Seems like I have seen this all before.
Friday a Chipotle stockholder brought suit against the company, filing a complaint in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. In the complaint, the investor accused Chipotle of failing to disclose that its “quality controls were inadequate to safeguard consumer and employee health.”
Today, watching the news of Chipotle’s spiraling stock price (down to $410 from a high of $750) and the announcement that the U.S. Attorney’s office is investigating a Norovirus outbreak last Summer in California and a Shareholder’s lawsuit being filed because investors claim that restaurant chain failed to reveal that “its quality controls were inadequate
So, when to prosecute and when to not? What are the criteria, if any, that the Justice Department now uses to decide to prosecute? For those that are prosecuted, does the punishment fit the crime? And, what happens when similar “crimes” are not prosecuted at all?
We have just learned that Blue Bell is now
CBS News just reported that the Department of Justice has started an investigation into Blue Bell after their ice cream was linked to a deadly Listeria outbreak earlier this year that killed three people. Sources told CBS News that the Department of Justice is trying to determine what Blue Bell management knew about potentially deadly
The Boston Globe reported that the head of Boston’s restaurant inspection program ate lunch at a Chipotle in Cleveland Circle on Monday afternoon to show he is confident that it is safe to dine at the location after more than 100 people got sick after eating there this month. Commissioner William Christopher, who was joined
1. Keep hands clean. Cooks and bakers should wash their hands before, during and after preparing food. Proper hand hygiene can get rid of most germs that cause food poisoning. It’s important for people working in a kitchen to wash their hands between tasks, particularly if they’ve been handling raw meat. Also, do not rinse
As the Chipotle E. coli O26 outbreak(s) creep(s) into its second month, I found myself thinking and talking today about Bill Keene, former Epidemiologist Extraordinaire at the Oregon Department of Public Health. Somehow, I have to think that with the use of his “shotgun” questionnaire, we would have figured out by now what the what
Man, E. coli (three times) and Salmonella and Norovirus (twice) can be bad for business.
Take care my friend!
Family remembers father who died from previous listeria outbreak
FAIRWAY, KS (KCTV) – A local man whose father died from eating listeria contaminated cantaloupe in 2011 has some advice for loved ones affected by the latest string of infections.
Paul Schwarz, Jr.’s death was traced back to cubed cantaloupe he ordered
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