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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. American consumers must be able to trust that the foods they purchase are safe to eat,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “The

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Savoring our Commitment to Fair Trade Tea

Bon Appetit Management Company

Back in October of 2015, Bon Appétit was the first food service company to make a commitment to source Fair Trade tea in our cafés nationwide. Tea plants thrive in warm, humid climates that aren’t found in North America, so almost all of the tea we purchase is imported from abroad.

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Modern Twist on a Childhood Favorite (Podcast)

Modern Restaurant Management

The journey from franchisee to franchisor is the focus of this episode of The Main Course as host Barbara Castiglia speaks with brothers Neal and Nimesh Dahya, who purchased Fosters Freeze in 2015. Now, they focus on growing it. “We knew from what we learned; we could acquire the brand and take it to the next level.

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It has nearly been six years since over 1,000 people were sickened and over 200 died from Listeria-tainted Polony in South Africa

Bill Marler

It is known that in 2015 and 2016, clusters of listeriosis occurred in South Africa. The 2015 listeriosis cluster involved 7 cases total, and the predominant strain was Lm ST6. However, researchers did not have sufficient epidemiologic evidence to connect the 2015 cluster to any specific food product (Shuping et al.,

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Did you know that FSIS has a zero tolerance for Salmonella in beef served to school kids, but not for the rest of us?

Bill Marler

Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, November 2015. Some of that chicken is purchased through typical commercial channels, but schools can also obtain it via the Poultry Products Purchase Program, which is administered by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). Here are the highlights: The U.S.

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Petition for an Interpretive Rule Declaring ‘Outbreak’ Serotypes of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica to be Adulterants Within the Meanings of 21 U.S.C. § 601(m)(1) and 21 U.S.C. § 453(g)(1)

Bill Marler

Rose Porter and her 10-year-old daughter Mikayla Porter were two of nearly 200 people reported ill in the summer of 2015 from tainted pork in Washington state. On June 28, 2015, Rose hosted a party at her home. For the event, Rose had purchased a whole hog from a local butcher and spit-roasted it for the recommended 13 hours.

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Savvy Restaurateurs Reinventing as Grocerants 

Modern Restaurant Management

What started as a means to get rid of already purchased stock at the beginning of the pandemic has led to many restaurant owners realizing they might be onto something with new revenue streams to offset their losses. Café 1948 started as a small mobile trailer in Tyler Texas by Samuel and his wife in 2015. ® and SPINS?®,