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Marler Clark has published 9,582 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.
July 12, 2009 • Events & Speaking Engagements
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Conference on Raw Milk (2009)
Bill Marler spoke to the AVMA on the history and legal issues of raw milk along with participating in a panel discussion. …
July 11, 2009 • Outbreaks
Public Health Warning Issued About Home Canning Of Asparagus In Eastern Washington's Okanogan County
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July 11, 2009 • Outbreaks
July 10, 2009 • Outbreaks
July 10, 2009 • Salmonella
Egg Producers Look To Be More Ready Than Not For “New” Regulations
Some reform, some recycled policies, and something the bureaucracy could dust off and make new. Those are among the comments that can be made about the recommendations made earlier this week by the President’s Food Safety Working Group. The “new” are the “public health regulation(s) to improve egg safety and …
July 10, 2009 • Outbreaks
July 09, 2009 • Listeria
Fate of Peregrina Cheese Now In Hands of A Federal Judge In Brooklyn
Senior Judge Frederic Block of the New York Eastern District, himself a Brooklyn native, will now decide what happens to Peregrina Cheese, Inc., (Peregrina Cheese), and two of its officers: Javier Peregrina and Isabel Peregrina. Clearly, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has run out of patience with Peregrina …
July 09, 2009 • Salmonella
Milk Coop’s Ingredient Recall Is Growing Rapidly–202 Products To Date
After the Plainview Milk Products Cooperative, located in Plainview, MN, discovered salmonella contamination on its equipment, it asked on June 29th that the ingredients its sold over the past two years to others– instant nonfat dried milk, whey protein, fruit stabilizers and gums (thickening agents)–be recalled. The third ingredient recall …
July 09, 2009 • Outbreaks
Cuyahoga County E. coli and HUS outbreak
A 2009 E. coli outbreak in Ohio was never traced to its source. …
July 08, 2009 • Outbreaks
July 07, 2009 • Outbreaks
July 07, 2009 • Outbreaks
July 07, 2009 • Salmonella
Virginia And Texas Communities Combat Local Salmonella Outbreaks
Charlottesville, VA and Lockhart, TX are the latest examples of communities dealing with nasty little outbreaks of Salmonella. In Central Virginia, a half dozen patrons of the Mona Lisa Pasta Shop were sickened with salmonella that apparently came from frozen lasagna product. Dr. Lilian Peake of the Thomas Jefferson Health …
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 • Listeria
Accountability Is Key To Food Safety, Says Canada’s Grant Robertson
Grant Robertson from National Farmers Union-Ontario has some comments today in Canada’s Sun Times newspaper about the investigation into Maple Leaf listeria outbreak. In part, he says: “The Maple Leaf Listeria outbreak pulled back the curtain on an inspection system that was no longer serving Canadians. It revealed a government …
July 05, 2009 • Outbreaks
July 05, 2009 • Hepatitis A
Michigan Mom Shares Her Daughter’s Experience With Hepatitis A
Kathy Dopp of Safe Tables Our Priority (S.T.O.P.) advocates for a stronger federal food safety bill in hometown newspaper, the Battlecreek Enquirer. In doing so, she tells the story of her daughter’s illness after contracting Hepatitis A from Mexican strawberries a decade ago. Here’s part of that story: Like …
July 04, 2009 • Outbreaks
July 03, 2009 • Salmonella
Salmonella Contamination Causes Wegmans To Pull Anaheim Peppers
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. the 73-store supermarket chain with stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland, is recalling all Anaheim peppers its sold since June 11, 2009. On July 2nd, Wegmans removed fresh Anaheim peppers from its produce departments due to the possibility of salmonella contamination. The …
July 02, 2009 • Outbreaks
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July 01, 2009 • Outbreaks
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