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Marler Clark has published 9,584 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.
June 01, 2007 • Outbreaks
May 31, 2007 • Salmonella
CDC says peanut butter salmonella sickened 628
The Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter outbreak has grown tremendously since February, sickening more than 600 in 47 states. Reuters reports: A widespread outbreak of salmonella from Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter has sickened 628 people in 47 U.S. states, but fewer people are falling ill …
May 31, 2007 • Salmonella
NSPIRED NATURAL FOODS RECALLS MARANATHA SESAME TAHINI 16 OZ. DUE TO POSSIBLE HEALTH RISK
The salmonella contamination was detected during routine sample testing. The MaraNatha Sesame Tahini was distributed nationally through distributors, retail stores and mail orders. Full Story nSpired Natural Foods is voluntarily recalling all natural and organic MaraNatha Sesame Tahini products in 16-oz and 340-gram jars with a use-by date of 04/11/0 …
May 31, 2007 • Outbreaks
May 30, 2007 • Outbreaks
May 29, 2007 • Outbreaks
May 29, 2007 • Salmonella
Racine-area Salmonella outbreak over
A Salmonella outbreak in and around Racine, Wisconsin, is over, according to a story in the Racine Report. According to the newspaper: No definitive cause of the outbreak has been determined, but health department officials continue to investigate, Gesner said. As of Tuesday, health officials had identified 34 laboratory-confirmed salmonella …
May 29, 2007 • Outbreaks
May 29, 2007 • Listeria
Man charged with scheme involving adulterated and misbranded food
R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Lee Huttenbach, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Southeast Region, Office of Inspector General, and David Bourne, Special Agent in Charge, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Criminal Investigations, announce the filing of a two-count Information …
May 25, 2007 • Outbreaks
May 24, 2007 • Salmonella
Salmonella Contamination Cause Of Sprout Recall
A Dixon company is recalling alfalfa sprouts because the product could be contaminated with salmonella. The company called Salad Cosmo U.S.A. Corp. says the sprouts are packaged in plastic containers with white and green labels and in 1-pound bags with blue labels. They were shipped to grocery stores in California …
May 23, 2007 • Outbreaks
May 23, 2007 • Outbreaks
Rocky Mountain Food Safety Conference (2007)
Marler Clark partner Denis Stearns was in Denver, Colorado, for the Rocky Mountain Food Safety Conference, where he gave a presentation titled, "Recouping Outbreak Costs: Who Should Pay?" …
May 22, 2007 • Hepatitis A
Hepatitis Vaccinations For Food Workers Could Be Reality
KHTS News, Sunday, 20 May 2007 Mandatory Hepatitis A vaccinations being pushed by County board Full Story To counter legal roadblocks preempting the County from imposing mandatory Hepatitis A vaccinations for food service workers, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich’s motion to sponsor …
May 21, 2007 • Outbreaks
May 18, 2007 • Case News
Stop & Shop E. coli Lawsuit
The E. coli attorneys at Marler Clark represented a young child in an E. coli case against Stop & Shop after he became ill with an E. coli infection and HUS in 2005. The case was resolved in 2007. …
May 18, 2007 • Outbreaks
Quizno’s Salmonella Outbreak
Salmonella outbreak traced to Quiznos subs in 2007 …
May 18, 2007 • Listeria
Investigators: Boynton man knowingly sold contaminated seafood products
A Boynton Beach businessman knew the seafood products he had shipped to retailers from his Lantana office in 2003 were contaminated but didn’t tell customers or ask for a recall, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said today. Timothy DeLong, president of Atlantis Foods Inc., also sold misbranded products, claiming a fish …
May 18, 2007 • Listeria
Simple equations track Listeria trails
Circles, slaloms, figure eights, and loop-the-loops , biologists studying the motion of Listeria monocytogenes sensed that these paths were related, but they didn’t have a good way to define what fit in and what didn’t. A remarkably simple new mathematical description, published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy …
May 18, 2007 • Outbreaks
May 18, 2007 • Outbreaks
May 18, 2007 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Institute for Supply Management 's Hospitality Supply Mangement Forum (2007)
Denis Stearns gave a joint panel presentation with Marry Anne Hogue, Vice President of Food Safety Services for the Steritech Group, at the Institute for Supply Management's Hospitality Supply Management Forum. …
May 18, 2007 • Events & Speaking Engagements
University of Georgia's Fresh-Cut Produce HACCP Workshop (2007)
Drew Falkenstein traveled to Athens, Georgia, to present at the University of Georgia's Fresh-Cut Produce HACCP Workshop, organized by the UGA Food Science Extension Outreach Program. Drew's speech was titled, "Foodborne Illness from a Legal Perspective." …
May 18, 2007 • Outbreaks
Victims of 2005 E. coli outbreak reach settlement with Strawberry Festival
Two victims of the 2005 E. coli outbreak traced to a petting zoo at the Florida Strawberry Festival resolved claims brought against the festival last week. Both victims, a woman and a young child, suffered hemolytic uremic syndrome and required extensive medical treatment, including dialysis, after contracting E. coli O157:H …
May 17, 2007 • Salmonella
16 cases of salmonella in Racine County
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has reported that 20 people in Wisconsin have tested positive for Salmonella, one of the most common foodborne illnesses. Wisconsin-There have been 20 lab-confirmed cases of salmonella in a four-county area, according to Margaret Gesner, health officer for the Caledonia/Mount Pleasant Health Department in Racine County …
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