Insurance
Oct. 20, 2011
Dancing naked in the spinach field — food contamination and insurance coverage
A player in the food chain can never have too much of the right kind of insurance. By Richard P. Edwards of the Law Offices of Edwards & Hunter
The 6th District Court of Appeal's decision in Fresh Express Inc. v. Beazley Syndicate 2623/623 at Lloyd's, 2011 DJDAR 14972 (Oct. 4, 2011) again reminds us how difficult it is to trace food contamination, as well as the underwriting challenges presented by such outbreaks.
Fresh Express was involved in the marketing of bagged spinach. In September 2006, the Food and Drug Administration issued an alert advising that ...
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