Lawsuits & Litigation

Court overturns decision in Tiger Brands Listeria case

A court in South Africa has overturned a previous decision to make companies divulge information in relation to a deadly Listeria outbreak in 2017 and 2018. The Supreme Court of

By Joe Whitworth

/ 7 Feb 2022

Court overturns decision in Tiger Brands Listeria case

An Oregon grocer and its beef supplier are split over who pays for outbreak costs

A grocer wants to recover more than $2.7 million from its beef supplier for an incident involving the sale of product contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The claim

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 Oct 2021

An Oregon grocer and its beef supplier are split over who pays for outbreak costs

Some sickened in Salmonella outbreak in the UK ask lawyers for help

A number of people have asked lawyers to investigate whether their illness was part of a Salmonella outbreak linked to pork scratchings in the United Kingdom. Among those involved are

By News Desk

/ 19 Oct 2021

Some sickened in Salmonella outbreak in the UK ask lawyers for help

Jimmy John’s franchisee could have to pay punitive damages in E. coli case

A man who was sickened by contaminated sprouts on a Jimmy John’s sandwich has been given permission by a Utah judge to seek punitive damages in a case related

By Coral Beach

/ 23 Jul 2021

Prosecutors drop charges in strawberry tampering incident involving needles

Charges against a woman accused of putting needles in strawberries in 2018 in Australia have been dropped. My Ut Trinh, an ex-farm worker, had been charged with contamination of goods

By News Desk

/ 15 Jul 2021

Prosecutors drop charges in strawberry tampering incident involving needles

Lawsuits piling up against baby food firms over potential damage to infant brain development

There are reports of more than 80 lawsuits filed against firms that were named in a February congressional report about highly dangerous levels of arsenic and other poisons in baby

By Jonan Pilet

/ 23 Jun 2021

Lawsuits piling up against baby food firms over potential damage to infant brain development

Ag Secretary Vilsack, Food Safety Deputy Eskin in court defense of new hog inspection program

On the same day that a federal judge in Minnesota issued an order slowing line speeds under the New Swine Inspection Program, attorneys for USDA in California filed a cutting

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 May 2021

Ag Secretary Vilsack, Food Safety Deputy Eskin in court defense of new hog inspection program

Former guru follower decries bio-terror guilt in new Netflix documentary

Ma Anand Sheela is in the spotlight again. The mastermind behind the largest bioterror attack in U.S history, that resulted in more than 700 Salmonella infections, is the subject

By Jonan Pilet

/ 27 Apr 2021

Former guru follower decries bio-terror guilt in new Netflix documentary

Lawyer’s ‘severe health crisis’ could complicate Stewart Parnell’s hearing

The attorney who led the defense of Stewart Parnell in his 2014 criminal trial is set to testify next month about “claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.” Thomas J. Bondurant

By Dan Flynn

/ 20 Apr 2021

Lawyer’s ‘severe health crisis’ could complicate Stewart Parnell’s hearing

Marler renews call for declaring ‘outbreak serotypes’ of Salmonella as adulterants in meat and poultry

Food safety attorney Bill Marler wants to know what’s up with his petition calling on the USDA to declare specific “outbreak serotypes” of Salmonella as adulterants in meat. He

By Dan Flynn

/ 16 Mar 2021

Marler renews call for declaring ‘outbreak serotypes’ of Salmonella as adulterants in meat and poultry

Publisher’s Platform: They say this, the others say that, but people got sick either way

Opinion Thompson International has called out the FDA and CDC in the United States and the Canadian food safety and public health authorities in relation to a Salmonella outbreak in

By Bill Marler

/ 5 Feb 2021

Publisher’s Platform: They say this, the others say that, but people got sick either way

Lawsuit challenges FDA approval of additive that makes Impossible Burger ‘bleed’

The Center for Food Safety is challenging the FDA’s approval of a color additive used to make Impossible Foods’ plant-based burger appear to “bleed” like real meat. The advocacy

By News Desk

/ 4 Feb 2021

Lawsuit challenges FDA approval of additive that makes Impossible Burger ‘bleed’

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Lawsuits & Litigation

Court overturns decision in Tiger Brands Listeria case

An Oregon grocer and its beef supplier are split over who pays for outbreak costs

Some sickened in Salmonella outbreak in the UK ask lawyers for help

Jimmy John’s franchisee could have to pay punitive damages in E. coli case

Prosecutors drop charges in strawberry tampering incident involving needles

Lawsuits piling up against baby food firms over potential damage to infant brain development

Ag Secretary Vilsack, Food Safety Deputy Eskin in court defense of new hog inspection program

Former guru follower decries bio-terror guilt in new Netflix documentary

Lawyer’s ‘severe health crisis’ could complicate Stewart Parnell’s hearing

Marler renews call for declaring ‘outbreak serotypes’ of Salmonella as adulterants in meat and poultry

Publisher’s Platform: They say this, the others say that, but people got sick either way

Lawsuit challenges FDA approval of additive that makes Impossible Burger ‘bleed’

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