Opinion
The key player might be Eskin, because of her experience with stakeholder groups during her time as food safety project director for The Pew Charitable Trusts.
It’s all but certain to be a dramatic trial. During the next 100 days, the pre-trial maneuvers will begin to reveal the prosecution and defense strategies that will be used. This one will be much more in focus just before trial.
Marler sues USDA, an industry-consumer coalition plans to reform U.S. poultry production, and the federal government takes a top food industry executive to a jury trial on felony charges — all likely to be among top food safety stories for 2022.
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