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COVID crisis might not have provided judges with enough superpowers

By Dan Flynn on December 2, 2020

A food safety case is on track to be the vehicle for deciding whether federal judges have gained any extra power to stop time during the coronavirus pandemic.

It rises out of the United States…
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Plea bargain agreement brings sentence for missed tests

By News Desk on November 30, 2020

USDA’s quarterly enforcement report for the period ending Sept. 30 first reported Memet  Beqiri’s guilty plea. He has since been sentenced, on Nov. 24, concluding a plea agreement reached a year ago.

The Stafford Springs,…
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Only the Parnell brothers remain in prison for PCA crimes as Kilgore walks

By Dan Flynn on November 19, 2020

Daniel W. Kilgore, 52, will be home for Christmas. He might even be there for Thanksgiving. Kilgore is already out of federal prison. He’s at a half-way house run by the Residential Re-entry Management (RRM)…
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Grand jury charges former Blue Bell President Paul Kruse with wire fraud and conspiracy

By News Desk on October 21, 2020

A Texas grand jury has charged the former president of ice cream manufacturer Blue Bell Creameries LP with wire fraud and conspiracy in connection with an alleged scheme to cover up the company’s sales of…
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Consumer group calls Magrudis fine an ‘insult’ to outbreak victims

By News Desk on September 29, 2020

A consumer rights group has called a fine imposed on the company behind a Listeria outbreak in Spain in 2019 an “insult” to those who died.

The sanction proposed by Seville Council on Magrudis of…
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San Diego man files suit against fresh produce company in Salmonella outbreak

By News Desk on August 3, 2020

A California man is seeking damages from Thomson International Inc. contending he was poisoned with Salmonella from the company’s onions. He is part of a multi-national outbreak that has sickened more than 500.

Keith Robert…
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Panera named in civil suits involving E. coli infections and romaine

By News Desk on June 16, 2020

Civil lawsuits have been filed in the Circuit Court of St. Louis (MO) County on behalf of Stephanie Ingberg and in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, on behalf of Brianna Ruocchio,…
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Letter From The Editor: Truth is, Blue Bell sure made lot’s of news for case about concealment

By Dan Flynn on May 4, 2020
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Not since the defunct Peanut Corporation of America’s CEO Stewart Parnell was convicted six years ago has an American food industry executive been in as much possible criminal jeopardy as former Blue Bell Creamery …
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Beach Beat: The faces behind the petition

By Coral Beach on January 20, 2020
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If you haven’t heard, a Seattle attorney is petitioning the USDA to make it illegal to sell meat and poultry that is contaminated with Salmonella. 

Yep, as of right now — and who knows…
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Ranchers ask federal court to block RFID traceability tags for cattle, bison

By Dan Flynn on October 16, 2019

For the cause of traceability, radio frequency identification (RFID) ear tags will be required in American beef cattle, dairy cows, and bison by Jan. 1, 2023.

Unless, of course, a Montana-based cattle ranchers’ organization can…
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Publisher’s Platform: FSIS knows your chicken is tainted, says it’s OK to sell, but tells you not to wash it

By Bill Marler on August 21, 2019

By warning you not to wash chicken (or other poultry), FSIS correctly recognizes the risk of cross-contamination in your kitchen and the risk that it poses to you and your family – especially children and…
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