It’s Thanksgiving in a few weeks and you are probably bracing yourself now for the big meals – and leftovers – that the holiday brings. Thanksgiving is a holiday that revolves around good food — a lot of good food, that is. In fact, about 46 million turkeys are cooked and about 50 million pumpkin pies are eaten at Thanksgiving dinner each year. A full Thanksgiving meal could total up to 3,000 calories, and you can consume up to 229 grams of fat out of it. But overeating.
Many of us enjoy eating out at our favorite restaurants and trying out new dishes and cuisines. However, an enjoyable activity such as eating out can be spoiled by falling victim to food poisoning, which is accidentally eating food containing bacteria or viruses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 48 million people get sick, 128,000 people get hospitalized, and 3,000 die from food-borne diseases in the United States each year. Bacteria and viruses in food are the main causes of food poisoning. E.coli, salmonella, and listeria.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, food poisoning deaths in the United States average 5000 deaths each year. They also state that: “More than 200 known diseases are transmitted through food (1). The causes of foodborne illness include viruses, bacteria, parasites, toxins, metals, and prions, and the symptoms of foodborne illness range from mild gastroenteritis to life-threatening neurologic, hepatic, and renal syndromes.” Fatal food poisoning generally occurs to those with weak immune systems — typically the elderly and small children. Why is our population exposed to contaminated food?.
QUESTION: I contracted food poisoning from a fastfood restaurant and need to take them to small claims. This is a national chain and the individual restaurant is owned by XYZ Corp. I have their agent for service of process from the state website. How do I list the defendant? Is it XYZ Corp. or Fast Food Restaurant? I am confused because the corporation did not make me sick, but they are the legal owners of the restaurant that did. ANSWER: Ordinarily, shareholders are not personally responsible for corporate liabilities. However,.
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