context: "Raw fish procured by processors are likely to have come into contact with the organism in the wild," Bierman concludes. L. monocytogenes is, thus, not an inherent natural constituent of fish but, rather, a bacterial organism present in the environment that comes into contact with, and contaminates, some fish.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 902 F.Supp. 778, 786
citation_a.parenthetical: finding L. monocytogenes not to be an inherent natural constituent of cheese but rather the result of environmental contamination
citation_a.sentence: See United States v. Union Cheese Co., 902 F.Supp. 778, 786 (N.D.Ohio 1995) (finding L. monocytogenes not to be an inherent natural constituent of cheese but rather the result of environmental contamination); cf. United States v. An Article of Food Consisting of Cartons of Swordfish, 395 F.Supp. 1184 (S.D.N.Y. 1975) (finding mercury to be an added substance because it does not occur naturally in swordfish).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.parenthetical: finding mercury to be an added substance because it does not occur naturally in swordfish
citation_b.sentence: See United States v. Union Cheese Co., 902 F.Supp. 778, 786 (N.D.Ohio 1995) (finding L. monocytogenes not to be an inherent natural constituent of cheese but rather the result of environmental contamination); cf. United States v. An Article of Food Consisting of Cartons of Swordfish, 395 F.Supp. 1184 (S.D.N.Y. 1975) (finding mercury to be an added substance because it does not occur naturally in swordfish).