Published: October 11, 2008 08:00 pm      

Police confiscate truckload of food

IONIA -- Michigan State Police have confiscated a shipment of unrefrigerated food headed to Grand Rapids stores.

Sgt. Brad Banks said the food was found this week in a rental truck at an eastbound Interstate 96 weigh station near Ionia.

Inspectors seized and destroyed more than 2,000 pounds of food, including tofu, dairy, meat, seafood and noodles.

They also seized 200 pounds of beef that had not passed U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection.