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$19 Million Criminal Penalty Levied Against Food Manufacturer Serves as a Stark Reminder of the Importance of Food Safety...

Alston & Bird on 2/16/2023

A salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds brought the largest criminal penalty ever imposed following a criminal conviction in a food safety case. Our Food & Beverage and White Collar, Government & Internal Investigations...more

Not So Sweet: Failure to Timely Recall Contaminated Ice Cream Results in Major Consequences for Texas Manufacturer

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 5/12/2020

On May 1, 2020, Blue Bell Creameries L.P. (Blue Bell) agreed to plead guilty to charges that it distributed contaminated ice cream products that were linked to a 2015 listeriosis outbreak. The Blue Bell outbreak made...more

DOJ Resolves Two Important Food Safety Criminal Cases: Blue Bell Creameries and Chipotle Mexican Grill (Part I of II)

The Volkov Law Group on 5/7/2020

In an important set of criminal prosecutions for food safety violations, the Justice Department recently announced resolutions with Blue Bell Creameries and Chipotle Mexican Grill....more

The Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine in the Wake of DeCoster

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 5/4/2017

Executive Summary: The most important Park doctrine case in over forty years may be heading to the Supreme Court – but not if the federal government has its way. The Responsible Corporate Officer doctrine (“RCO doctrine”),...more

Food Safety Criminal Prosecutions: When Compliance is a Matter of Life and Death

The Volkov Law Group on 3/7/2016

Over the last ten to twenty years, we have witnessed the expansion of federal criminal prosecution of health and safety matters. Environmental and food and drug regulatory enforcement has been supplemented by aggressive...more

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