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McDonald’s food safety ad: A rare move in a quiet industry

When McDonald’s launched a brief food safety ad at the end of 2024, it raised eyebrows in an industry that typically avoids such topics — especially after an E. coli

By Jonan Pilet

/ 25 Mar 2025

McDonald’s food safety ad: A rare move in a quiet industry

The Litigated Dish: What is the worst case scenario for a company involved in a foodborne illness outbreak?

In typical lawyer fashion, the answer is “it depends.” The consequences for a company involved in a foodborne illness outbreak can vary significantly based on the circumstances surrounding the incident.

By Ilana Korchia

/ 28 Oct 2024

The Litigated Dish: What is the worst case scenario for a company involved in a foodborne illness outbreak?

Anticipating the inevitable: Predicting the next major food safety failure

By Darin Detwiler In reflecting on the evolution of food safety over the past three decades, we observe a landscape marked by significant and escalating legal actions against companies responsible

By Guest Opinion

/ 5 Apr 2024

Anticipating the inevitable: Predicting the next major food safety failure

Study analyzes media and market responses to 2015-2018 Chipotle foodborne illness outbreaks

The demand for food away from home has witnessed a surge in recent years, making restaurants a crucial source of food-related illness outbreaks. A new study, conducted by researchers with

By News Desk

/ 26 Jan 2024

Study analyzes media and market responses to 2015-2018 Chipotle foodborne illness outbreaks

Plant-based meat, dairy and eggs: A game changer or a flash in the pan?

– COMMENTARY – You’ve probably heard a lot about the new plant-based foods — meatless beef and poultry and dairy-free milk, for example, but most people don’t know much, if anything,

By Cookson Beecher

/ 31 Mar 2022

Plant-based meat, dairy and eggs: A game changer or a flash in the pan?

Person-to-Person sub-classes emerge in COVID-19 classifications

Opinion The CDC states that the death-dealing virus that causes COVID-19 spreads predominantly from person to person (P>P). A deeper dive into assessing this transmission route — and its

By Jim Mann

/ 3 Oct 2020

Person-to-Person sub-classes emerge in COVID-19 classifications

Publisher’s Platform: So, why whack Chipotle for $25,000,000 but only send a nasty letter to Jimmy Johns?

We learned yesterday from a U.S. Attorneys’ Office Press Release that Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. will pay $25 million to resolve criminal charges related to the company’s involvement

By Bill Marler

/ 22 Apr 2020

Publisher’s Platform: So, why whack Chipotle for $25,000,000 but only send a nasty letter to Jimmy Johns?

Chipotle agrees to pay $25 million federal fine for role in some outbreaks

In what federal prosecutors say is the largest ever fine of its kind, operators of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. have agreed to pay $25 million to resolve criminal charges related

By News Desk

/ 22 Apr 2020

Chipotle agrees to pay $25 million federal fine for role in some outbreaks

It’s no simple process to become a food safety ‘thought leader’

CHICAGO — Oscar Garrison, senior vice president of food safety regulatory affairs for United Egg Producers, is one of the speakers at this week’s Food Safety Summit who is ending

By Dan Flynn

/ 9 May 2019

It’s no simple process to become a food safety ‘thought leader’

When is a potato washer not a potato washer? When it’s washing cantaloupes

Opinion Food companies have been at the forefront of technological innovation and scientific research and development for decades upon decades. Cursory attention to the items we eat — how those items

By Guest Contributor

/ 9 Dec 2018

When is a potato washer not a potato washer? When it’s washing cantaloupes

Restaurant food safety is an oxymoron

Opinion Nearly 300 people got sick after eating at a McDonalds in Brevard, NC, in what authorities believe is a case of norovirus spread through human contact. This is different

By Guest Contributor

/ 19 Aug 2018

Beach Beat: Round and round Chipotle goes, where the outbreaks will end, nobody knows

Opinion Denver, we have a problem. Despite a corporate policy of “zero tolerance” for food safety mistakes, the most infamous burrito chain in the country continues to make its customers

By Coral Beach

/ 18 Aug 2018

Beach Beat: Round and round Chipotle goes, where the outbreaks will end, nobody knows

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