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Sonia Johnson, a distinguished advocate for equal rights, once said “We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.”
In the past month, the Gass Weber Mullins’ Food Safety Defense Team has addressed more than a thousand food industry leaders in venues across the globe, on topics ranging from advancements in food safety technology to outbreak surveillance and food-borne illness litigation.
The 29th Annual Microbiology Symposium in River Falls, the American Conference Institute Food-borne Illness Litigation Conference in Chicago, and the National Center for Food Safety and Technology 2009 Annual Meeting, where Shawn Stevens filled in as Keynote Speaker for Senior FDA Policy Advisor Mike Taylor, are but only a few examples.
The distinguished members of Gass Weber Mullins, of course, have written the doctrine on Managing Food-borne Illness Outbreaks and Claims.
The utilization of emerging technologies to identify previously indeterminate sources of food-borne illness outbreaks, combined with broad expertise in national outbreak surveillance, media relations, government regulation and food-borne illness litigation, have cemented the firm's unsurpassed reputation as a food safety leader, and opened the door to speaking engagements throughout the United States and abroad. In the past few weeks, the firm’s food safety attorneys have also given presentations at the SQF Annual International Conference in Guadalajara, and the 3rd Annual International Food Safety and Quality Conference in Beijing, China.
Gass Weber Mullins strives, through hard work and determination, to recognize the valiant efforts of the hardworking individuals and food companies who work tirelessly, not only to put food on our tables, but also to improve the safety of our food. And, in a world marked by an increasing number of outbreaks, an escalating number of recalls, and rising number of meritless lawsuits, their mantra always has been, and always will be, "proudly defending the hard working Americans who feed our families."
When it comes to food safety litigation, Gass Weber Mullins leads the way.
Every year, millions of pounds of food products are recalled for the suspected presence of food-borne pathogens. While the fact remains that most recalled products may not be contaminated, neither responsible companies nor the public want to take any chances with a product that might potentially contain pathogens. For this reason, when problems are suspected, many food companies, in an abundance of caution, will work closely with governmental agencies, such as the 
