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• Haifa Smoked Fish recalls products after testing shows Listeria contamination

  Haifa Smoked Fish of Jamaica, NY, is recalling “COLD SMOKED SALMON” and “COLD SMOKED SEABASS” because of positive tests for Listeria monocytogenes.  The implicated Haifa “COLD SMOKED SALMON” is sold in 8-ounce packages with LOT # 219. The “COLD SMOKED SEABASS” is also sold in 8-ounce packages and is marked with LOT # 212. Both...

• Interview with a Probate Lawyer: Brandan J. Pratt

  Brandan J. Pratt of Huth, Pratt & Milhauser in Boca Raton was on the winning side of Markes v. Markes, an interesting 4th DCA appellate opinion I wrote about here involving a contested, multi-jurisdictional estate with contacts in New York, Florida and Jamaica. The 4th DCA ruled in that case that a Florida probate judge...

• Drama In Queens

  They weren’t college students in Portland or elite liberal arts students in Massachusetts. They were students at Hillcrest High School in Jamaica, Queens. And they wanted to be part of the action, to feel just as entitled to attack. “I doubt half of them know how to spell Palestine,” a senior said. “They just wanted...

• Acting Happy

  A while back, Pamela Paul wrote about something that should be so fundamentally obvious as to require neither explanation nor justification. Actors act. Adrian Lester, a British actor from Birmingham and the son of two immigrants from Jamaica, was nominated last week for a Tony Award for his performance in “The Lehman Trilogy” as Emanuel...

• Haifa Turbot Cold Smoked expands recall because of Listeria concerns

  Haifa Smoked Fish of Jamaica, NY, is expanding a recall of “Turbot Cold Smoked Fish & Caviar” to include 920 LB of Turbot from Lots 97, 223, 299, 321.  The recall was the result of a routine sampling program by the New York State Department of Agriculture which revealed that the finished product contained Listeria monocytogenes. The...

• Haifa Turbot Cold Smoked recalled after testing finds Listeria

  Haifa Smoked Fish of Jamaica, NY is recalling approximately 230 LB OF TURBOT COLD SMOKED 8 OZ PACKAGES LOT # 246, because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The recall was the result of a routine sampling program by the New York State Department of Agriculture which revealed that the finished product contained Listeria monocytogenes. The...

• Smoked Turbot recalled due to Listeria

  HAIFA SMOKED FISH of Jamaica, NY is recalling approximately 230 LB OF TURBOT COLD SMOKED 8 OZ PACKAGES LOT # 246, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although...

• Smoked Turbot recalled due to Listeria

  HAIFA SMOKED FISH of Jamaica, NY is recalling approximately 230 LB OF TURBOT COLD SMOKED 8 OZ PACKAGES LOT # 246, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although...

• How to Serve Process in Jamaica

  Squarely in the heart of the Caribbean Sea lies an island that has played host to countless movies, spring break junkets, and movies about spring break junkets.  The mere mention of Jamaica conjures images of Bob Marley, cabanas under palm trees, and scantily clad beachgoers who have escaped the frigid northern winter.  And lots of...

• From The Bookshelves (and at the movies): The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

  I just finished reading Nicola Yoon’s novel The Sun is Also a Star. Here’s the Amazon write-up: Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York...

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• Cruise Law Visits Montego Bay Jamaica

  I just returned from a three day trip to Montego Bay. My co-counsel, Jonathan Aronson, and I met with several of our clients who were seriously injured while working for Miami based cruise lines and have been languishing in Jamaica after being dumped back at home.  Seeing our clients, in their...

• Cruise Ship Drug Bust in Cayman Islands

  Cayman News Service reports that three crew members were arrested for possession of two kilos of cocaine.  The cruise employees were from St. Vincent and Jamaica.  As is often the case, the local police did not identify the name of the cruise ship or cruise line.  The three cruise ships in port at...

• Jamaican Arrested for Attempted Cocaine Smuggling on Cruise Ship In Falmouth

  The Jamaican Observer reports that police arrested a man from Ocho Rios at the cruise port in Falmouth, Jamaica last Tuesday (June 28th) when he attempted to board an unidentified cruise ship.  The newspaper says that the man was arrested with two packages, containing five pounds of cocaine, found...

• Cruise Law to Visit Jamaica in December

  The lawyers here at Cruise Law are traveling again to Jamaica. We will be visiting our clients to see how they are doing. We will also make ourselves available to meet with any crew members (or their family members) who need to learn about the legal rights of cruise ship employees if they become...

• Cruise Industry Poised to Destroy Cayman Reefs

  The Caymans is the latest island in the Caribbean where the cruise lines are beating their drums for a new multi-million dollar pier to be built for them in order to expand the business of cruising. I saw this same scenario unfold in Falmouth, Jamaica where Royal Caribbean ram-roded a plan to...

• Jamaica is Working on its Cannabis Regulations

  I had the opportunity last Friday to spend some time with officials from Jamaica’s Cannabis Licensing Authority. The University of Washington’s Cannabis Law & Policy Project and the Washington Office on Latin America put the event together so that Jamaica’s cannabis regulators could speak to a few...

• Two U.S. Passengers Arrested for Rape on Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas

  The Jamaica Gleaner reports that 2 U.S. men aboard Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Sea, which docked in Falmouth Jamaica yesterday morning, are accused of raping a female passenger aboard the cruise ship. The Gleaner says that the “men were accused of raping a female passenger who they were...

• Norovirus Hits Oasis of the Seas

  More than 100 people on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship sailing in the Caribbean have become sick with a gastrointestinal illness, according to at least one guest who has contacted this blog. The outbreak reportedly occurred on the Oasis of The Seas which called on the port of Falmouth, Jamaica...

• Cruise Ship Drug Crimes Soar!

  This week we reported on a cruise bust on a cruise ship in the Cayman Islands involving a group of crew members from Jamaica and St. Vincent.  It sounds like the drug busts we reported on involving Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas and the Enchantment of the Seas.     There is no question that ...

• Red Stripe Prevails in Alcohol Beverage Labeling Class Action

  The latest merits decision in the ongoing false advertising/labeling class actions appears here.  This case involves allegations that the labeling and marketing of Red Stripe Beer misleads consumers into thinking they are purchasing beer made in Jamaica from Jamaican ingredients.  In fact,...