Opinion
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
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U.S. Supreme Court asked to review DeCoster v. U.S.
A writ of certiorari has been filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, requesting the high court review DeCoster v. United States. The government has until Feb. 15 to respond the writ.
Appellate attorney Peter D.
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The food police are coming — liability and DOJ enforcement
The notion that “the food police are coming” motivated attendees at the United Fresh Produce Association’s Washington Conference earlier this month to attend a session featuring Jeffrey Steger, assistant director in the Consumer Protection Branch
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Food Safety’s Criminal State of Mind
As Food Safety News editor Dan Flynn has reported, lawyers for Austin “Jack” DeCoster and Peter DeCoster, owners and operators of Quality Egg, have recruited some heavy hitters in their ongoing battle to avoid prison
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Food Safety Misdemeanors Might Require Showing ‘Guilty State of Mind’
One option the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has pursued since at least 2010 in criminal prosecutions of corporations and officers is to bring charges that do not require proof that defendants were in
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Letter From the Editor: Can Strict Liability Crime Mean Jail Time?
Here are a couple of legal concepts to get your head around before we continue: The Park Doctrine: Also known as the “Responsible Corporate Officer (RCO) Doctrine,” it allows a corporate officer, who in a
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