In denying a request for records related to a deadly Listeria outbreak traced to Boar’s Head deli meat, the USDA said the company is under criminal investigation.

In keeping with its standing policy, the U.S. Department of Justice has declined to comment on the ongoing investigation.

The outbreak has sickened

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Lactalis is facing criminal charges in France in relation to a Salmonella outbreak in 2017 linked to its infant formula.

The dairy company confirmed it was under criminal investigation and said it would cooperate with authorities.

Prosecutors brought charges for fraud, a failure to carry out a product withdrawal and

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Swiss authorities are investigating if cheese from one company is linked to the deaths of 10 people with listeriosis since 2018.

The Schwyz Public Prosecutor’s Office has opened criminal proceedings in connection with Listeria in dairy products and is investigating allegations against the owner of the cheese firm.

A total
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United States Attorney Nicola T. Hanna, the chief federal law enforcement officer for the Central District of California and the Food and Drug Administration ‘s Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI)  are continuing a criminal investigation of Chipotle Mexican Grill that dates back to 2015.

That was when a string of
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Yesterday, with the announcement of an expanded criminal investigation and slumping sales, combined with a stock price creeping slightly back up from the bottom after a multi-billion dollar free fall, it does make you wonder if Chipotle could have turned its bus around before it drove off this cliff? Now
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