For the last 20 plus years at food safety conferences around the world, I have primarily pitched the moral reason not to poison customers. With 48,000,000 sickened each year, 125,000 hospitalized and 3,000 deaths in the U.S., I have had far too many examples to choose from. With the economic losses to the victims and
I will miss Mike’s steady hands in food safety. From his years at FSIS – his historic decision to deem E. coli O157:H7 and adulterant – to his tenure at FDA during the run-up and roll-out of the Food Safety Modernization Act. Thanks Mike for what you have done and best wishes for your future.
The program includes two days of sessions facilitated by Frank Yiannas, Vice President of Food Safety & Health, Walmart, USA and Adjunct Professor in the Online Master of Science in Food Safety Program at MSU. The program also includes guest lectures by William “Bill” Marler, J.D., (Topic: Justice Department Prosecution of Individuals vs
Jack DeCoster and Peter DeCoster were sentenced April 13, 2015 by U.S. District Court Judge Mark Bennett to three months in prison for introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce. In addition, they were each required to pay $100,000. The DeCosters’s former company, Quality Egg LLC, was fined nearly $6.8 million. Eggs from their Iowa farms
The ABA over the last several years has picked 100 Blawgs (Blogs) to profile and I am honored to make the 2015 list. As the ABA says, my Blog has:
Daily updates on food-borne illness reports and resulting nationwide product recalls as well as commentary on what governments and corporations should do as far as
From the 1993 Jack-in-the-Box E. coli outbreak that sickened 700 and killed four children to the mid-2000’s, nearly 90% of my law firm revenue came from E. coli cases linked to hamburger. Kids who suffered kidney failure or death, kept me busy until the outbreaks and recalls prompted government, industry and the free market to
Hello from Chicago and the Food Safety Summit.
Reuters reported late last night that Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG.N) has retained two (additional) leading food safety experts – including a critic of the burrito chain’s early response to disease outbreaks last year – as it redoubles its efforts to guard against health scares.
David Acheson, a
According to the food critic at the Washington Post for Trump. “food safety is a priority. Trump, a reluctant hand-shaker who has been known to chew out double-dippers at parties, told CNN that the fast-food chains’ cleanliness is part of their appeal. “One bad hamburger, and you can destroy McDonald’s,” said Trump, …” He even
Yesterday I was speaking to a prominent lawyer who defends companies that are caught up in foodborne illness outbreaks and the recalls of the food products that sickened consumers. The lawyer was complaining (more on other lawyers complaining about the CDC below) about the CDC’s announcing deaths arguably related to the tainted product, specifically the
PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL BENJAMIN C. MIZER DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA’S 39TH ANNUAL NATIONAL FOOD POLICY CONFERENCE
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
Thank you for that kind introduction. And thank you to the Consumer Federation of America and organizers of the National Food Policy Conference for inviting me
