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Food Safety Expert Witnesses
Food safety disputes in commercial litigation typically arise when a food manufacturer, processor, distributor, or restaurant is alleged to have failed to meet applicable food safety and sanitation standards, resulting in contamination or a regulatory violation. These disputes surface in product liability litigation over foodborne illness outbreaks traced to a specific manufacturer or product, in regulatory enforcement matters over whether a food facility's HACCP and sanitation practices met FDA or USDA requirements, and in commercial disputes between suppliers and buyers over whether delivered food products met contractual safety and quality specifications. Because foodborne contamination can originate at multiple points in a complex supply chain, determining the source and cause of a contamination event requires specialized food microbiology and food safety expertise. The central issue is typically whether the food safety practices, testing, or product at issue met the regulatory and industry standards that governed it.
A food safety expert helps attorneys evaluate that question by applying accepted food microbiology and food safety standards to the contamination event, facility practices, or product at issue. That might mean tracing a foodborne pathogen outbreak to its likely source through epidemiological and microbiological analysis, evaluating whether a food facility's HACCP plan and sanitation practices met applicable regulatory requirements, or assessing whether a supplier's delivered product met the safety and quality specifications a purchase agreement required. These findings support positions on product liability, regulatory compliance, and breach of contract, giving attorneys a scientifically grounded basis for litigation strategy.
Food safety cases benefit from experts whose specific background, whether food microbiology, HACCP and regulatory compliance, or food processing and manufacturing, matches the precise contamination event or product at issue rather than food safety in general terms. Round Table Group's food safety network includes microbiologists, food scientists, and regulatory consultants with experience across foodborne pathogens, meat and seafood safety, and food processing operations. With more than 75,000 expert searches completed for litigators, we help attorneys match a case's specific food safety issue to an expert whose credentials will withstand scrutiny. Let us help you find the right food safety expert for your case by calling us at (202) 908-4500.
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Here are a few of our favorite Food Safety Expert Witnesses:
Kidney Disease, Food Safety Expert #22690
I have 6 years of experience, and specialize in the field of human nutrition with specific knowledge in the areas of nutraceuticals, functional foods and obesity. I have published on such topics as high protein diets, conjugated linoeleic acid (CLA) and obesity. I am an active researcher in the field of human health and nutrition. The applicability of foods to enhance health and wellness is a fascinating field and one that I stay current with. Certain foods contain bioactive compounds that have further value either as a nutraceutical pill or as a component of a food that will further enhance…
Alabama Poultry, Food Safety, Salmonella Expert #26277
I have 12 years of experience and specialize in the field of poultry science, with specific knowledge of poultry processing and food safety. I have published on such topics as poultry meat quality, reducing salmonella and campylobacter in poultry products, and reducing listera in further processed poultry products.
Food Safety, Food Additives Expert #28594
I have 38 years of experience in the field of toxicology, with specific knowledge of food safety, biotechnology and chemistry. I have published on such topics as threshold of regulation, carcinogenesis and toxicity testing. I have testified on food safety, toxicology and food regulation.
Georgia Hotel, Club, Food Safety Expert #33589
I have 40 years of experience, and specialize in the field of food and restaurants with specific knowledge in the areas of operations, product development and food safety. I have published on such topics as new product development, operations and menu engineering. I have testified on distribution, food safety and food borne illnesses. I am known in the food industry as a “marketing techno-chef”, combining the art of the chef with the science of a food technologist. The odds are very good that you have eaten at least one thing that I have developed!
Arizona Food Safety Expert #34859
I have 45 years of experience in the field of meat science and food safety, with specific knowledge of food microbiology, meat animal composition, and HACCP. I have published on such topics as food microbiology, meat animal composition, and fabrication of meat products.
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Tennessee Food Safety, Wine Analysis Expert #38578
I have 26 years of experience, and specialize in the field of food science with specific knowledge in the areas of food processing, food quality control and food safety. I have published on such topics as wine color stability, wine color analysis and wine chemistry.
New Jersey Imported Foods, Food Safety Expert #41554
I have 30 years of experience, and specialize in the field of food science and food safety with specific knowledge in the areas of food safety, imported foods and food processing, packaging and storage. I have published on such topics as food safety, food analysis, several chapters in books related to food safety.
Food Safety Expert #41908
I have 40 years of experience and specialize in the field of food safety with specific knowledge of hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP), food poisoning and illness investigation. I have published on such topics as HACCP, food safety culture and food poisoning. I have testified on food poisoning, illness in tourist hotels and legal compliance.
Maryland Food Safety Expert #51233
I have 38 years of experience and specialize in the field of food safety with specific knowledge in the areas of regulatory compliance, foodborne illness investigation and food safety training. I have published on such topics as food safety training. I have testified on foodborne illness and wrongful death from foodborne illness.
Texas Food Safety, Training, Outbreaks Expert #45096
I have 20 years of experience, and specialize in the field of food safety with specific knowledge in the areas of bacteriology, food safety training and retail food service operations. I have published on such topics as E. coli and Salmonella in fresh spinach, food safety for non-English speakers and online food safety training for restaurants. I have testified on foodborne illness outbreaks, food safety training and personal injury due to restaurant equipment. My research was recently reported in the largest international food safety blog.
Michigan Food Safety, Food Poisoning Expert #45303
I have 45 years of experience, and specialize in the field of microbiology and food safety with specific knowledge in the areas of foodborne pathogens, seafood toxins and surveillance of foodborne disease. I have published on such topics as food worker hygiene, the epidemiology of disease, costs caused by pathogens and seafood toxins and risk assessment of foodborne disease. I have testified 22 times on topics such as E. coli in ground beef, salmonella in catered food and ciguatera poisoning from tropical fish in a restaurant. My career has spanned about 45 years working in three settings: government, academia and…
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Questions Attorneys Ask About Food Safety Expert Witnesses:
A food safety expert typically becomes necessary in product liability litigation over foodborne illness outbreaks traced to a specific manufacturer or product, regulatory enforcement matters over whether a food facility's HACCP and sanitation practices met applicable requirements, and commercial disputes between suppliers and buyers over food product safety and quality specifications.
These experts can trace a foodborne pathogen outbreak to its likely source through epidemiological and microbiological analysis, evaluate whether a food facility's HACCP plan and sanitation practices met applicable regulatory requirements, and assess whether a delivered product met contractual safety and quality specifications. Many also address broader questions of food processing and quality assurance.
The expert's specific background, whether food microbiology, HACCP and regulatory compliance, or food processing, should closely match the contamination event or product at issue, and direct laboratory or facility inspection experience strengthens credibility. Prior testimony in similar foodborne illness or regulatory matters also adds weight.
A food safety expert's microbiological and regulatory analysis can establish the likely source of a contamination event, whether a facility's practices met applicable standards, and quantify damages tied to a food safety failure. The same analysis is often essential to rebutting an opposing expert's causation theory.
Round Table Group works with counsel to define the specific contamination event, product, or regulatory questions at issue, then sources and speaks with candidates to assess their directly relevant scientific and regulatory experience. After confirming interest, availability, and completing conflict checks, we present a curated roster of qualified options for counsel to review.
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