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Could Dole and Fresh Express face criminal charges for Listeria Outbreaks?

Bill Marler

Illnesses started on dates ranging from August 16, 2014, to October 17, 2021. In 2014 former Peanut Corporation of America owner Stewart Parnell, his brother and one-time peanut broker, Michael Parnell, and Mary Wilkerson, former quality control manager at the company’s Blakely, Georgia, plant, faced a federal jury in Albany, Georgia.

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Milestones in Food Safety: 1993-1999

Food Quality & Safety

Food regulations needed to be transformed and be based on modern science to reduce risk.” Emerging Technologies Some notable trends in food safety testing developed during this period. LEADERS LOOK BACK “The Jack in the Box outbreak exposed the hidden dangers lurking in food to the entire nation.