Food and Beverage Expert Witnesses in Pennsylvania

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Food and beverage expert witnesses practice in a variety of fields, including restaurant management, food safety, nutrition, alcohol service, and hospitality. Some of the most common specialties among these expert witnesses include foodborne illness investigation, dietary supplement evaluation, food labeling compliance, beverage production processes, and culinary arts. They have provided opinions on the effects of improper food handling, allergen mislabeling, nutritional misinformation, alcohol-related incidents, and food poisoning outbreaks.

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Eric TonseticView profile

ID: 17279

Mr. Eric Tonsetic

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Pennsylvania

This manufacturing expert began his career after earning his BSBA from Geneva College. First working at Kraft General Foods, he served as an operations supervisor producing cereal. Thereafter, he managed a full USDA facility producing pasta for American Home Foods. For over 15 years he worked as a Maintenance manager at Bay Valley Foods, a division of H.J. Heinz. He now serves as a plant manager...

Restaurants Expert WitnessView profile

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Restaurants Expert Witness

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Pennsylvania

This expert has over 35 years of owning and operating independent restaurants, now "coaching" restaurateurs in purchasing, planning, opening, and operations of the business. This includes restaurant turnarounds - that is, troubled restaurants needing a coach in troubled times in ALL aspects of the restaurant business. He has advised landlords, lenders, investors, and operator/owners of...

Food Marketing & Consumer Behavior Expert WitnessView profile

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Food Marketing & Consumer Behavior Expert Witness

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Pennsylvania

This marketing expert has extensive experience in food marketing, marketing research, and consumer behavior. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with his BA in cultural anthropology and his BS in economics before earning both his MA and PhD in marketing from Yale University. He is a member of the Society for Consumer Psychology and has held positions such as board...

The Average Food and Beverage Expert Witness
Charges $334 / Hour

Based on hourly rates. Compare expert witness rates across thousands of specialties in all 50 states.

  • Review Fee

    $275

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    This represents an expert’s hourly rate for participating in depositions. Experts may charge more for depositions that require them to travel, and some experts choose to bill a flat, daily or half-daily rate for deposition appearances.

  • Deposition Fee

    $350

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    This represents an expert’s hourly rate for participating in depositions. Experts may charge more for depositions that require them to travel, and some experts choose to bill a flat, daily or half-daily rate for deposition appearances.

  • Court Fee

    $375

    Fee info

    This represents an expert’s hourly rate for participating in depositions. Experts may charge more for depositions that require them to travel, and some experts choose to bill a flat, daily or half-daily rate for deposition appearances.

Food and Beverage Expert Witness FAQs

A food and beverage expert witness provides specialized knowledge in cases involving food safety, quality control, sanitation, nutrition, restaurant management, alcohol service, and more.

They can be crucial in cases involving food poisoning, product liability, premises liability, personal injury in restaurants or bars, and disputes over nutritional claims.

Subspecialties include but are not limited to food safety, nutrition science, restaurant operations, alcohol service regulations, food processing technology, and culinary arts.

They can help determine if proper food handling procedures were followed, identify potential sources of contamination, and assess the impact on the victim's health.

Yes. Experts in this field often have experience with laws regarding alcohol service and can testify on matters such as over-serving or serving minors.

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