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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2023

Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

13. SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE WITH RESPECT TO CASH FLOWS

Certain cash payments for the six months ended February 28, 2023 and 2022 are summarized as follows:

Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures
		2023				2022
Cash paid during the periods for:
Interest		$	186,906			$	50,896
Income taxes		$	—			$	—

There were no non-cash investing or financing activities during the periods presented.

14. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

a) An association of District Attorneys in the State of California contacted the Company in regards to their investigation into the environmental labeling and marketing of dog waste bags. The District Attorneys claim that labeling certain dog waste bags, including the Company's, as biodegradable or compostable is misleading due to the lack of industrial composting facilities that accept dog waste. During the year ended August 31, 2022, the Company entered into a final settlement agreement which resulted in a $300,000 fine to the Company paid over a four-month period with no admission of guilt by the Company.

b) The Company was one of three named defendants in a Civil Action in Pennsylvania. The matter was an action seeking compensation for personal injuries and is based on theories of product liability as to the Company. The matter arises out of a dog allegedly escaping from a Jewett-Cameron kennel product and causing personal injuries to three individuals. The Company’s applicable liability insurer provided the defense covering the Company’s legal fees and costs. During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2022, the case was settled within the Company’s insurance policy limits with no admission of guilt by the Company, and there were no additional costs incurred.

c) In fiscal 2021, the Company initiated arbitration against a former distributor asserting a breach of the distribution agreement and seeking damages. The arbitration hearing was held in December 2022. In February 2023, the arbitrator issued its decision and ruled in favor of the Company on all of its claims, and the monetary award is pending. The Company has requested damages and costs including attorneys’ fees, but the ultimate amount of the award is currently uncertain.

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The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134446

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