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Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
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Riding the baggage carousel.
Won't somebody think of the children?!?!?
Quebec police are on the hunt for a sticky-fingered thief after millions of dollars of maple syrup vanished from a Quebec warehouse.

The theft was discovered during a routine inventory check last week at the St-Louis-de-Blandford warehouse, where the syrup is being held temporarily. The Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers, which is responsible for the global strategic maple syrup reserve, initially kept the news quiet, hoping it would help police solve the crime quickly.

About 10 million pounds of syrup was stored at the site, at a value of more than $30-million.

Anne-Marie Granger Godbout, executive director of the federation, said the organization is still trying to determine how much is missing and declined to offer an estimate. But a spokesman from the Sureté du Québec said the loss was significant.

“We know that it’s millions of dollars that was stolen,” said Sergeant Richard Gagné. “It’s a very large amount.”

All of the maple syrup inventories are fully insured, according to the federation, so there will be no loss to producers.

Ms. Granger Godbout said the theft shouldn’t put the global supply of maple syrup at risk, but warned it could allow the thief to undercut legitimate producers. The federation represents about 10,000 maple syrup producers in Quebec. “Obviously those people stole the maple syrup to sell it somewhere,” she said. “If it’s a big volume, it could be very harmful for the maple syrup industry. The companies that are working in this industry will have to compete with some company that didn’t pay for the maple syrup.”

Quebec produces between 70 and 80 per cent of the world’s maple syrup, with the bulk of export sales taking place in the United States, according to the federation.

The warehouse where the theft occured was a temporary location, and the federation was preparing to move the now-stolen maple syrup to a new location.

Sylvain Charlebois, who researches food policy at the University of Guelph, said any disruption in the maple syrup supply could damage hard-earned gains the industry has made in global markets. The federation has been working particularly hard to build a market for the product in Asia, where it’s less well known. “If they’re not concerned, they should be,” he said of the federation. “This is such a fragile industry, and any loss on the supply side could be devastating.”

He said it’s very difficult to trace and track maple syrup, so catching an illegitimate seller could be a significant challenge. “It is going to be problematic, one way or the other, whether it’s to sell through proper channels or dealing with the black market,” he said.

Ms. Granger Godbout said the organization is still determining just how much syrup went missing. “It’s a very long process ... we have to weigh every barrel to know the exact quantity.”

But she said there’s no need to worry about finding enough of the treat at grocery stores and farmers’ markets. “We still have enough maple syrup. There will be no shortage,” she said.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/police-probing-quebec-maple-syrup-heist-worth-up-to-30-million/article4510740/
 

stevew

resident influencer
Sep 21, 2001
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are SS kids old enough to drive?

we know he tortures his kids with that off brand sh!t.
 

Silver

find me a tampon
Jul 20, 2002
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Orange County, CA
The kids already have diabetes and are 85 pounds overweight, and they'd never put something as terribly bitter as maple syrup on their frozen waffles when they can demand Aunt Jemima's HFCS liquid instead.
 

Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
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9,557
AK
F-yeah, anything that decreases the Moose population...
 

JohnE

filthy rascist
May 13, 2005
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Front Range, dude...
"It was a good feeling to see that shark swim out, knowing that you saved his life..."

Anyone ask how the moose felt about the whole situation?
 

Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
18,853
9,557
AK
"It was a good feeling to see that shark swim out, knowing that you saved his life..."

Anyone ask how the moose felt about the whole situation?
Do you even live in the north bro? Moose kill people.
 

canadmos

Cake Tease
May 29, 2011
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Canaderp
"It is a lumbering bottom dweller that spends most of its long life blinded from parasites feeding on its corneas. "

Yep, I'd try to off myself too, if that was how my life was going...