| 词条 | VitaPro |
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| name = VitaPro Foods Inc./VitaPro International Limited | logo = | logo_caption = | image = | image_caption = | trading_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = en | romanized_name = | former_name = | former type = | type = Food industry | traded_as = | industry = | founder = Yank Barry | defunct = | location_city = | location_country = Bulgaria, Belize | locations = | area_served = | key_people = | products = VitaPro | brands = | production = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|vitapro.com}} | footnotes = | intl = | bodystyle = }}VitaPro Foods, is a company that makes textured vegetable protein for use as a meat substitute[1] CEO Yank Barry developed VitaPro in 1989 or 1990.[2][3] It was originally a South African venture.[1] According to the VitaPro website, the company now operates from Belize and Bulgaria.[4] In 1998, Barry was indicted on corruption charges related to a VitaPro contract worth {{USD}}34 million with the Texas prisons.[6][5] In 1999, the Texas Supreme Court ruled the VitaPro contract with the Texas prisons was invalid.[6] After a trial in 2001, he was initially declared guilty, but the verdict was thrown out by U.S district court judge and a new trial was ordered in 2007.[6] He was then acquitted in 2008 after a bench retrial.[7] Barry said the charges were politically motivated.[5] References1. ^1 {{cite news|title=Sarasota resident fights for peace all over world|url=http://extra.heraldtribune.com/2013/12/26/sarasota/|newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|date= 26 December 2013|accessdate= 25 April 2014}} 2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.artnews.com/2011/08/15/adding-to-the-confusion/|title=Adding to the Confusion|first=William D.|last=Cohan|work=ARTnews|date=15 August 2011}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=Montreal Soy Mogul Charged With Bribery Over Prison Meal Deal|first=Sean|last=Silcoff|newspaper=National Post|date= 1 August 2001}} 4. ^{{cite web |title=VitaPro – contact |publisher=VitaPro Foods, Inc. |url=http://www.vitapro.com/vitapro_contact.php |accessdate=14 March 2014}} 5. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Macdonell|first1=Rod|title=Local food exec indicted in Texas|work=Montreal Gazette|issue=Sunday Final ed.|date=31 May 1998}} 6. ^{{cite web|last1=Hays|first1=Kristen|title=Former Prisons Chief, Vitapro Exec Acquitted|url=http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2005/Former-Prisons-Chief-Viapro-Exec-Acquitted/id-e4e27903e8c7329fc97b8ce2707b357a|publisher=Associated Press|accessdate=23 June 2014|date=9 September 2005}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Barry acquitted in Texas prison food scandal|url=http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=89002b28-8d38-4104-8430-c817ffff1f7a|website=Canada.com|publisher=CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. (via the Montreal Gazette)|date=25 April 2008|accessdate=6 June 2014}} External links
1 : Food and drink companies of Bulgaria |
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