by Bettina Elias Siegel on March 4, 2013
Back in December I told you that Bruce Smith, a former environmental health and safety officer at Beef Products Inc., filed a pro se lawsuit in Nebraska state court against me, ABC News, Jim Avila, Diane Sawyer and Jamie Oliver. In his complaint, Mr. Smith claimed to have suffered the negligent infliction of emotional distress due to the [...]
by Bettina Elias Siegel on December 12, 2012
Yesterday I learned that Bruce Smith, a former environmental health and safety officer at Beef Products Inc., has filed a pro se lawsuit in Nebraska state court relating to last spring’s controversy over BPI’s lean, finely textured beef product. I’m one of the named defendants, along with ABC News, Jim Avila, Diane Sawyer and Jamie Oliver. [...]
by Bettina Elias Siegel on March 12, 2012
Lunch Tray readers following the astonishing progress of the Change.org petition launched here last week to get “Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings” (BLBT) out of school food (175,000 at present count) will hardly be surprised that the beef industry has started to come out swinging. PR reps of the American Meat Institute, employees of Beef Products [...]