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Marler Clark has published 9,582 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.
July 01, 2009 • Outbreaks
July 01, 2009 • Outbreaks
July 01, 2009 • Hepatitis A
Pets And Some Meat Consumption Play Important Role In HEV, New Study Says
Hepatitis E, like Hepatitis A, is a virus that can be spread through food. It does not get as much attention as Hepatitis A because it is thought to be rare. But, how that is understood may be changing. The prestigious Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is out …
June 30, 2009 • Outbreaks
June 30, 2009 • Salmonella
Dunkin’ Donuts Stops Pouring Beverages With Coop’s Milk Products
When it learned that one of its suppliers had equipment contaminated with salmonella, Dunkin’ Donuts removed hot chocolate and its Dunkaccino beverages from its menu. Behind that action was the decision by Minnesota’s Plainview Milk Products Cooperative to recall all the instant nonfat dried milk, whey protein, fruit stabilizers and …
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
June 27, 2009 • Outbreaks
June 26, 2009 • Outbreaks
June 26, 2009 • Salmonella
Yes, It’s Looking Like The Caterer Did It –She Raised Chicks And Did Business Without A License
If you raise chicks and you are in the catering business, you need to be extra careful not to cross contaminate the food you serve with salmonella from the chicks you keep. It’s looking like that’s what happened in North Dakota where an unlicensed caterer linked to three separate incidents …
June 25, 2009 • Outbreaks
June 25, 2009 • Outbreaks
June 25, 2009 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Annual Food Quality and Safety Symposium for the Almond Board of California (2009)
David Babcock addressed the annual Food Quality and Safety Symposium for the Almond Board of California in Lodi, CA. …
June 24, 2009 • Outbreaks
June 24, 2009 • Outbreaks
June 24, 2009 • Salmonella
Orca Repacked And Sold Setton Pistachios As California Prime Products & Orange County Orchards
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned consumers not to eat two brands of pistachios repacked by Orca Distribution West Inc. of Anaheim, California. The brands are: California Prime Produce Orange County Orchards The pistachios may be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes …
June 24, 2009 • Outbreaks
June 24, 2009 • Outbreaks
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