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February 27, 2024

Eat Your Content - Podcast with Bill Marler about Netflix Documentary: Poisoned

On his podcast, Eat Your Content, Rich Herrera interviews foodborne illness attorney, Bill Marler, about the recent release of the Netflix documentary, Poisoned, The Dirty Truth About Your Food. …

February 21, 2024

The Litigated Dish: Salmonella symptoms and incubation periods

For Salmonella, the incubation period typically ranges from 12 to 36 hours, though it can be as short as 6 hours or as long as one or two weeks. This relatively short incubation period stands in contrast to Listeria, another bacterium, which has an extremely variable incubation period spanning from …

February 04, 2024

The Litigated Dish: Can foodborne illness cause death?

According to the CDC, roughly 1 in 6 Americans, or 48 million people annually, fall victim to foodborne illnesses. Among them, 128,000 are hospitalized, and sadly, 3,000 lose their lives. There are 31 known pathogens responsible for causing foodborne illnesses. While many of these are monitored by advanced public health …

January 28, 2024

The Litigated Dish: What are the symptoms of food poisoning?

Much like my answer to last week's question, this question elicits a lawyer’s favorite response: “It depends.” Which foodborne illness are we talking about? Various bacteria, viruses, and parasites can be responsible for causing food poisoning. …

January 28, 2024

Tips To Avoid Food Poisoning When Dining Out

Avoiding food poisoning when dining out involves taking certain precautions to ensure the safety and cleanliness of the food you consume …

January 28, 2024

The Effects of Hepatitis A on the Human Liver

After a few days of typical symptoms, jaundice (also termed “icterus”) sets in. Jaundice is a yellowing of the skin, eyes and mucous membranes that occurs because bile flows poorly through the liver and backs up into the blood. The urine will also turn dark with bile and the stool …

January 28, 2024

Common Causes of E. coli Outbreaks in Restaurants

E. coli O157:H7 bacteria and other pathogenic E. coli mostly live in the intestines of cattle, but E. coli bacteria have also been found in the intestines of chickens, deer, sheep, and pigs. A 2003 study on the prevalence of E. coli O157:H7 in livestock at 29 county and three …

January 28, 2024

Dispelling Common Myths About Salmonella

Only a small proportion of all Salmonella infections are diagnosed and reported to health departments. It is estimated that for every reported case, there are approximately 38.6 undiagnosed infections. The CDC estimates that 1.4 million cases, 15,000 hospitalizations, and 400 deaths are caused by Salmonella infections in the U.S. every year. …

January 20, 2024

The Litigated Dish: Can Foodborne Illness be Contagious?

This question, however, is quite broad because – which foodborne illness? There are several bacteria, viruses, and parasites that can cause foodborne illness. I thought I would put together a neat little table of some of the pathogens I frequently encounter, their food sources, and whether they are contagious. …

January 10, 2024

The Litigated Dish: Recounting the Most Startling Recent Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

During my time at Marler Clark, I have had the chance to witness and work on some of the most tragic and profoundly disturbing foodborne illness outbreaks our firm has encountered. …

January 10, 2024

The Litigated Dish: Top foodborne pathogens

One of my New Year’s resolutions — I call it my “professional growth resolution” — is to start writing columns in 2024. I hope this will drive more traffic to my law firm’s many existing websites and blogs — we even have this newspaper: Food Safety News. Bill Marler, my …

January 02, 2024

Signs You May Have Contracted Norovirus

Norovirus illness usually develops 24 to 48 hours after ingestion of contaminated food or water. Symptoms typically last a relatively short amount of time, approximately 24 to 48 hours. These symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Headache and low-grade fever may also accompany this illness. People infected with …

January 02, 2024

Which Foods Are Most Likely To Spread Botulism

Botulism is a rare, life-threatening paralytic illness caused by neurotoxins produced by an anaerobic, gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium, Clostridium botulinum. Unlike Clostridium perfringens, which requires the ingestion of large numbers of viable cells to cause symptoms, the symptoms of botulism are caused by the ingestion of highly toxic, soluble exotoxins produced …

January 02, 2024

The Relationship Between Campylobacter and GBS

For those persons who suffer a Campylobacter infection that does not resolve on its own, the complications (or sequelae) can be many. The complications can include septicemia (bacterial pathogens in the blood, also known as bacteremia), meningitis, inflammation of the gall bladder (cholecystitis), urinary tract infections, and appendicitis. …

January 02, 2024

Technological Advancements That Help Fight E. coli

In 1993 after a large multi-state outbreak of E. coli O157 infections in the Western United States. To prevent future severe outbreaks an effective surveillance network called PulseNet was developed. PulseNet is the national network for molecular sub-typing of foodborne bacteria and is coordinated by CDC. The laboratories participating in …

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Symptoms of Salmonella Infection

Symptoms of Salmonella infection include painful abdominal cramps, diarrhea, and fever. Salmonella infections can have a broad range of illness, from no symptoms to severe …

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The infection caused by Listeria can vary from mild to severe. Only a small percentage of persons who ingest Listeria fall ill or develop symptoms …

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