Florida is just too large a market, and it’s too precedent-setting among jurisdictions for the cell-grown meat ventures to let the ban of their product go unchallenged. So, to no one’s surprise, Upside Foods has sued Florida officials in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida at
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Former café worker awarded damages after getting Salmonella
After contracting Salmonella, a former employee at a café in an Australian state has been awarded more than $65,000 (U.S. $42,500).
The ruling from the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) relates to an incident in 2017 when the 15-year-old worked at Central Café in Gungahlin.
The female…
Continue Reading Former café worker awarded damages after getting SalmonellaNestlé France faces charges in Buitoni case
Nestlé has announced that it is facing criminal charges regarding a 2022 E. coli outbreak in France that was traced to pizzas.
The judges leading the case filed charges against Nestlé France and Société des Produits Alimentaires de Caudry (SPAC), a subsidiary of the company, this past week.
The criminal…
Continue Reading Nestlé France faces charges in Buitoni caseSuspended sentence in Swiss fatal Listeria outbreak case
The owner of a dairy company in Switzerland that was behind a fatal Listeria outbreak has received a suspended prison sentence.
A district court in Schwyz gave the verdict of a conditional sentence of 24 months and a fine for the cheese producer.
From 2018 to 2020, the Listeria outbreak…
Continue Reading Suspended sentence in Swiss fatal Listeria outbreak caseWoman pleads not guilty in Australian mushroom case
A woman facing charges in a fatal mushroom poisoning incident in Australia has pleaded not guilty to murder.
Erin Patterson entered the plea at Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court and was remanded in custody. The case will now be moved to the Supreme Court of Victoria for trial, with the first…
Continue Reading Woman pleads not guilty in Australian mushroom caseParnell habeas corpus petitions are about to be heard by 11th Circuit panel of judges
The 11th Circuit Court Of Appeals was scheduled to hear that five-year habeas corpus motion from Stewart Parnell but pulled it back.
The second highest court in the land promises to re-assign the Stewart Parnell case shortly.
The Atlanta-based court appears ready to wrap up the Habeas petitions from Stewart…
Continue Reading Parnell habeas corpus petitions are about to be heard by 11th Circuit panel of judgesCourt Enjoins California food company from manufacturing and distributing adulterated food
A federal court has enjoined a California company to stop manufacturing and distributing adulterated food products that violate the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA).
In a civil complaint filed on Oct. 11, 2022, the United States alleged that Cali Rice Valley Inc., along with its general manager and…
Continue Reading Court Enjoins California food company from manufacturing and distributing adulterated foodJudge rules I Cook Foods closure was unfair
A court in Australia has ruled that I Cook Foods was unfairly ordered to close and destroy products in relation to a Listeria incident in 2019.
However, the judgment by the Supreme Court of Victoria dismissed the company’s application for damages. Local media quoted I Cook Foods founder Ian Cook…
Continue Reading Judge rules I Cook Foods closure was unfairEurofins hits back at ‘unfounded’ Lactalis claim
Eurofins has called a compensation claim against one of its labs by Lactalis in relation to a 2017 Salmonella incident “frivolous.”
Production at Lactalis’ Craon site in France was suspended in December 2017 as part of a Salmonella Agona outbreak investigation. Lactalis was allowed to restart sales of infant formula…
Continue Reading Eurofins hits back at ‘unfounded’ Lactalis claim11th Circuit receives Parnell’s reply on his motion for an early release
Appellate attorney Amy Lee Copeland has provided the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit with Stewart Parnell’s Reply Brief. The reply is to the government’s opposition to Parnell’s 5-year-old motion for his release from federal custody.
“The parties’ briefs are ships that pass in the night,” Copeland wrote…
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