Newark: Meat Plant Owner Charged With Pollution
The owner of a meat rendering plant in the Ironbound section of Newark was indicted yesterday on charges of polluting the air and water, state officials said. The owner, Seymour Berkowitz, 72, of Allendale, faces up to five years in state prison and fines. The plant, on Bay Avenue, processed more than a million pounds of meat waste a week, which was stored outside on the ground in all weather, state officials said.
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