3rd Shigella Lawsuit Filed Against Subway
In late February, at least 50 people became ill with shigellosis, a type of food poisoning caused by the ingestion of Shigella bacteria, after eating food made at a Subway...
Lawsuits & Litigation
Judge Lets Growers Plant Roundup Ready Beets
U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey White Tuesday denied a request for a preliminary injunction against using Monsanto's Roundup Ready sugar beet seed during the upcoming planting season.The ruling means sugar...
Lawsuits Filed in Subway Shigella Outbreak
Two lawsuits were filed this week against a Subway in Lombard, Illinois, the site of a county-wide Shigella outbreak. The suits were filed by Marler Clark, the Seattle-based foodborne illness...
No Ruling Yet in GM Sugar Beet Case
Farmers are going to have to wait a little while longer before they know whether they'll be able to plant this year's crop of genetically modified sugar beets. Federal District...
Salmonella Suit Filed Against Alamosa
A lawsuit was filed yesterday on behalf of 40 individuals who fell ill with severe gastrointestinal symptoms in March 2008 after drinking from a public water system. The suit was...
Lawsuit Filed Against Pepper Producer
A lawsuit was filed last week on behalf of the family of Donna Pierce, a 69-year-old woman from Hayward, CA who died after consuming Salmonella-contaminated white pepper in April 2009....
Court Shuts Down Maryland Veal Operation
A Maryland veal calf dealer selling about 1,200 animals a year has agreed to shut down after years of refusing to change the way he used drugs in his business.William...
Salsa Poisoning Part of Revenge Plot
A plea deal in the federal criminal case over last year's use of a dangerous pesticide to poison the patrons of a Mexican restaurant in Lenexa, KS means the wife...
'Pop Artist' Pleads Guilty To Misbranding
A plea agreement that could get him off with probation is in the works for the self-proclaimed "pop artist" who inserted himself in the Tiger Woods story.Jason Kay, 38, of...
Poultry Litter Trial Over: No Decision Yet
Lawyers making closing arguments waited a week for an ill U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell to return to the bench, but the chicken waste trial did come to an...
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Opinion & Contributed Articles
Why Did Whole Foods Stop Selling Raw Milk?
Why did Whole Foods stop selling raw milk in California, Washington, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut?In January, I wrote “Risky Business - Why would a retailer like Whole Foods sell Raw Milk?”...
More or Less Food Safety Regulation?
During the past weeks, a few news stories have highlighted the distinctions between two different legislative approaches to address the issue of food safety. There is little question that the...
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- Confirmed Lombard Subway Shigella Illnesses Now At 78
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- Gillibrand Proposes "Consumer Recall Notification Act"
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