16WHOLEFOODS-master768When a food business signs a supplier agreement with Whole Foods, the supplier agrees to indemnify Whole Foods for any harm caused by its products. This is typical of how food businesses protect themselves from liability for things like a food safety crisis. Whole Foods latest food safety mishapis different. Its recent Warning Letter did not stem from suppliers’ products. Whole Foods processed its own products under unsanitary conditions – there is no supplier to assume the liability.

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