A Washington family is suing Safeway and its parent company, Albertsons, claiming that a mislabeled cookie caused the death of 78-year-old Margaret Jean “Peggy” Bryant, which they say exposes serious failures in food safety protocols.
On April 7, 2023, Bryant, 78, purchased what she believed was an oatmeal raisin cookie
Continue Reading Family sues Safeway after mislabeled cookie causes grandmother’s death
The Appellate Division, First Department of the New York Supreme Court, has ruled that an E coli victim’s lawsuit against the Chopt Creative Salad Co. LLC may go forward.
The nine-year-old legal action by Plaintiff-Respondent Alison Goldman named the Chopt Creative Salad Company as the Defendant-Appellant in the Bronx court
Continue Reading E. coli Victim’s lawsuit goes forward after win in NY’s appeals court
Just a month ago, the Environmental Protection Agency rejected revisions to the Clean Water Act submitted in 2017 for more effective regulations of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs).
In response, the San Francisco-based Center for Food Safety and 12 other groups sued the EPA for its denial to regulate factory
Continue Reading Lawsuit over farm manure disposal could also help remove pathogens from irrigation water
About 45 people are involved in a class action lawsuit against an Alberta, Canada, Hutterite colony related to contaminated pork that led to an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak.
A judge certified the case in recent days. It seeks compensation for people who were sickened after consuming pork products from The
Continue Reading Dozens of Canadians file class action lawsuit in relation to E. coli outbreak
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union and UFCW Locals Nos 663, 440, and 2 have sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in federal district court in Minnesota to stop the modernization of the inspection system for market hogs.
The New Swine Inspection System went into effect on Oct.
Continue Reading Meat inspectors’ unions go to federal court over line speeds
A British man who was admitted to intensive care after an awards banquet in October lost the use of his limbs, his speech and the ability to blink — leaving his eyes wide open and him unable to sleep.
“I remember trying to communicate to my wife that I didn’t
Continue Reading Campylobacter in chicken liver parfait nearly killed British man
A class action lawsuit was filed May 1 in Northern California against Big Heart Pet Brands Inc. on behalf of consumers and businesses who bought pentobarbital-contaminated dog food manufactured by the company.
Big Heart is owned by the J.M. Smucker Co.
The lawsuit, referred to as a master consolidated complaint,
Continue Reading Consumers’ cases against Gravy Train maker consolidated
Animal activists and the Center for Food Safety sued the state of Iowa in federal court Tuesday, claiming its law to prevent “agriculture production facility” fraud violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
The “ag-gag” law hasn’t seen much use in the Hawkeye State since its passage
Continue Reading Food safety, animal activists sue Iowa over 2012 ‘ag-gag’ law
Approximately 20-30 percent of victims in foodborne illness outbreaks seek legal action against the companies whose products sickened them or their family members, according to an attorney quoted in a May 24 report by the Dallas Morning News. The newspaper interviewed a number of lawyers who specialize in foodborne
Continue Reading Report: About 20-30 Percent of Foodborne Illness Victims File Lawsuits
A restaurant in Exeter in the United Kingdom is facing a lawsuit from 193 diners who say they were sickened with norovirus after eating there just before Easter of this year. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit say that a franchise location of the Toby Pub & Carvery did not immediately shut
Continue Reading Nearly 200 People Sue UK Restaurant After Norovirus Outbreak
