THE ATTORNEY FOR VALLEY MEAT COMPANY OF ROSWELL SAYS HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO FRIDAY'S HEARING IN SANTA FE RELATED TO A RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST HIS CLIENT. BLAIR DUNN SAYS ATTORNEY GENERAL GARY KING, WHO GOT THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, IS WRONG IN HIS ASSERTION THAT VALLEY MEAT COMPANY WILL VIOLATE STATE WATER QUALITY LAWS. HE SAYS VALLEY MEAT, WHICH HOPES TO SLAUGHTER HORSES FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, CONTINUES TO WORK WITH THE ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT OVER ITS WATER QUALITY ISSUES.
DUNN SAYS KING IS WASTING TAXPAYER'S MONEY AND THE ALLEGATIONS HE MAKES AGAINST VALLEY MEAT ARE UNTRUE AND INACCURATE. HE CALLS THE LAWSUIT "FRIVOLOUS."
THIS MAKES THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF LEGAL CHALLENGES AGAINST VALLEY MEAT COMPANY, WHICH HAS BEEN TRYING TO OPEN FOR BUSINESS FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS. BOTH VALLEY MEAT AND ANOTHER PLANT IN MISSOURI WON AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT PERMITS TO BEGIN OPERATING. THEY'D BECOME THE FIRST HORSE SLAUGHTER PLANTS IN THE U-S SINCE 2007.
