In typical lawyer fashion, the answer is “it depends.” The consequences for a company involved in a foodborne illness outbreak can vary significantly based on the circumstances surrounding the incident.
If a company demonstrates negligence — such as failing to follow proper food safety protocols — it risks being named
Continue Reading The Litigated Dish: What is the worst case scenario for a company involved in a foodborne illness outbreak?
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
Continue Reading The Blue Bell ice cream Listeria outbreak and its fallout
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention year’s declared this year’s largest E. coli O157: H7 outbreak over on June 28.
And that’s true for the disease phase of the outbreak.
But it’s also fair to say no outbreak of foodborne disease is truly over until food safety attorney
Continue Reading Year’s largest E. coli outbreak enters litigation phase for victims, businesses
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles leading up to the 20th annual Food Safety Summit. The event, from May 7-10 at the Donald Stephens Convention Center in suburban Chicago, includes certification courses; a trade show with exhibitors from industry, academia and government; an extensive list of
Continue Reading Both sides now: Opposing views from across the courtroom
The world’s worst listeriosis outbreak is likely to cost Tiger Brands more than financial markets were expecting.
Continue Reading Tiger Brands says Listeria outbreak could cost it 1 billion Rand
Albany Law School professor and author Tim Lytton sat down with Food Safety News at the 2015 Food Safety Summit last month in Baltimore, MD, to discuss the influence of litigation on food safety. Lytton describes litigation as one of the three key pillars of the U.S. food safety system,
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