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March 07, 2009 • Outbreaks
March 07, 2009 • Outbreaks
March 07, 2009 • Listeria
Raw Cheese Contaminated With Listeria Blamed For Baby Deaths
According to the Spokane Newspaper, Washington State health investigators are still attempting to solve several cases of food-borne infections that have caused several pregnant women to lose their babies since January. They suspect the women in Yakima, Klickitat and King counties ate unpasteurized cheese that was contaminated with listeria …
March 06, 2009 • Outbreaks
March 03, 2009 • Outbreaks
March 03, 2009 • Salmonella
CDC Says Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak Continues, Count of Confirmed Cases Hits 677
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta today updated its count of confirmed cases of Salmonella illnesses from peanut butter and peanut-related products. The new number as of March 1 is 677, up 11, with no change in the geography that involves 45 states and Canada. CDC’s …
March 03, 2009 • Salmonella
Alfalfa Sprouts Blamed For Nebraska Salmonella Outbreak
Lincoln—The number of salmonella cases in eastern Nebraska initially detected last week has increased, according to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. So far, there are approximately 14 lab-confirmed cases, with 4 considered probable ones and an additional 8 to 10 suspect cases indentified on the basis …
March 01, 2009 • Salmonella
Peanut Corporation of America Was In “Plain-view”–Health Inspector Just Missed It!
"We credit him with going back to the plant and finding the crawl space where the rats were living. There is absolutely no fault being placed on him." That’s what Doug McBride, spokesman for the Texas Department of State Health Services, has to say about the state inspector, who …
March 01, 2009 • Listeria
Test Positive For Listeria In Canada, And You Will Have To Tell The Government
Canada has boosted requirements for testing and reporting of listeria in processing plants that make cold cuts and other ready-to-eat (RTE) meats. The new requirements take effect immediately, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and will mean production facilities must implement “rigourous environmental testing” for listeria and to “immediately” …
March 01, 2009 • Hepatitis A
Hep A Shots Advised If You Are In “Close Contact” With Newly Adopted
It use to be that if you were going to pick up children for adoption in a foreign country you were advised to get a Hepatitis A shot before departure. In a new advisory, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says if you are going to come into “close …
March 01, 2009 • Outbreaks
March 01, 2009 • Outbreaks
February 25, 2009 • Events & Speaking Engagements
GMA Food Claims & Litigation Conference (2009)
Bill Marler traveled to Rancho Mirage to the conference, which is focused on Emerging Issues in Food-Related Litigation. …
February 25, 2009 • Outbreaks
February 25, 2009 • Outbreaks
February 24, 2009 • Outbreaks
February 24, 2009 • Outbreaks
February 24, 2009 • Outbreaks
February 24, 2009 • Press Releases
Bill Marler's Marlerblog Awarded Best Blog
Bill Marler’s popular blog on food safety, foodborne illness, and food policy was honored by PR News as best blog in the Legal PR awards. …
February 24, 2009 • Salmonella
This Cannot Be Good; Number of Salmonella Cases Reaches 666
This cannot be good. Through Sunday, the number of confirmed cases of Salmonella Typhimurium had reached the biblically scary figure of 666. Plus the number of states with confirmed cases increased by one to reach 45 with the addition of Montana. The number of dead remains at nine. The outbreak …
February 23, 2009 • Salmonella
Top Food Safety Expert Says Salmonella From Two Plants Had To Have Common Source
It could be a common peanut farm, or a common peanut processor or some other shared source between the two plants. Whatever it is, Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, says salmonella with the same genetic fingerprint coming out …
February 23, 2009 • Listeria
Giant Foods And Stop & Shop Calling Back Spuds With Listeria
Possible listeria contamination has prompted the recall of some potato products by the Giant Food and Stop & Shop chains. They’ve recalled 20 oz. bags of Simply Potatoes Shredded Hash Browns, Simply Potatoes Homestyle Slices and Simply Potatoes Red Potato Wedges. Northern Star Co., a subsidiary of food processor Michael …
February 22, 2009 • Events & Speaking Engagements
National Meat Association (NMA) Meat Expo (2009)
Bill Marler traveled to Las Vegas to take part in a roundtable discussion on the FSIS. …
February 20, 2009 • Outbreaks
February 19, 2009 • Outbreaks
Marler Clark Fights Peanut Corp Bankruptcy on Behalf of CA Child Sickened in Salmonella Outbreak
Peanut Corporation of America (PCA)—the peanut processor responsible for a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium—has filed for bankruptcy protection, but attorney Bill Marler is working to change that. His firm, Seattle foodborne illness powerhouse Marler Clark, is moving to lift the stay of bankruptcy so that litigation on behalf of …
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