Patulin is a potent mycotoxin produced chiefly by Penicillium expansum, a fungal species that frequently contaminates apples and other fruit-derived products. Recognised for its acute and chronic ...

The elderly former owner of a Sunnyside plant where inspectors found putrid and moldy juice product was sentenced to three ...

Valley Processing in Sunnyside, Yakima County, sold grape juice that contained mold and animal urine, according to FDA inspectors.

The owner of Valley Processing, Mary Ann Bliesner, has been sentenced to three years of probation and fined over $742,000 for selling tainted ...

They were told to list patulin testing on apple juice products as pending, when no testing was done or test results showed levels that exceeded FDA limits, according to a court document.

Bliesner, the owner of the now-shuttered Sunnyside company, pleaded guilty in December to introducing adulterated food into ...

Court sentences Sunnyside’s Valley Processing owner, the ‘grape lady,’ for adulterated juice mix sold to schools; moldy juice issues revealed by FDA inspections ...

They were told to list patulin testing on apple juice products as pending, when no testing was done or test results showed levels that exceeded FDA limits, according to a court document.