FSPC operates a food processing plant in Mississippi, where various meat products are packaged for shipment to restaurants. After FSPC customers in Tennessee, Alabama, and Louisiana complained of becoming sick after eating roast beef subs, an administrative agency of the government visited the meat packaging plant and determined that the meat packaged at the plant was contaminated with Escherichia coli, a bacteria responsible for causing food poisoning. The situation alerted other parties to conduct additional inspections of the actual restaurants, which revealed that the restaurants did not provide the required nutritional information for products on their menu.
Which government agency is responsible for protecting the public in the E. coli case? Explain the responsibilities of the agency.
What are the labeling requirements related to menu items in restaurants? Which agency enforces these requirements?
On what basis might the customers who became sick from eating the tainted meat file suit against FSPC? Explain.