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Biggest criminal fine ever in food safety case; zip for restitution

By Dan Flynn on December 14, 2016

Leo A. Knowles, president of ConAgra Grocery Products Company LLC, appeared in federal court in Albany, GA, Tuesday to put a human face on the corporate entity pleading guilty to a criminal misdemeanor charge of…
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Top food safety prosecutor continues accountability approach

By Dan Flynn on December 8, 2016

The Justice Department’s top food safety prosecutor says the year-old “Yates Memo,” about holding individuals at corporations accountable, is “still evolving.”

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Not a lot standing between egg man Jack DeCoster and jail

By Dan Flynn on September 20, 2016

The sole question remaining before the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals is whether the federal jail sentences imposed on Austin “Jack” DeCoster and Peter DeCoster are lawful in light of the findings at sentences. [caption…
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Montana Man Violates Consent Decree By Again Selling Dietary Supplements

By News Desk on December 2, 2015

Toby McAdam of Livingston, MT, was scheduled for a jury trial beginning tomorrow, but he decided instead to plead guilty to a single count of violating a criminal contempt order under an agreement with the…
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DOJ: Consumers Must Remain on Guard About Supplement Risks

By Dan Flynn on November 19, 2015

Putting out too much information is rarely a problem for the government, but most reports about Tuesday’s announcement by federal agencies of their new and ongoing “sweep” against unlawful dietary supplements overlooked some important consumer…
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Feds Announce ‘Nationwide Sweep’ of Supplement Makers

By Dan Flynn on November 17, 2015

Seven federal agencies, led by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), have announced joint civil and criminal actions against more than 100 makers and marketers of potentially dangerous dietary supplements, which one official compared to …
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Government Wants to be Able to Jail Egg Executives for Food Safety Violations

By Dan Flynn on September 25, 2015

Just after the federal government put a former food industry CEO in prison for the longest term ever handed down for a food safety-related crime, a top official in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)…
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Letter From the Editor: A ‘Superfood’ Controversy

By Dan Flynn on September 13, 2015

Dietary supplements — all those pills, powders, and liquid substances — have long existed in a kind of food safety twilight zone. Unlike drugs, supplements do not require the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA)…
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By Guest Contributor on January 31, 2023

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