A former Beef Products Inc. employee has filed a civil lawsuit against a number of media sources, alleging that they “willfully and maliciously” spread false and misleading statements about BPI’s beef filler known as lean
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Listeria-contaminated Cheese Leads to Premature Birth; Family Sues Distributor
Update: Since this story was originally published, the infant born prematurely to Joanna Valentine and Laurie Sorenson died, and a wrongful death suit was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on behalf of the
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Michigan Mom & Daughters Sue Wal-Mart for Bad Cantaloupes
A Michigan family has sued Wal-Mart for selling contaminated cantaloupe that’s involved in the multistate Salmonella outbreak.
The complaint was filed in Michigan’s Calhoun County Circuit Court on behalf of Battle Creek resident Angela Compton
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Woman Sues Over 2010 Folklorama Outbreak
The Folk Arts Council of Winnipeg Inc., also known as Folklorama, and the Russian Pavilion are being sued for lost wages, pain and suffering by 52-year-old Trudy Andrew of Oakbank. Winnipeg’s Folklorama Festival claims to
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Confidential Settlements Reached in Salmonella Pine Nut Litigation
PRESS RELEASE — Food safety law firm Marler Clark, which underwrites Food Safety News, announced the settlement of 12 claims involving five families affected by Salmonella Enteritidis illnesses in 2011. The Outbreak In late
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Former BPI Employee Plans to File Suit Over LFTB Backlash
A former Beef Products Inc employee plans to file a civil lawsuit in response to the national frenzy over lean finely textured beef (LFTB), now widely known to consumers as pink slime. 
Sioux City, Iowa-based
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Lawsuit Filed in Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Unpasteurized Tempeh
The first lawsuit has been filed against the North Carolina tempeh producer and the online spore culture retailer responsible for a Salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 89 people in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
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Today: Walmart, Kroger, Primus. Tomorrow: You?
Last week, Jensen Farms, the grower of the cantaloupe implicated in the Listeria outbreak of 2011, filed for bankruptcy. Prominently listed in the filing were lawsuits associated with the outbreak, from which 146 people were
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Lawsuit Filed Against North Carolina Restaurant
A North Carolina man, one of more than 10 people sickened with Salmonella infections, has filed a lawsuit against the Charlotte restaurant whose Eggs Benedict he alleges made him ill.
The complaint against the restaurant
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Lawsuit Claims Some Store ‘Honey’ Brands Are Deceptive
A series of class action lawsuits has been filed in Florida against major food retailers who allegedly sell honey that may not be “honey” because it does not contain pollen.
Five Florida residents are bringing
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