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Marler Clark has published 9,582 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.
October 30, 2009 • Outbreaks
October 29, 2009 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Annual Educational Conference (2009)
Epidemiologist Patti Waller was in Baton Rouge to address the annual educational conference for Louisiana sanitarians. …
October 28, 2009 • Events & Speaking Engagements
North Dakota Environmental Health Association Annual Meeting (2009)
Drew Falkenstein returned to North Dakota to speak at the annual EHA meeting, being held this year in Fargo. …
October 28, 2009 • Outbreaks
E. coli Expert Bill Marler in Boston to Meet with Victim of South Shore Meats - Camp Outbreak
Seattle-based foodborne illness expert and attorney Bill Marler will be in Boston Wednesday (10/28/09) to meet with a victim of the widening South Shore Meats E. coli outbreak. …
October 26, 2009 • Events & Speaking Engagements
3rd National ACI Forum on Foodborne Illness Litigation (2009)
Bill Marler co-chaired the 3rd National ACI Forum on Foodborne Illness Litigation with Alan Maxwell. The conference was held in Chicago, IL. …
October 26, 2009 • Outbreaks
Camp Bournedale-South Shore Meats E. coli Outbreak
E. coli outbreak at Camp Bournedale linked to hamburgers sold by Crocetti's …
October 26, 2009 • Outbreaks
Camp Bournedale-South Shore Meats E. coli Outbreak Litigation - Rhode Island, Massachusetts (2009)
Marler Clark represented three victims of an E. coli outbreak at Camp Bournedale in October of 2009. The children were visiting Camp Bournedale from Lincoln Middle School in Lincoln, Rhode Island, when they became ill with E. coli infections that were ultimately traced to the consumption of ground beef produced …
October 26, 2009 • Recalls
Marler Clark Calls on USDA and Massachusetts Department of Agriculture to Recall Tainted Meat Linked
The Massachusetts camp where food made Rhode Island middle school children ill has said that officials linked the illnesses to hamburger, but no recall has yet been issued for the tainted meat. Foodborne illness expert and attorney Bill Marler today called upon the USDA and Massachusetts Department of Agriculture to …
October 24, 2009 • Events & Speaking Engagements
University of Southern California (2009)
Denis Stearns guest lectured at USC Regulatory Science Course: Medical Products and the Law …
October 23, 2009 • Outbreaks
E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to hamburger reported at Camp Bournedale in Plymouth Massachusetts
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October 22, 2009 • Events & Speaking Engagements
British Columbia Food Protection Association Annual Conference (2009)
Bruce Clark delivered the keynote speech to the 10th Annual BC Food Protection Association Conference in Vancouver. …
October 22, 2009 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Association of Corporate Counsel (2009)
Bruce Clark was in Boston, MA to address the ACC on "Ensuring Safety and Quality of Products Manufactured in China". …
October 21, 2009 • Listeria
Lone Star Brisket Company, a Texas Firm, Recalls Smoked Beef Brisket Product For Possible Listeria Contamination
Recall Release CLASS I RECALL FSIS-RC-056-2009 HEALTH RISK: HIGH Lone Star Brisket Company, a Thorndale, Texas, establishment, is recalling approximately 14 pounds of smoked beef products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. * 2.5- 3-pound vacuum …
October 21, 2009 • Outbreaks
October 21, 2009 • Outbreaks
October 19, 2009 • Outbreaks
Plum Organics Voluntarily Recalls Select Batch of Apple & Carrot Portable Pouches Due to Potential
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October 19, 2009 • Salmonella
Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Associated With Small Turtle Exposure, 2007-2008
PEDIATRICS (doi:10.1542/peds.2009-0272) Julie R. Harris, PhDa,b, David Bergmire-Sweat, MPHc, Julie H. Schlegel, MSPd, Kim A. Winpisinger, MSe, Rachel F. Klos, DVMf, Christopher Perry, BSa,g, Robert V. Tauxe, MDa and Mark J. Sotir, PhDa Objective: Turtle-associated salmonellosis was increasingly recognized in the United States during the 1960s, leading to a federal …
October 18, 2009 • Salmonella
Salmonella-tainted Cantaloupe Recalled
Raley’s grocers is recalling 1,120 cartons of Del Monte cantaloupe sold in Northern California and Nevada after routine testing detected salmonella in some of the produce, according to the California Department of Public Health. The cantaloupe was sold throughout the San Francisco Bay Area at Raley’s and its subsidiaries, Nob …
October 16, 2009 • Outbreaks
October 16, 2009 • Outbreaks
October 16, 2009 • Salmonella
Salmonella Canola Banned From US
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration refused 13 shipments of Canadian canola meal that contained salmonella in August and September, all from plants owned by Bunge Ltd., the FDA’s website showed. Twelve shipments came from a Bunge plant in Nipawin, Sask. The other originated in Altona, Man. The canola industry …
October 16, 2009 • Hepatitis A
Trinity Hospital pays Rock Island County $80,000 for Hepatitis A Outbreak
According to the Quad-City Times, Trinity Regional Health System has paid $80,000 to Rock Island County to help reimburse unanticipated expenses related to this past summer’s hepatitis A outbreak. Trinity Medical Center treated some of at least 32 patients who came down with the liver disease in July and August …
October 16, 2009 • Outbreaks
October 16, 2009 • Listeria
Quong Hop & Co. ordered to pay $90,000 for violating food-safety laws
Quong Hop & Co. failed to maintain its Airport Boulevard plant in a sanitary condition, didn’t stop pests from entering food-processing areas and didn’t ensure that food was protected from contamination, said John Wilson, a San Mateo County deputy district attorney. There was no evidence, however, that anyone got sick …
October 14, 2009 • Listeria
John B. Sanfilippo & Son Inc., Recalls Listeria Walnuts
A recall of nuts that could be contaminated with listeria has been traced to a California plant, and a small number of those nuts made their way to consumers, John B. Sanfilippo & Son Inc. said Wednesday in a filing with federal securities regulators. Elgin-based Sanfilippo, best known for its …
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