News Archive
Marler Clark has published 5,815 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.
October 08, 2026 • Firm News
FDA Says Ready-to-Eat Chicken Wraps Caused an E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak That Has Sickened 38 People. The Wraps Are Off the Shelves, No Brand Has Been Named, and Here Is What to Do If You Ate One in September.
As of October 7, 2026, FDA’s outbreak investigation table says the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak it has been investigating with USDA since September, FDA reference #1421 and FSIS 2026-04, was caused by ready-to-eat multi-ingredient chicken wraps. Thirty-eight people are sick. FDA has not said which states they live in, how …
October 06, 2026 • Press Releases
Marler Clark Files First Federal Lawsuit in Graziers Raw Milk Cheese E. coli Outbreak
Michigan toddler suffered kidney failure. Firm is also preparing an FDA petition to require warning labels on raw milk cheese. …
October 05, 2026 • E. coli
LEASA Alfalfa Sprouts Recalled for E. coli in the Seed: 4-Ounce and 6-Ounce Clamshells, Expiration Dates September 4 to 18, from a Miami Grower, as 76 People in 16 States Are Sick in the Alfalfa Sprout Outbreak
As of October 5, 2026, LEASA Industries Co., Inc. of Miami, Florida has recalled its LEASA Living Alfalfa Sprouts (4-ounce clamshells) and LEASA Alfalfa Sprouts (6-ounce clamshells) with expiration dates of September 4, 8, 10, 15, 17 and 18, 2026, “due to possible E. coli contamination of the seeds.” The recall appeared in FDA’s Enforcement Report on October 3. […] …
September 29, 2026 • E. coli
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company Recalls All Graziers Raw Milk Cheese for E. coli O26:H11: Every Size, Every UPC, No Lot Codes — 13 Sick in Nine States, 8 Hospitalized, 3 with HUS
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company of Willows, California, is recalling every Graziers raw milk cheese — Monterey Jack, Jalapeño Jack, Medium Cheddar and Sharp Cheddar, in 8-ounce squares, 16-ounce bricks, 5-pound loaves and 40-pound blocks, sold nationwide through distributors, retailers and direct customers — because it may be contaminated with Shiga …
September 27, 2026 • E. coli
Marler Clark Retained by the Family of a Child with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in the Graziers Raw Milk Cheese E. coli O26 Outbreak. This Is What the Missing Warning Label Costs.
Marler Clark has been retained by the family of a child who developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a form of acute kidney failure, after eating Graziers raw milk cheese made by Sierra Nevada Cheese Company of Willows, California. I have represented children with hemolytic uremic syndrome since 1993, when I represented …
September 27, 2026 • Press Releases
Marler Clark Investigating Multistate Hepatitis A Outbreak Linked to Imported Frozen Clams, Confirming Cases in New York
Thirty-seven people sick and 30 hospitalized in four states after eating La Serranita-brand concha negra (black clams) from Ecuador; FDA’s first public warning came nine months after the first illness …
September 26, 2026 • E. coli
E. coli O26 Outbreak: 13 Sick in California, Nevada, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Oregon, Tennessee and Utah — 8 Hospitalized, 3 with HUS
The CDC and FDA announced on September 25, 2026, that a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O26:H11 infections has been linked to Graziers grass-fed raw milk cheese made by Sierra Nevada Cheese Company of Willows, California. Thirteen people are sick: three each in California and Nevada, and one …
September 26, 2026 • Press Releases
After a Fourth E. coli Outbreak Linked to Raw Milk Cheese, Marler Clark will Petition FDA to Require a Warning Label and to Finish the Review of Its 60-Day Aging Rule That the Agency Promised in 2013
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company's Graziers raw milk cheese has sickened 13 people in nine states. Eight have been hospitalized and three have developed kidney failure. More than half are five years old or younger. The cheese met federal law. …
September 23, 2026 • Press Releases
Three More Federal Lawsuits Filed Against Taylor Farms in the Iceberg Lettuce Cyclospora Outbreak, in Missouri, Kansas and Pennsylvania.
Three More Federal Lawsuits Filed Against Taylor Farms in the Iceberg Lettuce Cyclospora Outbreak, in Missouri, Kansas and Pennsylvania. CDC Declared the Outbreak Over on September 11. A Kansas Man Was Back in the Hospital on September 4, Still Testing Positive for the Parasite. …
September 18, 2026 • Cyclospora
CDC’s Last Weekly Cyclospora Count for 2026: 19,883 Confirmed Cases, 1,064 Hospitalizations, Two Deaths, and 7,000 Illnesses With No Food Named as of September 15.
As of September 15, 2026, CDC counts 19,883 laboratory-confirmed Cyclospora infections acquired in the United States between May 1 and August 31, with 1,064 hospitalizations and two deaths in forty-nine states and the District of Columbia. CDC ended the outbreak linked to Taylor Farms de Mexico iceberg lettuce on September …
September 18, 2026 • Listeria
bettergoods Authentic Italian Lemon Alfredo Fettuccine Sold at Walmart Is Recalled for Listeria. Check Your Freezer for Lots L6079C and L6080C.
Gias Foods, Inc. of New York has recalled bettergoods Authentic Italian Lemon Alfredo Fettuccine, a 22-ounce frozen pasta meal sold at Walmart stores nationwide, because Washington and Florida state agriculture labs found Listeria monocytogenes in finished product. The recall covers lot codes L6079C and L6080C with expiration dates of September …
September 18, 2026 • Salmonella
Ten People, Staff and Customers Among Them, Have Salmonella After Eating or Working at Woods Hill Table in Concord, Massachusetts. The Restaurant Is Closed. Here Is What to Watch For.
Ten people, restaurant employees and customers among them, have been sickened with Salmonella in a cluster tied to Woods Hill Table, the farm-to-table restaurant on Commonwealth Avenue in West Concord, Massachusetts. Concord’s public health director began investigating on September 8, 2026, the restaurant closed on September 16, and as of …
September 14, 2026 • Press Releases
Three Families Sue Ramona Family Naturals Market and Happy Hens Over San Diego County Salmonella Outbreak
Twenty-three people sick, seven hospitalized. The eggs were finally recalled on September 8 — six weeks after the County's first announcement, and after the last of the three complaints had been filed. …
September 11, 2026 • Salmonella
Evergreen Fresh Sprouts’ Salmonella Recall Notice Reached FDA’s Page on September 10, Six Days After the Recall. It Covers 1,290 Bags of Broccoli Sprouts Shipped Over Ten Days, in an Outbreak That Began in July.
Evergreen Fresh Sprouts, LLC of Moyie Springs, Idaho posted its broccoli sprout recall on FDA’s recall page on September 10, 2026, six days after the company says it stopped shipping. The notice covers 215 cases of six four-ounce bags each, delivered to three Washington distributors between August 24 and September …
September 11, 2026 • Salmonella
Evergreen Fresh Sprouts Broccoli Sprouts Are Recalled for Salmonella: Four-Ounce Bags, UPC 8 38796 00105 1, Use-By Dates September 7 Through 16, Sold in Washington, Idaho and Montana. Twenty-Two People Are Sick.
Evergreen Fresh Sprouts, LLC of Moyie Springs, Idaho has recalled its broccoli sprouts because of Salmonella, and as of September 11, 2026 the recall notice is posted on FDA’s website. Twenty-two people in Washington, Montana, Idaho and Utah are sick with Salmonella Bovismorbificans, two have been hospitalized, and no one …
September 10, 2026 • Press Releases
Marler Clark Investigating E. coli and Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Everything Sprouts and Calco Alfalfa Sprouts
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., August 20, 2026 — Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, is investigating a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) and Salmonella infections that the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) have linked to alfalfa sprouts grown by Everything Sprouts, a …
September 10, 2026 • Press Releases
Five More Families Amend Botulism Claims Against ByHeart, Its Retailers, and Its Dairy Suppliers in Federal MDL
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. — July 20, 2026 — Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, today filed amended complaints on behalf of five families — two in California, one in Arizona, one in Texas, and one in Washington — whose infants were sickened in the 2025 ByHeart infant formula botulism …
September 10, 2026 • Press Releases
San Diego County Family Sues Ramona Family Naturals Market and Happy Hens Egg Ranch Over Salmonella Outbreak Traced to Raw-Egg Mayonnaise
Marler Clark is representing several individuals in this Salmonella lawsuit Whitney Hight ate Ramona Red chicken salad on June 25 and spent the next ten days too sick to stand. California law required the Market to use pasteurized eggs in mayonnaise. The complaint alleges it used raw ones. SAN DIEGO …
September 10, 2026 • Podcasts & Appearances
Why So Many Americans Keep Getting Foodborne Illnesses
This summer’s Cyclospora outbreak, which investigators linked to shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms, was among the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history. Nearly 23,000 cases were reported, including more than 17,000 laboratory-confirmed cases. The outbreak sent 922 people to the hospital and caused two deaths, according to the …
September 09, 2026 • Salmonella
Washington Has 16 of the 22 People Sickened by Evergreen Fresh Sprouts Broccoli Sprouts with Salmonella. In 2014, Washington Had 11 of the 19 Sickened by the Same Grower’s Clover Sprouts, That Time with E. coli O121. Marler Clark Filed Four Lawsuits Over
The outbreak in the news this week is a Salmonella outbreak, not an E. coli outbreak. It belongs on this blog anyway, because the company at the center of it is the same Idaho sprouter that caused a multistate E. coliO121 outbreak twelve years ago — and because both times …
September 06, 2026 • Salmonella
Where the Jalapeño Salmonella Outbreak Stands: 431 Sick in 32 States, and No Federal Update Since August 21
As of September 6, 2026, the multistate outbreak of Salmonella Javiana linked to fresh jalapeño peppers has sickened 431 people in 32 states. Fifty-seven have been hospitalized and no deaths have been reported. The peppers were grown in Sinaloa, Mexico and imported by Coast Citrus Distributors, LLC of San Diego …
September 06, 2026 • Salmonella
Two Sprout Outbreaks Are Running at the Same Time. Sixteen People in Washington, Montana and Idaho Are Sick with Salmonella from Broccoli Sprouts, and There Is No Recall. Fifty-Five People in Fifteen States Are Sick from Alfalfa Sprouts, and the Seed
Two separate sprout outbreaks are under investigation in the United States right now, and Salmonella is in both of them. Sixteen people in Washington, Montana and Idaho are sick with Salmonella Bovismorbificans after eating broccoli sprouts grown by Evergreen Fresh Sprouts, LLC of Moyie Springs, Idaho. Fifty-five people in fifteen …
September 06, 2026 • Salmonella
The Midwest Poultry Shell Egg Salmonella Outbreak Is Over: 134 Sick in 18 States, 34 Hospitalized, and 99 of Them in Texas
CDC declared the multistate Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak linked to Midwest Poultry Services shell eggs over on September 3, 2026, and FDA closed its investigation the same day. The final count is 134 people sick in 18 states, 34 of them hospitalized, and no deaths. The recalled eggs are long past …
September 05, 2026 • Press Releases
One Botulism Strain, Two Brands: The Sequencing That Ties ByHeart, Nara Organics and Dairy Farmers of America Together
Fifty-two infants were hospitalized with botulism in two outbreaks seven months apart. Forty-eight of them had been fed ByHeart Whole Nutrition powdered infant formula. Four had been fed Nara Organics Whole Milk Organic. The two products were made by different companies, on different continents, under different quality systems. Before 2025 …
September 05, 2026 • Hepatitis A
Thirty-Seven Sick, Thirty Hospitalized, Eleven Months of Illnesses: The Hepatitis A Clam Outbreak Nobody Talked About
There is an open multistate hepatitis A outbreak in this country linked to imported frozen clams, and unless you read outbreak pages for a living you have almost certainly never heard of it. As of September 3, 2026, CDC counts 37 illnesses in four states — Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York …
Get Help
Affected by an outbreak or recall?
The team at Marler Clark is here to answer all your questions. Find out if you’re eligible for a lawsuit, what questions to ask your doctor, and more.
Get a free consultationOutbreak Database
Looking for a comprehensive list of outbreaks?
The team at Marler Clark is here to answer all your questions. Find out if you’re eligible for a lawsuit, what questions to ask your doctor, and more.
View Outbreak Database