Review of 2014
Dec: Guest article from Keller and Heckman LLP
We are always happy to receive and look at guest articles and this one is our top-hitting story for December.
A food safety audit firm can be held to answer in court for claims that its negligence in performing an audit resulted in the sale of contaminated food and the subsequent injury, or death, of a consumer.
If ultimately found liable, the food safety audit firm would be required to pay damages to persons injured due to its negligence.
Recently, a Maryland District Court refused to dismiss a suit against Primus Labs, a food safety audit firm, arising from the sale of Listeria contaminated cantaloupe by Jensen Farms.