Food safety and clean water always make for a good marriage. That can be seen in a recent legal settlement involving two large dairies in Eastern Washington that were accused of contaminating the water and
Continue Reading Food safety scores a win in recent water settlementsLawsuits & Litigation
Two Michael Parnell motions were denied by the federal court
Now on senior status, Federal Judge W. Louis Sands presided over the 2014 criminal trial of Peanut Corporation of American executives. And in new rulings, Sands has said “No” and “No” again to defendant Michael…
Continue Reading Two Michael Parnell motions were denied by the federal courtNestlé to compensate victims of E. coli outbreak
Nestlé France has agreed to a compensation package for people affected in a 2022 E. coli outbreak.
The agreement between the company and the families of victims was signed at the end of March. The…
Continue Reading Nestlé to compensate victims of E. coli outbreakPublisher’s Platform: ‘Poisoned’ scheduled on Netflix in June and the mystery missing updates
Well, rumor has it that the documentary version of the story of the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak will be out in June 2023. When all thought it would go to the…
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: ‘Poisoned’ scheduled on Netflix in June and the mystery missing updatesFederal Judge blocks break for medium-sized factory farms
USDA’s Farm Service Agency makes loans to family farms that are categorically exempt (“CatEx”) from the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), which permits agencies to make such exemptions.
Since 2016, the FSA has extended that…
Continue Reading Federal Judge blocks break for medium-sized factory farmsFood safety settlement entered in the federal case against Honey Smacks producer
In one of the largest ever food safety fine and forfeiture case a producer of Honey Smacks cereal pleaded guilty to operating in unsanitary conditions that resulted in an outbreak of Salmonella infections.
The $19.2…
Continue Reading Food safety settlement entered in the federal case against Honey Smacks producerJudge grants $4 million in wrongful death suit against Big Olaf Creamery
The husband of a woman who died from a Listeria infection from eating ice cream made by Big Olaf Creamery has been awarded $4 million in damages.
The victim, Mary Katherine Billman, was the primary…
Continue Reading Judge grants $4 million in wrongful death suit against Big Olaf CreamerySioux Falls voters clear a path for the new pork processing facility
There was one election this week that was like Milwaukee voting to ban breweries or Hersey, PA, putting the kibosh on chocolate makers. It was in Sioux Falls, SD, where an ordinance to prohibit permitting…
Continue Reading Sioux Falls voters clear a path for the new pork processing facilityDozens of Canadians file class action lawsuit in relation to E. coli outbreak
About 45 people are involved in a class action lawsuit against an Alberta, Canada, Hutterite colony related to contaminated pork that led to an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak.
A judge certified the case in recent…
Continue Reading Dozens of Canadians file class action lawsuit in relation to E. coli outbreakNew trial set for former chief of Blue Bell after first concluded with a hung jury
Another West Texas jury will be called next April for a second criminal trial of Paul Kruse, the retired Blue Bell Creamery president from Brenham, TX.
The first jury, empaneled Aug. 1 this year, was…
Continue Reading New trial set for former chief of Blue Bell after first concluded with a hung jury