Blue Bell Creameries pleaded guilty on Monday to charges that they distributed adulterated ice cream products and will pay a criminal fine and forfeiture amount totaling $17.25 million. According to the Department of Justice
Continue Reading Blue Bell’s CEO took a long road to criminal charges
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
Continue Reading Letter From The Editor: Truth is, Blue Bell sure made lot’s of news for case about concealment
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 to foodborne illness outbreaks from
Continue Reading Chipotle agrees to pay $25 million federal fine for role in some outbreaks
Criminal prosecutions in food cases have been quiet for the last few years.
Outbreak 2: The recent multistate investigation began on April 2, 2019, when CDC’s PulseNet identified the Salmonella Carrau outbreak. As of
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: If I was part of Caito Foods, I’d be nervous
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 are grown, sourced, processed,
Continue Reading When is a potato washer not a potato washer? When it’s washing cantaloupes
On Thanksgiving eve, 83-year-old Austin “Jack” DeCoster surrendered to federal prison authorities in Massachusetts, about 40 miles west of Boston.
DeCoster traveled from his home in Turner,
Continue Reading Egg man starts 3-month term as ‘responsible corporate official’
It won’t get either of the DeCosters a better place in the lunch line or relief from working a shift in the laundry, but their case has made the “Top Ten” of October-term certiorari petitions
Continue Reading DeCosters make Top 10 list of cases justices should have heard
Editor’s note: This column by Tommy Tobin was first published by the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology at the University of Minnesota Law School.
Food can — and all too often does —
Continue Reading Controlling bad eggs — on the farm and in the C-Suite
While he is not conceding anything to the appellants, the attorney who’s been assigned to represent the government on the Peanut Corporation of America criminal appeals says he needs more time.
John-Alex Romano, the attorney
Continue Reading Parnell-Wilkerson appeal sends feds scrambling for more time
The new Department of Justice’s official guidance for holding individuals responsible for corporate wrongdoing will be honored in the breach tomorrow in a federal courtroom in Albany, GA. Instead, any concern about holding individual responsible
Continue Reading Criminal plea hearing will likely end decade-old Peter Pan case
The Justice Department’s top food safety prosecutor says the year-old “Yates Memo,” about holding individuals at corporations accountable, is “still evolving.”
In remarks prepared for delivery Wednesday at
Continue Reading Top food safety prosecutor continues accountability approach
