On Friday, July 8, the criminal court in Besançon sentenced the fruit grower in Doubs county to a fine of 70,000 euros, including 40,000 euros suspended, for polluting a nearby stream.unpublished“, according to the prosecution.
The Monnin cheese dairy, which produces Morbier and Comté cheese, France’s best-selling AOP (Protected Designation of Origin) cheese, was found guilty of “general water pollutionBetween April and March 2021.Unprecedented audience, cheesy dairy products are very little controlledClaire Keller, flooring specialist responsible for the regional pole of the environment, emphasized. This belief can become a precedent.
Alarm given by residents
The company dumped some of the cheese-making waste directly into the ground, which seeped into the limestone karst subsoil, forming the Bonecro Stream, a tributary of the Louis. The alarm was raised by local residents who noticed the unusual presence of algae. An investigation has been launched under the leadership of the French Office of Biodiversity (OFB).
The court also sentenced Cheese Dairy to a fine of 7,000 euros.violation of prefecture orderBetween August 2019 and February 2021. This decree authorized him to process 21,000 liters of milk per day and to determine the number of liters that could legally fill the river. But an investigation found it processed up to 33,500 liters in May 2020.
“General water pollution”.
The manager and his son were also ordered to pay a fine of €5,000 each, including a €3,000 suspension;general water pollution” and 1000 euros “violation of prefecture order“. The Monnin cheese dairy, established in 1994 in Chantrans, near Ornans, employs around twenty employees and generates an annual profit of around €800,000. Was the subject of three official notices from the Prefecture of Daubs to bring itself into compliance.
The Fisheries Federation, concerned about the pollution of the Doubs River, which is particularly popular for trout fishing, filed a civil suit for environmental damage.
Source: Le Figaro
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