Following the U.S. Department of Justice’s indictment of former Peanut Corporation of America executives on Thursday, the families of victims poisoned by the company responded with joy and relief at the prospect of a criminal
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Peanut Corp. Hearings: What Happens Now?
Four years after a Salmonella outbreak was processed, packaged, and delivered to customers around the country, the Department of Justice charged five Peanut Corporation of America executives and employees with an array of federal crimes,…
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Criminal Convictions Top FSIS Enforcement Tools Used in Latest Quarter Report
The convictions and sentences entered for a Gardena, CA meat company and its president were the centerpiece of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s criminal enforcement actions during the third quarter of the federal fiscal year,…
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FDA’s Power to Prosecute
More than a year after the deadly Listeria outbreak that stemmed from Jensen Farms’ cantaloupes was first detected, criminal charges have yet to be filed against the company, but the Food and Drug Administration’s website…
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Deadly Listeria Outbreak Focus of Federal Criminal Probe
The U.S. Attorney for Colorado is close to finishing a federal criminal investigation into the deadly 2011 Listeria outbreak associated with cantaloupes from Jensen Farms, the nonprofit Denver-based I-News Network reports. James Pena, who heads…
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Food Safety Penalties, Raw Milk Among Senate Farm Bill Amendments
Senators have filed more than 80 amendments to the Farm Bill, which the upper chamber is expected to debate this week. The thousand plus page bill — which aims to save taxpayers $23 billion over…
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Egg Baron “Jack” DeCoster: Focus of Criminal Probe
Austin “Jack” DeCoster, son Peter DeCoster, and Patsy Larson, chief financial officer for Quality Egg, are targets of a federal criminal investigation, the Bangor Daily News reported Wednesday.
The newspaper, quoting defense lawyers, said the…
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Reprieve from Criminal Prosecutions May Be Ending for Food Execs
Odwalla Inc., now part of Coca-Cola, paid $1.5 million after pleading guilty to 16 misdemeanors stemming from an outbreak of E. coli infection caused by unpasteurized apple juice that killed a child and sickened dozens…
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Kansas City Poultry Processors Face Federal Charges
Two executives of a family-owned Kansas meat company are charged in a six-count criminal indictment with processing chickens after USDA inspectors left for the day, selling them as if they were USDA-inspected, and then shipping…
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Charges Filed in SF Food Safety Certification Scam
Two former San Francisco Department of Public Health employees have been accused of soliciting fees, allegedly in exchange for helping restaurant and food service managers cheat on exams to gain state-required food-handler certification, the San …
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