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20 years for licking ice cream, 0 years for 10 Listeria illnesses with 3 deaths

By Bill Marler on July 7, 2019
Opinion

I gave the office the 5th off, but had the opportunity to talk with Fox 10 about the “Blue Bell Licker.” According to the report:

Police in East Texas say they have spoken with

…
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Publisher’s Platform: If I was part of Caito Foods, I’d be nervous

By Bill Marler on April 29, 2019
Opinion

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

By Guest Contributor on December 9, 2018
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 are grown, sourced, processed,…
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Stewart Parnell gets new appellate attorney; seeks more time

By Dan Flynn on March 27, 2018

 Ringer — A person who is highly proficient at a skill or a venue brought in to supplement the team.

There is no doubt Atlanta attorney Amy Weil is highly proficient in the very exclusive…
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Woman draws jail sentence for contaminating chicken in 2016

By News Desk on December 20, 2017
Faye Slye
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Faye Slye, a 37-year old Cold Spring, MN, woman, was sentenced to 90 days in the Stearns County Jail after being convicted of two…
Continue Reading Woman draws jail sentence for contaminating chicken in 2016

Egg man starts 3-month term as ‘responsible corporate official’

By Dan Flynn on November 24, 2017
Austin “Jack” DeCoster

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,…
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Criminal conviction tops USDA quarterly enforcement report

By Dan Flynn on November 17, 2017

Gilberto De Armas, the owner of Rubio’s Ranch in Miami, was sentenced to six months of house arrest after pleading guilty to one felony count of selling uninspected and adulterated meat.

He must also pay…
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Canadian raw milk crusader serving 60 days — on weekends

By News Desk on November 9, 2017

Canada’s best known raw milk crusader, Ottawa’s Michael Schmidt, was sentenced Wednesday to 60 days in jail after being found guilty of obstructing a peace officer.

Michael Schmidt

His conviction…
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Eleventh Circuit grants extra time for PCA criminal appeals

By Dan Flynn on November 1, 2017

Appellate attorneys for Stewart Parnell, his brother Michael Parnell, and his former employee Mary Wilkerson and government prosecutors will get an unusual 40 minutes for their oral arguments before the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of…
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Convicted PCA execs want more time for appeal oral arguments

By Dan Flynn on October 24, 2017

In two weeks, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta will turn its attention to the criminal appeals of Stewart Parnell, his brother Michael Parnell and his former employee Mary Wilkerson.

The trio was convicted…
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Oral arguments next month in peanut butter criminals’ appeals

By Dan Flynn on October 5, 2017

The last time criminal case activity involving Peanut Corporation of America took place in an actual courtroom was almost two years ago. That was for the restitution hearing in relation to Salmonella-contaminated food that killed…
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