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Abbott resumes production of infant formula under strict eye of FDA

By Coral Beach on June 6, 2022

Abbott Nutrition has resumed operations at its baby formula plant which was shut down by the FDA in mid-February because of dirty conditions and a link to a cronobacter outbreak that saw two babies die.
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Beach Beat: Babies are at least as important as dogs — feds need to stand up

By Coral Beach on March 30, 2022

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Is the safety of dog food as important as the safety of infant formula? That is the question facing officials at the Food and Drug Administration, but they aren’t talking about it…
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Rodent infestation, bird droppings, bugs lead to spice seizure at Miami company

By Coral Beach on October 2, 2021

United States Marshals seized more than 25,000 bulk bags and boxes of ready-to-eat spices and food additives Friday because they were being held in unsanitary conditions in Miami.

The seizure at Lyden Spice Corporation, on…
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Chipotle agrees to pay $25 million federal fine for role in some outbreaks

By News Desk on April 22, 2020

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…
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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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Feds seek shut down LA seafood processor for Listeria, filth

By Dan Flynn on October 6, 2017

Ready-to-eat, smoked fish and fishery products produced by Michel Cordon Bleu Inc. in Los Angeles from such raw fish as Florida salmon and Idaho trout and sold to restaurants, retailers, hotels and cruise ships are…
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Target pulls Just Mayo, all Hampton Creek foods from shelves

By Coral Beach on June 24, 2017

Target has pulled all Hampton Creek products, including “Just Mayo,” pending further review because of food safety concerns.

Officials with the country’s second largest retailer have been in contact with the Food and Drug Administration…
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FDA, U.S. Marshals raid Minnesota warehouse, seize food

By News Desk on June 22, 2017

Professional Warehouse and Distribution Inc., a repeat offender on the FDA’s books, won’t be storing food for human consumption any more according to the owner who spoke after U.S. Marshals seized food from the rodent-infested…
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Court May Not Have Power to Hasten FSMA Implementation, Judge Says

By News Desk on April 2, 2013

The parties suing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its failure to meet several deadlines laid out in the Food Safety Modernization Act got discouraging news at a hearing last week when a federal…
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Path to Illnesses and Deaths Began Five Years Before Salmonella Outbreak

By Dan Flynn on February 22, 2013

The 52-page Grand Jury indictment of Stewart and Michael Parnell, Samuel Lightsey and Mary Wilkerson tells us a lot more than we knew about now-liquidated Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). The indictment of the four …
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