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Latest News in Food & Beverage
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March 18, 2026
Del Monte Foods Gets OK To Take Votes On Ch. 11 Plan
Del Monte secured a New Jersey bankruptcy judge's permission Wednesday to take creditors' votes on a Chapter 11 plan that would wind down its remaining business, about a month after the canned food company won approval of deals to sell its assets.
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March 18, 2026
ITC Orders $5M In Penalties For Illegal Chocolate Milk Imports
The U.S. International Trade Commission has levied $5.3 million in penalties on four grocers that were found to have violated a ban on importing a chocolate malt drink mix.
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March 18, 2026
Pa. Utility Regulator Seeks $2.6M Fine Over Fatal Explosion
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission wants the gas company whose pipe leak allegedly caused the fatal 2023 explosion at the R.M. Palmer Co. chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania, to pay a $2.6 million civil fine, blaming the blast on the company's poor planning, inaccurate maps and failure to heed warnings that the plastic on its gas lines could degrade and fracture.
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March 18, 2026
Sushi Chef's Overtime Suit Is Fishy, Conn. Restaurant Says
A Connecticut sushi restaurant has told a federal judge that it should win a chef's lawsuit alleging unpaid overtime, because he is a serial filer of baseless claims, working with his attorneys at Troy Law Group PLLC to try to secure unjustified payouts from multiple employers, and he was actually overpaid.
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March 18, 2026
Abbott Investors Ink $40M Deal Over Infant Formula Crisis
Shareholders who brought a derivative suit over Abbott Laboratories' management of the 2022 infant formula crisis asked an Illinois judge on Tuesday to approve a settlement that includes $40 million in investments in food safety and corporate reforms, and $15.85 million in attorney fees.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Farm Service Agency
- Food and Nutrition Service
- Food Safety and Inspection Service
- Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- State and international food and beverage regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Food safety regulation
- Labeling requirements
- Food import bans and trade restrictions
- Antitrust and consumer protection controls
- ENFORCEMENT
- Food and beverage recalls
- Food safety actions
- Merger reviews
- LITIGATION
- Mass torts
- Food safety suits
- Labor and employment issues
- International trade disputes
- Agricultural commodities trading suits
- Antitrust disputes
- Breach of contract suits
- Insurance coverage disputes
- Environmental issues
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Share buybacks and stock splits
- Franchise agreements and real estate deals
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of food and beverage practices
Readership
- Food, beverage, retail, and hospitality lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the food and beverage industries
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals