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Dole’s Springfield shutdown, recalls cost company $36 million

By News Desk on May 5, 2017

Dole Food Co.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

By News Desk on March 20, 2017

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

By Dan Flynn on December 8, 2016

The Justice Department’s top food safety prosecutor says the year-old “Yates Memo,” about holding individuals at corporations accountable, is “still evolving.”

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In remarks prepared for delivery Wednesday at…
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The food police are coming — liability and DOJ enforcement

By Tom Stenzel on September 29, 2016

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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DOJ invites victims of Salmonella outbreak to criminal hearing

By Dan Flynn on September 9, 2016

Invitations requiring no RSVPs are out to more than 150 people who suffered from Salmonella Tennessee 10 years ago from contaminated Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter. They have been invited to the likely…
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Justice helps FDA shut down noodle and sprout distribution

By News Desk on July 18, 2016

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors began recording the failure to properly maintain the Kwong Tung Foods facility at 1840 East 38th Street in Minneapolis in 2010. Pipes were observed draining directly onto the…
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Judge moves quickly to stop seafood processor’s operation

By Dan Flynn on July 6, 2016

The federal government’s new emphasis on food safety was recently revealed in two ways through litigation against a Mobile Bay seafood company. First, food safety risks created by the company’s actions are getting a longer…
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Appeal could put Secretary of Agriculture in courthouse door

By Dan Flynn on June 30, 2016

For the first time since the U.S. Department of Justice increased filing criminal charges for food safety violations, it may get its wings clipped just a bit by a challenge to district court jurisdiction in…
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Court pulls plug on California soy business and its tofu, sauce

By Dan Flynn on June 28, 2016

Wa Heng Dou-Fu & Soy Sauce Corp., doing business as Wa Heng Dou-Fu & Soy Sauce International Enterprises (Wa Heng), along with co-owners Peng Xiang “Martin” Lin and Yuexiao “Opal” Lin have consented to a…
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Court order prevents distribution of beans and sauces

By Dan Flynn on June 3, 2016

Brothers William and Scott McGreevy said in March that they’d reach a “quick resolution” to the dispute between their Wichita company and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). On Wednesday, that prediction came true…
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