A Huron County farmer has been fined under the Food Safety and Quality Act.
Last August, Gerald Kemerink shipped a cull cow to the Ontario Livestock Exchange for sale.
An OMAFRA-appointed veterinary inspector determined the cow was a fallen animal and had it euthanized.
Under provincial law, Kemerink was responsible for promptly killing or arranging to have the downed animal killed in a humane manner, rather than shipping it out for market.
The Kippen-area farmer pled guilty to the charge in court in Goderich and was fined 15 hundred dollars.
He's also required to pay a 375 dollar Victim Fine Surcharge.
