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Marler Clark has published 9,582 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.
March 29, 2012 • Salmonella
Salsa Recalled Due to Salmonella
Club Chef LLC is recalling its 12 oz., 16 oz. and 5 lb. Salsa products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons …
March 29, 2012 • Listeria
Stuffed Beef Recalled Due to Listeria
Mosul Kubba, a Chicago, Ill. establishment, is recalling approximately 1,100 pounds of stuffed, layered beef products due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The fully cooked, ready-to-eat, halal beef products were produced on March 20, 2012, and …
March 28, 2012 • Press Releases
Attorney William Marler To McDonalds: Employees Should Have Hepatitis A Vaccine
In the wake of a report linking a potential mass exposure of hepatitis A to a Northport McDonald’s restaurant, food safety expert and hepatitis A attorney William Marler is calling on McDonald’s to vaccinate its employees against the virus. …
March 28, 2012 • Case News
Stroupe Farms Raw Milk E. coli Outbreak Lawsuit
Missouri State health officials reported that 12 people in central Missouri were infected with E. coli bacteria from a common source. The State Public Health Laboratory linked the cases through lab results, case histories and locations, said Gena Terlizzi with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The farm …
March 28, 2012 • Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A Virus was possibly transmitted at McDonald’s in Northport Alabama
Customers of McDonald’s, located at 2000 McFarland Blvd, Northport may have been exposed to hepatitis A virus through an infected employee. If you visited this McDonald’s any time on March 14, 2012, or during breakfast hours on March 16, 2012, please contact your health care provider as soon as possible …
March 26, 2012 • Outbreaks
Marler Clark Calls on CDC to Name Grocery Store and Farm in Romaine Lettuce E. coli Outbreak
Despite a high degree of public knowledge that Schnucks supermarkets were involved in a 2011 E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce, in its final report the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) fails to identify the grocery chain, instead referring to it only as "Grocery Chain A". Attorney …
March 25, 2012 • Outbreaks
March 25, 2012 • Salmonella
Source of 2011 Hannaford Salmonella Typhimurium Hamburger Outbreak still a Mystery
CDC collaborated with public health officials in several states and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections linked to eating ground beef purchased from Hannaford Supermarkets. A total of 20 persons infected with the outbreak strain of …
March 25, 2012 • Salmonella
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, and Minnesota reported 190 Sickened by Salmonella Kosher Broiled Chicken Livers in 2011
In cases reported to CDC’s PulseNet from April 1 to November 17, 2011, a total of 190 illnesses occurred due to Salmonella Heidelberg with this PFGE pattern in states where the “kosher broiled chicken livers” were distributed. The number of ill persons identified in each state the product was distributed …
March 24, 2012 • Outbreaks
March 24, 2012 • Outbreaks
March 23, 2012 • Outbreaks
March 22, 2012 • Salmonella
Salmonella Linked to Pine Nuts in 2011
In late October 2011 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis. The outbreak was identified through routine surveillance of reported salmonellosis conducted by the CDC. Several states were reporting a spike in case patients …
March 21, 2012 • Listeria
Southside Market and BBQ Recalls Beef Sausage – Listeria
The USDA announced today that Southside Market & BBQ, of Elgin, Texas has recalled approximately 2,373 pounds of beef sausage products out of fears of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The following products are subject to recall: 16 oz. packages of “Southside Market & BBQ Original Beef Sausage,” Lot # 065-E 16 oz. and 48 oz. […] …
March 17, 2012 • Outbreaks
March 15, 2012 • Listeria
Queso fresco listeria warning issued by New Jersey Dept of Health
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services issued a warning today against consuming cheese products manufactured by El Ranchero Del Sur, LLC, of South River, New Jersey. The warning comes following the confirmed diagnosis of Listeria monocytogenes in a 38-week pregnant woman who was treated at a New …
March 14, 2012 • Outbreaks
Michigan Lawsuit Filed in Jimmy John’s E. coli Outbreak
Marler Clark has filed a lawsuit against Jimmy John's on behalf of a Michigan State University student who was hospitalized with an E. coli O26 infection she contracted after consuming a contaminated sandwich made by the restaurant chain. This is the third lawsuit Marler Clark has filed in multistate E …
March 08, 2012 • Outbreaks
March 08, 2012 • Listeria
Colorado Cantaloupe Growers Try to Regroup
It pales in comparison to the overwhelming human costs of the last summers cantaloupe listeria outbreak, but of course, it’s bad for business too. Andy Nelson at The Grower wrote of the efforts of Colorado cantaloupe growers to rebound from the 2011 disaster. Nelson reported on the thoughts of Colorado …
March 08, 2012 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Beef Industry Safety Summit (2012)
Foodborne illness attorney William Marler spoke at the 2012 Beef Industry Safety Summit in Tampa, Florida. …
March 05, 2012 • Listeria
Eating Healthy While Pregnant – Avoiding Listeria
There was an informative article today written by Grace Derocha on healthy eating for pregnant women. It included some information on avoiding listeria: Listeria — and any foodborne illness for that matter — is very dangerous for you and the baby when pregnant. The immune system of is different for …
March 02, 2012 • Outbreaks
Listeria Victims Call For Open Meetings on Cantaloupe Safety
The families of victims of the 2011 Jensen Farms cantaloupe Listeria outbreak are calling on the produce industry to hold open meetings on safe cantaloupe production …
March 02, 2012 • Listeria
Glatt’s Beef Frankfurters Recalled in Canada – Listeria
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Glatt’s Kosher Meat Products are warning the public not to consume certain Glatt’s brand Beef Frankfurters Jumbo BBQ out of fears that the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. According to CFIA the products were distributed in the provinces of Ontario and …
February 29, 2012 • Listeria
Salmon Recalled in Vancouver, BC
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a warning to the public not to consume refrigerated cold smoked sockeye salmon trim products sold at three different stores in Vancouver, B.C. The warning was issued becyse the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The following products, sold refrigerated at …
February 27, 2012 • Listeria
U.B.C. Study Finds Traces of Listeria in Vancouver Fish
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have reported on their study that found traces of listeria in 40 fish product samples “tested before their expiry date.” The study was conducted UBC food microbiologist Kevin Allen and published in the journal Food Microbiology. According to the Vancouver Sun: The type …
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