FDA Law Blog January 30, 2014 An Old Fashioned Park Criminal Prosecution With Some Twists - Part II

By John R. Fleder –
On October 2, 2013, HP&M posted the following on this blog:

On September 26, 2013, the United States Attorney for the District of Colorado announced that he had filed a six count criminal Information against Eric and Ryan Jensen.  The government alleges that the defendants violated the FDC Act by introducing adulterated cantaloupes into interstate commerce.  The government also alleges that the cantaloupes bore Listeria monocytogenes and 33 people died.  It is quite curious (we are being charitable here) that the government’s press release alleges that 147 people were hospitalized as a result of sales of the cantaloupes, but those allegations appear nowhere in the criminal Information!

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