September 24, 2015 by admin(Washington Post: Published 09/21/2015, Dennis, Brady, Web) Former peanut executive Stewart Parnell was sentenced Monday to 28 years in prison for his role in a nationwide salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds in 2008 and 2009. The sentence marked the most severe punishment ever for a food-related crime. Prosecutors had sought life […]
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September 11, 2015 by admin(Washington Post: Published 09/10/2015, Eunjung Cha, Ariana, Web) U.S. officials said a second person had died from consuming cucumbers contaminated with salmonella poona and that the number of cases has increased to 341 people in 30 states. More than half of those who have become ill are children younger than 18 years of age and 70 […]
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September 3, 2015 by adminFrom the AAJ News Brief for September 2, 2015. Washington, DC – Food manufacturers have created dangerous production systems that are sending Americans to the hospital all too often, a new report today by the American Association for Justice (AAJ) says. Because regulators have been unable to keep up with an ever-changing industry, the civil justice system has […]
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