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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

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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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Request for update on Petition to deem Salmonella an Adulterant

Bill Marler

11] Foods regulated by FSIS substantially contribute to this public health burden; according to the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration, over a third of salmonellosis cases can be attributed to chicken (14.0%), pork (10.3%), beef (6.4%), and turkey (6.2%). As of 2019, it was 17.12. [9] 4] In re.

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Lancaster Country (PA) Bakery Issued Warning Letter for

Penn State Food Safety Blog

FDA issued a Warning Letter to McClure’s Lancaster Old Fashioned, LLC, a processor of ready-to-eat (RTE) bakery products located in Bowmansville, PA, 17507. However, FDA expects food manufacturers to follow the CGMP and PC rule to prevent the unintentional incorporation of allergens into foods which are not formulated to contain them.

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Bringing Food Safety to the Masses

Food Safety Tech

Coli outbreak, and also in terms of my work with USDA and the FDA and my role as an academic who speaks on food safety and food safety policy. One area that’s of interest is the FDA Food Code in that it is updated regularly, but there are some states that use very old versions of it.

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2023 Update on state food safety legislation

Food Safety News

Puerto Rico’s S 343 includes the measurement of food safety in the surveys carried out by the Bureau of Statistics. Rhode Island’s H 5345 provides that the state consents to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) provisions relative to the Preventive Controls for Animal Food Regulations.