the blessing of citizenship in this Beautiful by nature Turks and Caicos Islands. This, my brothers and sisters if it doesn’t kill us, it will surely cause our death.
This year, I celebrate our National Hero through six quick lessons for us taught by the life he lived:
JAGS had a heart problem and he was given a crutch by nature. He could have sat back and people would have given him a pass to be a mediocre citizen but he pushed himself No doubt his family would remind him but he listened to the inner voice. Whatever personal crutch life or people have given us, we must challenge ourselves and listen to the inner voice.
No matter what role you are called to played, the youth must always be central. Everything we do must be for their betterment and for their upliftment. We must be mindful that we do not handicap them or rob them of the future they deserve. Ignore the youth and watch your country go down a slippery slope and I say no more. He embraced the youth. He involved himself in Programs to help in the positive development of them and he used sports as a powerful tool in his hand as well.
To those citizens who answer the call to leadership, remember God has allowed you to be there so we ought to serve as unto to Him. Like JAGS, we must not govern in ignorance. He educated his followers and made sure they understood the issues. He demonstrated unity and despite the fact that many did not like or appreciate his efforts, he represented all regardless of their political persuasion or which Island they came from. He impressed on his people the need to stand together as one Turks and Caicos Islands if only for survival of our nation. Can this call be more relevant at this time? Prophetic I would say.
He did not discriminate. He was all inclusive and he made everyone feel important. Those whom society rejected, he involved recognizing that everyone has a purpose and a part to play. He represented peoples from all walks of life and on all issues– from behind the wheels of an Old Truck called Mother Africa to defend young men abused by Police to Nurses/Civil Servants bid for fairer employment terms, to persons requiring medical care, to those who lost their properties, to fighting for greater powers for local representatives…sounds familiar.. He never gave up and neither should we. The issues are many but they will only be managed when we honestly identify them, address them and work together to resolve them selflessly.
Life was not perfect for JAGS, he had many distractors, some traitors and those who hated him for his passion and for his vision. Who does he think he is? A little black boy from the Garden. But he kept the bigger picture before him. There will be people who will fight your vision, your dream, your plan, but look past them and keep a stepping. There are people who will fight against the vision for a country where there is equality, freedom and justice for all. But we must step on them if we must and plod on to a brighter day.
He was no supernatural being. He was a simple ordinary guy who refused to take up space or become another statistic. It must be painful for those who worked with him to watch a lot of what was gained in his period falling away. We still can repair, we can still rebuild and we can still make these Islands the best little nation. We just have to each find his/her place. No leader can do it alone, there must be enough people committed to the cause who themselves understand the life of service. There must be a cause bigger than you and your selfish desires. These times call for selfless servants with a vision and a plan and a heart for the people. Refrain from the tearing down in order to build yourselves up but respect the opinions of others and the differences in opinion.
I say God bless this great lady who today is being honored and who stood with him when many of us would not have. She obviously shared in the vision and today we are honored that she is honored. We are happy that a recent bit of legislation once defunct has been revived so that she becomes the first honoree under the National Honors and Awards Program.Mrs McCartney, a strong woman who had to hear the dream perhaps even in his sleep, who had to listen and share on matter that he could not share with others, who became a widow and a single mother and remained our honorable first lady to this day. I salute you.
JAGS believed that the power of the people was greater than the people in power, what say ye Turks and Caicos? People in power – Government and opposition are your servants and you ought to demand a higher level of representation, transparency, honesty, integrity in public office, and ACTION.
You ought to demand of yourself as well…educate yourselves, serve with everything in you knowing that wherever you find yourself you can either positively or negatively impact another’s life and you can either negatively or positively impact the development of these Islands.
Stop, and ask yourself what are you doing for your country? Are you giving your best or are you taking up space? Are you the problem of which you speak? Your contribution may not be national but it can impact our nation’s development significantly. You may not be recognized but serving without a desire to be recognized makes you a better citizen as helping others, helps you.
A small boy was walking along a beach at low tide, where countless thousands of small sea creatures, having been washed up, were stranded and doomed to perish. A man watched as the boy picked up individual creatures and took them back into the water.
"I can see you're being very kind," said the watching man, "But there must be a million of them; it can't possibly make any difference." Returning from the water's edge, the boy said, "It will for that one."
I charge us all, make a difference, one life at a time and be a hero to someone. Wherever we find ourselves and whatever good we find to do, do it with humility, passion, mercy, commitment, integrity, honesty, compassion and with a conviction. It is then and only then will you remain hopelessly devoted to the cause. This is the only way to keep the dream alive.
Be a good citizen, that is all I ask of you.
Grilled chicken breast strips recall
California-based chicken producer Foster Farms is recalling about 6,165 pounds of its ready-to-eat grilled chicken breast strips because the strips contain wheat and soy -- known allergens -- which are not listed on the labels of its packages, federal agriculture officials said.
The mislabeled packages were discovered when a customer complained, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said in announcing the recall Tuesday.
The problem occurred when labels for another chicken product that does not contain wheat or soy were inadvertently used, food safety inspectors and officials at Foster Farms said.
There have been no reports of adverse reactions from the sale of the mislabeled products, officials said.
The chicken breast strips being recalled were sold in 4.5-pound cases containing 12, 6-ounce trays of "Foster Farms Grilled Chicken Breast Strips Boneless & Skinless With Rib Meat 97% Fat Free," with an identifying case code of "000606."
The recalled product bears the establishment number "P-20923" inside the USDA mark of inspection and a use-by date of "JUN 22 2013" printed on each tray.
They were produced April 23 and were distributed to retailers in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. Based in Porterville, Foster Farms is a family-owned company that has been operating since 1939, according to the company's website.