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Now growing hemp, not deadly cantaloupe, Jensen brothers face felony charges in Kansas

By Dan Flynn on July 30, 2019

Former cantaloupe growers, brothers Eric and Ryan Jensen, owed $26,368 in restitution imposed by the U.S. District Court in Denver when they decided to work off their debt by helping with a family hemp growing…
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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
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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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Food Safety Misdemeanors Might Require Showing ‘Guilty State of Mind’

By Dan Flynn on December 10, 2015

One option the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has pursued since at least 2010 in criminal prosecutions of corporations and officers is to bring charges that do not require proof that defendants were in…
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Letter From the Editor: Can Strict Liability Crime Mean Jail Time?

By Dan Flynn on October 18, 2015

Here are a couple of legal concepts to get your head around before we continue: The Park Doctrine: Also known as the “Responsible Corporate Officer (RCO) Doctrine,” it allows a corporate officer, who in a…
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Cantaloupe Farmers Ask for Probation in Criminal Case

By James Andrews on January 17, 2014

Two Colorado farmers who pleaded guilty to six counts of introducing contaminated cantaloupe to interstate commerce in one of the deadliest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history have asked a federal judge for probation sentences.
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Jensen Brothers Meeting Today With Families of Those Killed By Their Cantaloupes

By Dan Flynn on November 19, 2013

Family members of those killed in the 2011 cantaloupe Listeria outbreak met today in Denver with Eric and Ryan Jensen, the brothers who grew the contaminated cantaloupes thought to have caused the deaths. The pair…
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Letter From the Editor: Cause(s) of Death

By Dan Flynn on October 27, 2013

A few years back, someone close to me died in California and I found myself helping the family deal with obtaining the state certificate of death. I remember being somewhat surprised to learn that California…
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Jensen Brothers Plead Guilty to Six Federal Misdemeanors

By Dan Flynn on October 22, 2013

Two Colorado cantaloupe growers each pleaded guilty on Tuesday to six federal misdemeanor counts charged for introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce and criminal aiding and abetting. The pair will not be sentenced until Jan.
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Jensen Brothers Take Responsibility But Blame PrimusLabs

By Dan Flynn on October 21, 2013

After first pleading not guilty last month to all charges, Eric and Ryan Jensen reached an agreement with federal prosecutors that tomorrow will see them plead guilty and agree to cooperate with the government in…
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Plea Agreement Could End Jensen Farms Prosecution on Oct. 22

By Dan Flynn on October 16, 2013

Eric and Ryan Jensen have requested a “change of plea hearing” from the U.S. District Court in Denver, announcing through their attorneys that a disposition has been reached in the case. The two brothers are…
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