Author: Tony Coveny, Ph.D

Tony Coveny, has been practicing infectious disease litigation exclusively for more than a decade, settling cases against major agro-industrial companies, international suppliers, and domestic distributors and manufacturers. Tony Coveny, alongside Ron Simon, has tried cases against restaurants, distributors, national manufacturers, and foreign corporations to recover damages against their clients. From the main office in Houston, which he manages, he speaks to potential and current clients on a daily basis.

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The Majority of Homes are Under-cooking Chicken According to Recent Plos One Publication

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The Majority of Homes are Undercooking Chicken According to Recent Plos One Publication A recent study conducted in Norway and published by Plos One, a peer reviewed scientific journal, tested whether European households properly cooked chicken and what safety precautions they took to avoid food poisoning. By improperly cooking chicken, consumers are at risk for Salmonella and Campylobacter, which are the largest source for food poisoning cases in both European countries and in the United States. In fact, the CDC recently released research stating that food safety standards in the United States were declining, or at least stagnant, as…

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Chipotle Must Pay a $25 Million Criminal Fine for Food Safety Violations

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Chipotle Must Pay a $25 Million Criminal Fine for Food Safety Violations Chipotle Inc. will pay a $25 million criminal fine for causing foodborne illnesses due to improper food safety procedures between 2015 and 2018. These outbreaks were the source of at least 1,100 known (“confirmed”) illnesses, though it is largely believed this as only a small number of the total number of patrons who became ill in these outbreaks  – outbreaks liked to various bacteria and viruses. The Chipotle stores responsible for the majority of the illness in five of  the food poisoning outbreaks included restaurants in Boston, Los…

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