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# Product Distributor Liability: Some Different Scenarios
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2009/09/product-distributor-liability-some-different-scenarios/
- Published: 2009-09-02T20:37:46.000Z
- Updated: 2018-07-30T19:40:42.000Z
- Author: Denis Stearns
- Tags: For Industry, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-25 09:53

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In “[Product Distributor Liability: Some Different Scenarios](http://www.marlerclark.com/pdfs/distributor%5Fliability.pdf?ref=foodsafetynews.com),” an article for ID Access, I address liability for product distributors by using examples to illustrate product distributor liability in practical scenarios such as in the case of when a distributor transports E. coli-contaminated lettuce or ground beef from a producer to a retailer. Central to this writing is the concept of a pass-through statute: *What pass-through statutes do–when they work as intended–is help the plaintiff to find out the identity of the manufacturer in situations where that information might otherwise be hard to learn. The statute also protects non-manufacturing defendants avoid the cost and disruption of litigation, or at least most of it.*