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Canada Maple Syrup Strategic Reserve Pilferage

Yea Canada knows what’s important … though not so much on guarding it …

Sticky-fingered thieves made off with almost 30 million Canadian dollars (US$30.4 million) worth of maple syrup from a reserve warehouse in rural Quebec, the provincial body responsible for managing the production of maple syrup said late Thursday. That’s more than a quarter of the province’s extra supply—stored each year to protect producers’ from the ups and downs of global supply and demand.

 

You can read the rest at the WSJ.

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11 September 2012 Food 5 Comments

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