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FDA action on ‘high risk’ foods settles lawsuit brought by Center for Food Safety

By News Desk on September 24, 2020

When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this week issued a proposed rule naming certain high-risk foods, it also settled a 2018 lawsuit with the Center for Food Safety that requires FDA to…
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Looks like BPI got ABC’s insurance money plus $177 million

By Dan Flynn on August 10, 2017

The confidential settlement reached on June 28 between Beef Products Inc., and Disney-owned ABC News is not entirely a secret anymore.

The Walt Disney Company’s quarterly financial filing with the Securities and Executive Commission (SEC)…
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FDA Agrees to Respond on BPA Risk by March 31

By Ross Anderson on December 9, 2011

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed to decide by March 31, 2012 whether bisphenol A, the controversial chemical known as BPA, should be banned from use in food and beverage packaging.

The FDA…

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Settlements for Children Injured in Egg Outbreak

By Dan Flynn on November 17, 2011

The requirement that lawsuit settlements reached on behalf of children go back to federal court for approval is giving the public an early look at what last year’s nationwide Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak may eventually cost…

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Publisher's Platform: Secrecy in Settlements

By Bill Marler on April 10, 2011

I took the time today to read again the Seattle Times article by Maureen O’Hagan, “Seattle lawyer turns into healthy food crusader,” and I was struck by a discussion I had with the reporter:

Marler, …

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Dannon Pays $21 Million for Exaggerated Claims

By News Desk on December 16, 2010

It sure would be nice if one serving of yogurt a day kept you regular or that a dairy drink could boost your immunity, but apparently neither claim is true.

At least that’s what the…

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Litigation Twist Removed, PCA Payments Ready

By Dan Flynn on September 2, 2010

U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon Wednesday removed the final obstacle blocking settlements for victims of the infamous Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella outbreak that resulted in nine deaths and 714 confirmed infections in 46…

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Judge Approves Cargill E. coli Settlement

By Suzanne Schreck on June 16, 2010

U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank approved a settlement between Cargill, Inc. and Stephanie Smith, a Minnesota woman who became ill with an E. coli O157:H7 infection and suffered permanent injuries after consuming a contaminated hamburger…

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Fair Season Opens With E. coli Warnings

By Dan Flynn on March 31, 2010

When the Clay County Fair in Florida gets under way tomorrow for the first ten days of April, America’s love affair with fairs will be back in season.

What remains to be seen is whether…
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