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Sioux Falls voters clear a path for the new pork processing facility

By Dan Flynn on November 10, 2022

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…

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Dozens of Canadians file class action lawsuit in relation to E. coli outbreak

By News Desk on October 11, 2022

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…

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New trial set for former chief of Blue Bell after first concluded with a hung jury

By Dan Flynn on October 7, 2022

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…

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Court action in case against former Blue Bell chief continues despite hung jury

By Dan Flynn on October 5, 2022

— ANALYSIS —

Today the U.S. Court for the Western District of Texas is giving its first attention since Aug. 15 to the criminal case involving former Blue Bell chief Paul Kruse.   

“The court hereby…

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EU court clarifies rules in Estonian fish Listeria case

By Joe Whitworth on August 4, 2022

An EU court has provided an interpretation of the rules as part of a complex domestic case in Estonia involving Listeria and fish.

The European Court of Justice found that the zero tolerance limit on…

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Kruse trial begins Monday with jury selection

By Dan Flynn on July 25, 2022

At Broken Arrow, OK, Blue Bell Creamery made unlimited ice cream available for the 20th Annual Taste of Summer Festival. And a 13-year-old North Texas girl gave Blue Bell the inspiration for one of its…

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When is sanitary history too ripe for the jury?

By Dan Flynn on July 6, 2022

Does a company’s sanitary record figure into its possible criminal conduct when involved in an outbreak of foodborne illness?

That question is being disputed during the pre-trial stage of the United States v. Paul Kruse.

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Seven face charges in deadly Listeria outbreak in Spain

By Joe Whitworth on July 1, 2022

Seven people are set to stand trial as part of Spain’s largest ever Listeria outbreak, which occurred in 2019.

A judge in a court in Seville this week decided to continue proceedings against seven defendants…

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Foodwatch complaint targets Nestlé and Ferrero

By News Desk on May 23, 2022

A consumer watchdog has filed a complaint against Nestlé and Ferrero in relation to recent E. coli and Salmonella outbreaks involving the companies.

In the action, Foodwatch France lists seven offences including placing on the…
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Court overturns decision in Tiger Brands Listeria case

By Joe Whitworth on February 7, 2022

A court in South Africa has overturned a previous decision to make companies divulge information in relation to a deadly Listeria outbreak in 2017 and 2018.

The Supreme Court of Appeal ruling reverses a Gauteng…
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