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Marler Clark has published 5,671 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.

July 07, 2009 Outbreaks

July 07, 2009 Outbreaks

July 06, 2009 Case News

JBS Swift E. coli Outbreak Lawsuit

Marler Clark’s E. coli lawyers filed a lawsuit against JBS Swift Beef Company on behalf of a New Mexico child who became ill with an E. coli O157:H7 infection and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) after eating kabob prepared with JBS Swift E. coli-contaminated meat on Mother’s Day. The lawsuit was …

July 06, 2009 Recalls

Food Safety Advocates Marler Clark File First E. coli Lawsuit against JBS Swift Beef Company

The first lawsuit stemming from the current E. coli O157:H7 (E. coli) recall by JBS Swift Beef Company of Greeley, Colorado that has been linked to 23 E. coli illnesses in California, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York and Wisconsin was filed today on behalf …

July 06, 2009 Outbreaks

July 05, 2009 Outbreaks

July 04, 2009 Outbreaks

July 02, 2009 Outbreaks

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July 02, 2009 Outbreaks

July 01, 2009 Outbreaks

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June 30, 2009 Outbreaks

June 30, 2009 Outbreaks

June 30, 2009 Outbreaks

June 29, 2009 Publications

Contaminated Fresh Produce and Product Liability: A Law-in-Action Perspective

Denis Stearns wrote “Contaminated Fresh Produce and Product Liability: A Law-in-Action Perspective,” in Microbial Safety of Fresh Produce: Challenges, Perspectives, and Strategies, an IFT Press publication to be released in 2009. According to the publisher, “[the book] covers all aspects of produce safety including pathogen ecology, agro-management, pre-harvest and post-harvest …

June 29, 2009 Outbreaks

June 29, 2009 Outbreaks

June 29, 2009 Outbreaks

June 29, 2009 Outbreaks

JBS Swift E. coli Outbreak

In June of 2009, JBS Swift ground beef hamburgers were ID'd as the source of an E. coli outbreak. …

June 29, 2009 Recalls

Marler Clark Calls for JBS Swift and FSIS to Reveal Retail Distribution of E. coli-Tainted Beef

In the early morning hours of Sunday, June 28, the JBS Swift Beef Company expanded the earlier recall of 41,280 pounds of beef contaminated with the highly toxic pathogen E. coli O157:H7 to include an additional 380,000 pounds. The beef recalls are FSIS Class I, meaning the “use of the …

June 28, 2009 Outbreaks

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June 26, 2009 Outbreaks

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