Editor’s note: This piece was originally published by The Regulatory Review and is republished here with permission.
Insurance underwriters can help farmers manage the risk of microbial contamination in their fields.
Foodborne illness is a public health problem of pandemic proportions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that
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Authors: Angela Spivey, Andrew Phillips, and Alan Pryor
It may come off as a truism that food safety is the “most central consumer safety and legal compliance issue” facing a food and beverage company. Yet the Delaware Supreme Court’s decision in Marchand v. Barnhill—a shareholder derivative suit that
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States have farm bills too, and North Carolina’s 2013 edition shows they can be significant. Senate Bill 638, known as the NC Farm Bill of 2013, takes a big bite out of any potential food safety liability fruit and vegetable growers might face while giving more legal protection to those
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If you were not legally responsible for the food you sold, why would you give a %^&$ about food safety? The next time you walk down the produce aisle (with your kid in tow) picking out fruits and vegetables to feed your family, ask yourself the question I ask myself
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Liability for foodborne illnesses caused by chili or soup cook-offs in Minnesota will be transferred to the consumer from the community-based nonprofit organizations that sponsor such events if two lawmakers get their way. State Representatives John Ward and Joe Radinovich, Democratic Farmer Labor (DFL) Party members from North Central Minnesota,
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