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Hey, Food CEO’s be forewarned – Do not mess with the FDA and DOJ

Bill Marler

Former Blue Bell Creameries President Charged In Connection With 2015 Ice Cream Listeria Contamination. with wire fraud and conspiracy in connection with an alleged scheme to cover up the company’s sales of Listeria -tainted ice cream in 2015, the Justice Department announced today. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “We

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Blog Post May 2015 and News July 2022

Bill Marler

Today’s News: Blog Post 2015: A federal Grand Jury indicted Kruse in 2020 after a five-year investigation. As I said in 2015: After watching the Blue Bell Listeria Outbreak unfold over the last months – especially after reading the FDA’s 483’s, I think it is time for the President and CEO of Blue Bell to consult with criminal counsel.

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Blue Bell hit with $17,250,000 Criminal Fine

Bill Marler

million in criminal penalties for shipments of contaminated products linked to a 2015 listeriosis outbreak, the Justice Department announced today. The FDA, CDC, and Blue Bell all issued public recall notifications on March 13, 2015. A federal court in Texas sentenced ice cream manufacturer Blue Bell Creameries L.P. to pay $17.25

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

Bill Marler

The family business, known as Quality Egg LLC, pleaded guilty in 2015 to a federal felony count of bribing a USDA egg inspector and to two misdemeanors of unknowingly introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce. In 2015 ConAgra Foods agreed to plead guilty and pay $11.2 As part of the plea agreement, Quality Egg paid a $6.8-million

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CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL AGREES TO PAY $25 MILLION FINE AND ENTER A DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENT TO RESOLVE CHARGES RELATED TO FOODBORNE ILLNESS OUTBREAKS

Bill Marler

In 2015, we were involved in litigation with Chipotle over Norovirus cases in Massachusetts and California and a Salmonella outbreak in Minnesota. For example, in August 2015, 234 consumers and employees of a Chipotle restaurant in Simi Valley, California reported becoming ill. And, folks recall both E.

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Jif Salmonella peanut butter outbreak hits Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina, New York, South Carolina, Texas, Texas and Washington

Bill Marler

Tonight the FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Senftenberg infections linked to certain Jif peanut butter products produced at the J.M. FDA conducted Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) analysis on an environmental sample collected at the Lexington, KY, J.M.

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FDA Publishes Final Rule on Agricultural Water To Enhance Produce Safety

Food Safety Tech

On May 2, the FDA published a final rule on agricultural water developed to enhance the safety of produce. These revised requirements reflect findings from investigations of several produce-related outbreaks as well as feedback from a variety of stakeholders on the agricultural water requirements in the 2015 Produce Safety Rule.

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