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 meet deadlines and reporting requirements as mandated by the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
Continue Reading FDA action on ‘high risk’ foods settles lawsuit brought by Center for Food Safety
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) shows a charge of $177 million “net of committed insurance recoveries,” incurred in connection with
Continue Reading Looks like BPI got ABC’s insurance money plus $177 million
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 agreed to the deadline as part of the settlement of a lawsuit filed by the
Continue Reading FDA Agrees to Respond on BPA Risk by March 31
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 egg baron Jack DeCoster’s insurer.
The 2010 SE outbreak sickened at least 1,939 people and
Continue Reading Settlements for Children Injured in Egg Outbreak
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, … says he and his firm, Marler Clark, have pried $500 million in settlements out
Continue Reading Publisher's Platform: Secrecy in Settlements
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 Federal Trade Commission and a multi-state coalition of 39 attorneys general, led by Oregon and
Continue Reading Dannon Pays $21 Million for Exaggerated Claims
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 states in late 2008 and early 2009.
Judge Moon took out one final strange
Continue Reading Litigation Twist Removed, PCA Payments Ready
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 on Tuesday.
Smith, a Cold Spring resident, developed hemolytic uremic syndrome secondary to E. coli
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 the $2.2 million that one fair just agreed to pay a Fresno girl who contracted
Continue Reading Fair Season Opens With E. coli Warnings
