March 11, 2004

So that's what he meant by "long pig"

Posted by pete at March 11, 2004 12:25 PM

Guess the Canadian authorities aren't big horror fans. Anyone with at least a passing knowledge of Motel Hell or The Texas Chainsaw Massacre could've seen this coming:

VICTORIA, Canada (AFP) - Authorities in the western province of British Columbia warned that pork from a farm owned by accused serial killer Robert Pickton may be contaminated with human remains.

British Columbia Provincial Health Officer Perry Kendall called on "anyone who may still possess frozen pork meat products from the Port Coquitlam farm of Robert Pickton, to return those products to police."

Kendall said federal police approached the provincial Centre for Disease Control "to inquire about potential health risks for individuals who may have consumed pork meat processed or slaughtered at the farm, given the conditions they discovered at the site."

While I can't conceive of anyone holding on to the meat for culinary purposes after Pickton was arrested in 2002, I can just bet some people are keeping it in the deep freeze until the trial. Then you can count the seconds before "Pickton Pork" starts showing up on eBay.