Opinion
Criminal prosecutions in food cases have been quiet for the last few years.
Outbreak 2: The recent multistate investigation began on April 2, 2019, when CDC’s PulseNet identified the Salmonella Carrau outbreak. As of
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Publisher’s Platform: A Bit(e) of history of outbreak criminal prosecutions
I thought it might be helpful to see a few cases where a food borne outbreak brought the attention of the US Attorney’s office. “Forwarded is Forearmed.” 
Odwalla: In 1998 in what was the first
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Publisher’s Platform: Chipotle – Parallels with Jack-in-the-Box and Odwalla
The more things change the more things stay the same. 
Friday a Chipotle stockholder brought suit against the company, filing a complaint in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. In
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Publisher’s Platform: E coli and HUS Sites Updated
Shortly after I resolved the 1996 Odwalla E. coli O157:H7 outbreak on behalf of five kids who suffered Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), and long before Google became synonymous with searching on the Internet, we had
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Odwalla Recalls Chocolate Protein Monster Drink
Reports from consumers who said they had allergic reactions to Odwalla Chocolate Protein Monster have prompted the company to issue a nationwide allergy alert and recall.
In a news release Friday, Odwalla said it was