Chipotle to Pay $25 Million Criminal Fine for Food Poisoning April 22, 2020 By Edvard Pettersson Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. will pay a $25 million criminal fine to resolve allegations by federal prosecutors that its food...
E. Coli Scare to End in Weeks as California Resumes Lettuce Output May 2, 2018 By Lydia Mulvany and Megan Durisin The concerns over the recent U.S. outbreak of E. coli involving romaine lettuce may last no more than a few...
Study: Foodborne Illness Outbreak Could Cost a Restaurant Millions April 26, 2018 A single foodborne outbreak could cost a restaurant millions of dollars in lost revenue, fines, lawsuits, legal fees, insurance premium...
Second Bacterium Found in Louisiana Mass Food Poisoning October 25, 2017 Louisiana health officials say a second bacterium, in addition to the salmonella found, apparently contributed to the mass food poisoning...
Chipotle Restaurants Closed by E. Coli Outbreak Reopen November 12, 2015 By Craig Giammona Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is preparing to reopen 43 restaurants in the Pacific Northwest that have been closed for more...
Commentary: Food Poisoning – Costly, Deadly and Way Too Common November 5, 2015 By Bloomberg View It’s a mistake to make a federal case out of a single outbreak of food poisoning. It’s worth pointing out,...
West Virginia Meatloaf Death Cases Moved to Federal Court December 17, 2014 A lawsuit blaming a restaurant’s meatloaf for the deaths of a former West Virginia state lawmaker and her husband is...
Twice the Risk of Foodborne Outbreaks at Restaurants Versus Homes April 22, 2014 Outbreak data show that Americans are twice as likely to get food poisoning from food prepared at a restaurant than...
DNA Mapping Used to Fight Food Poisoning April 7, 2014 By LAURAN NEERGAARD Chances are you’ve heard of mapping genes to diagnose rare diseases, predict your risk of cancer and tell your ancestry....
Food Poisoning Blamed for 2 Bali Vacationers’ Deaths February 6, 2014 By ROD McGUIRK An Australian woman and her teenage daughter who became ill and died within hours of each other while on vacation...