Editors Note: This article first appeared in the Daily Mail and is republished here with the permission of Hugh Pennington.
Almost two weeks have passed since news emerged of a Listeria outbreak linked to ready-made sandwiches provided to patients in hospitals.
Yet until yesterday (June 18) we
Continue Reading Shameful sound of silence endangering public health
Ten years after the death of 5-year-old Mason Jones from E. coli O157:H7, Lord Justice of Appeal Patrick Elias has decided to let the 2010 inquest into the boy’s death stand. Elias found there was “no error in law” during the inquest in which William Tudor, owner of the
Continue Reading UK High Court: 2010 Inquest into Boy’s E. Coli Death Will Stand
Professor Hugh Pennington, best known for his independent inquiry into the 2005 E. coli outbreak in Wales involving school children, is again stirring the food safety pot from his emeritus post at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. With Europe moving from one food-related scandal to another, Pennington has been
Continue Reading Professor Pennington Speaks Out on Meat, Greens and Spoilage
