“Immunities and Defenses for Allegedly Negligent Inspections” appeared in the November, 2005 issue of the Journal of Environmental Health, and was a follow-up to my previous article, “An Introduction to Liability, Negligence, and All Things In Between.” In this article, I address different states’ laws regarding liability of environmental health professionals and encourage environmental health professionals to find out whether your state is a “public-duty-doctrine” state or a pure “immunity” state. Then determine what exceptions apply.
Drew Falkenstein joined Marler Clark in January, 2004 and has concentrated his practice in representing victims of foodborne illness. He has litigated nationwide against some of the biggest food corporations in the world, including Dole, Kellogg's, a
If the FDA charged food companies user fees it could strengthen its oversight of food safety, according to a recent study.
The study, “Advancing the FDA’s Human Foods Program
An audit of laboratories in the United Kingdom has revealed a number of potential issues ranging from staff retention to a lack of shelf-life and virus testing knowledge.
The UK
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has held two meetings recently looking at chemicals in water and the use of foresight in food safety.
The water
An assessment has looked at a range of threats and challenges that public health organizations may face in the future, including the impact on foodborne infections.
The European Centre for
A total of thirty cases of Salmonella illness linked to poultry, including frozen raw breaded chicken products, are being reported in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, and New
As of Monday, the Rhode Island Department of Health reports 33 possible cases of Salmonella with 17 hospitalized in an outbreak linked to holiday pastries called zeppole. (Wednesday update: 43
Sprouts . . . nutritionally dense, next to irresistable on sub sandwiches, and an exceptional medium for the proliferation of dangerous bacteria.
Sprouts have been called one of the 10 riskiest foods. They
