The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it was seeking a preliminary injunction against New York City Fish, Inc. and several of the company’s employees on Friday for allegedly manufacturing and distributing ready-to-eat fish products under unsanitary conditions. According to a FDA press release, the injunction is intended to restrain
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Nutrition Label Errors Shut Down New Jersey Bakery
The Clifton, NJ-based Butterfly Bakery and owner Brenda Isaac are subjects of a permanent injunction signed by federal Judge Dennis M. Cavanaugh that essentially puts them out of business until fixes are made with some outside help. The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) brought a complaint against Butterfly Bakery
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Feds Sue Peanut Butter Maker Responsible for Salmonella Outbreak
UPDATE: U.S. District Judge William P. Johnson of the District of New Mexico has signed a consent decree imposing requirements on Sunland Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of peanut products linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Bredeney, to keep potentially harmful products from entering the marketplace, The U.S. government asked
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Injunction Against Raw Milk Dairy Imposes Many Conditions
The permanent injunction against a Pennsylvania farmer who was selling raw milk across state lines also imposes a number of conditions on him and his dairy that may have implications for other cases of interstate sales of unpasteurized milk, as well as for the legality of so-called “cow share” and
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FDA Moves to Halt New York Cheese Maker
Saying a New York cheese maker failed to correct repeated violations, despite multiple federal and state warnings, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has gone to court to close down the plant until it complies with food safety regulations.
Mexicali Cheese of Woodhaven, NY produced cheese under persistent unsanitary conditions
Feds Halt Veal Farm Sales Over Antibiotic Misuse
A California farm that the federal government claims has “a long history of illegal drug residues (antibiotics)” in its veal calf meat has been shut down.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division, entered a consent decree of
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FDA Asks Court to Shut Down Fish Company
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in a complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice Tuesday, claims that a Minnesota seafood importer’s products put its customers at risk for botulism and other food-safety hazards.
FDA said it is seeking a permanent injunction against BCS African Wholesale Food Supply LLC
Listeria Spurs Shutdown of Oregon Sprout Firm
The federal government has dropped the hammer on a 64-year old Portland mung bean sprout operation that distributed in Oregon and Washington.
At the behest of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), government attorneys persuaded the U.S. District Court for Oregon to issue a permanent injunction against Shanghai Company
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FDA Moves to Shut Down Spice Processor
In 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration seized food at American Mercantile, a Tennessee company whose website says it is a “worldwide importer, exporter, dealer and processor of bulk natural products including spices, seeds, herbs, botanical, extracts, essential oils, natural pigments, sweeteners and raw materials.”
That action came after
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FDA Acts to Stop Interstate Raw Milk Seller
A year ago, U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials sent a warning letter to Pennsylvania dairy farmer Daniel L. Alllgyer, saying they suspected he was illegally selling unpasteurized milk across states lines. He was told to stop.
A subsequent inspection of the farm revealed it was still “producing, packaging, selling
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