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Consumer News Jan 15, 2021 06:22 PM By Sean Marsala Concentrate, made from grapes like these, is one of the products in question. AFP / SAFIN HAMED A sweet cup of juice can be a refreshing treat, but not when it’s been contaminated with dangerous chemicals. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington sided with the FDA on Friday to shut down Valley Processing, Inc. The Sunnyside, Washington company and its owner Mary Ann Bliesner were issued a permanent injunction...

/PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington entered a consent decree between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and...

In 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration went after  Valley Processing, Inc. of Sunnyside, Washington, along with the company’s owner and president, Mary Ann Bliesner, due to inorganic arsenic and patulin toxins at levels that can pose health risks to consumers. Arsenic can be found naturally in many fruits, of course, a known science fact to everyone but Dr. Oz, but at high doses can be harmful. FDA also found filthy storage conditions. How filthy? The company makes juice for use i...

A supplier that participated in a government lunch program to distribute millions of servings of apple juice to schools must destroy all of its remaining products in a deal to end litigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration alleging the supplier allowed the toxins arsenic and patulin to form in the juices at levels that could pose a health risk.