Judge rules against food processor

ELK RAPIDS — Burnette Foods violated environmental laws at its irrigation fields used for treating millions of gallons of wastewater, a federal court ruled.

Judge Jane Beckering, a U.S. District Court judge for the Michigan Western District, agreed with claims the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and two other plaintiffs raised that the food processor had exceeded the limits of its state-issued groundwater discharge permit and violated federal law.