No amount of money can compensate for the loss of a child or another family member. I recall the Jensen Farms Listeria outbreak in 2011 that sickened 147, killing more than 33, and the
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: What does it cost to sicken 1,034 – killing 204 – with Listeria-tainted polony in South Africa?
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Pet owners have filed a total of three separate civil lawsuits in federal court against Hill’s Pet Nutrition Inc. following the company’s recent admission that some of its pet foods contained
Continue Reading Pet owners file civil suits against Hill’s Pet Nutrition in relation to dog deaths
Two people have been ordered to pay almost £30,000 ($38,000) after making a false holiday sickness claim.
Martin and Lindsey Brown, aged 38 and 35 respectively, both from Chorley in Lancashire in the United Kingdom,
Continue Reading Couple convicted on fraud charges after making fake holiday sickness claim
Four people have been sentenced to three months in prison, suspended for two years, after admitting to making a false holiday sickness claim.
Michael Jameson, 43, Claire Weir, 35, Jane Weir, 38, and Janet Weir,
Continue Reading Four sentenced after guilty pleas in fake holiday food poisoning claim
Two San Francisco Bay area activist organizations that previously pressured the FDA about keeping the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rulemaking on a schedule are again pushing for the agency to meet the Act’s mandates.
Continue Reading Civil action asks judge to order FDA to name ‘high risk’ foods as mandated
Oddsmakers say it is easier to get into Harvard Unversity than to get the U.S. Supreme Court to grant a petition for Writ of Certiorari.
For Mary Wilkerson, who once held the title of quality
Continue Reading PCA peanut broker may still get Supreme Court review; no options left for manager
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention year’s declared this year’s largest E. coli O157: H7 outbreak over on June 28.
And that’s true for the disease phase of the outbreak.
But it’s also
Continue Reading Year’s largest E. coli outbreak enters litigation phase for victims, businesses
It’s back to the trial court for the parties in a 4-year-old Georgia foodborne illness case where guests at a wedding rehearsal dinner were sickened after eating a catered meal of barbecue chicken and some
Continue Reading Georgia’s high court says juries, not judges, should decide whether food poisoning cases move forward
At least 11 companies so far face lawsuits in relation to this spring’s deadly E. coli outbreak that was linked to romaine lettuce. The most recent victim to pursue compensation is a 23-year-old man who
Continue Reading Three companies flip, reveal suppliers of romaine linked to deadly E. coli outbreak
A lawsuit was filed this week in the Southern District Court of California against Sodexo Inc. on behalf of Illinois resident who has permanent brain damage from an E. coli O157:H7 infection he contracted from
Continue Reading Marine recruit sickened by E. coli from mess hall meat battles brain damage
