The U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota has enjoined Todd & Patty Meech Dairy Farm and its co-owners from introducing adulterated meat into interstate commerce pending required remedial action.
According to the U.S.
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DOJ: Freshy Foods needs to cease operations until it cleans up
A listeria strain that took up residence at Louisiana’s Freshy Foods in 2013 and remains there to this day, along with multiple instances where its ready-to-eat sandwiches were poisoned with the same pathogen, spurred government
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Federal court shuts down fish processor after years of problems
Thirteen years after Michel G. Blanchet promised to follow food safety laws, The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has enjoined the Los Angeles man from preparing, processing, and distributing adulterated fish
FDA wants judge to shut down unsanitary Staten Island facility
Euroline Foods LLC and Royal Seafood Baza Inc. violated the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act by processing and distributing ready-to-eat fish, fishery products, vegetable salads and cheese products in a Staten Island facility where
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Sessions clears way for food companies to ignore FDA guidance
Those guidance documents the Food and Drug Administration hands out to food manufacturers and others don’t mean as much as they once did. The Department of Justice has changed its policy so government lawyers will
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Feds target smoked fish operation once on Oprah’s favorite list
Federal officials are seeking a court order to stop a smoked fish operation from selling food because of repeated Listeria problems at its Westchester County, NY, facility.
Known as The Smokehouse of New York, the
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Permanent injunction against Syfrett Feed Co over medicated animal feeds
Syfrett Feed Company Inc. of Okeechobee, FL, along with its owner and president, vice president and operations manager were named Thursday in a consent decree of permanent injunction by the U.S. District Court for the
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Dole’s Springfield shutdown, recalls cost company $36 million
Because the Dole Food Company is going public, financial documents it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are available showing how much recalls and shutdowns have cost the company’s Dole Fresh Vegetables unit
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Federal court shuts down powdered milk producer
Additional U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) enforcement against Valley Milk Products LLC was taken last week. In civil action, the government and Valley Milk Products LLC entered into a consent decree of condemnation, and
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Top food safety prosecutor continues accountability approach
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
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The food police are coming — liability and DOJ enforcement
The notion that “the food police are coming” motivated attendees at the United Fresh Produce Association’s Washington Conference earlier this month to attend a session featuring Jeffrey Steger, assistant director in the Consumer Protection Branch
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