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Marler Clark has published 9,584 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.
March 05, 2007 • Salmonella
143 Krasnoyarsk student ball participants have salmonellosis
Laboratory tests have proved that 143 guests of Krasnoyarsk student ball have salmonellosis. The diagnosis was confirmed by bacteriological tests, which showed that the patients had salmonella enteritidis. The cause of the outbreak was infected food at the drink reception. …
March 05, 2007 • Hepatitis A
Beyonce cleared of hepatitis A
Beyonce Knowles is free of hepatitis A as she did not eat any food at the party held to celebrate Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue, mews media reports. "Thank goodness, neither one of us ate. According to the health department, she wasn’t at risk," her publicist Alan Nierob was quoted as …
March 04, 2007 • Salmonella
Pa. health dept. warns of salmonella contamination in raw milk
The Associated Press in Harrisburg reports that the state health department warned consumers Friday not to drink raw milk from a dairy farm after two people who drank it were sickened by salmonella. There was evidence of salmonella in a milk sample obtained from the people who drank it, and …
March 04, 2007 • Salmonella
CDC confirms 56 salmonella cases in Sierra Vista since September
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. Health officials still don’t know the cause of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 56 Sierra Vista residents since September. Officials with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been in the area since January trying to figure out where the victims came …
March 02, 2007 • Outbreaks
March 01, 2007 • Events & Speaking Engagements
National Steinbeck Center's Ag Forum Luncheon (2007)
Bill Marler traveled to the Salinas Valley's National Steinbeck Center to be the keynote speaker for an Ag Forum luncheon. Mr. Marler's presentation focused on fresh produce contamination and litigation that follows outbreaks, such as the recent E. coli outbreak traced to fresh spinach. …
February 28, 2007 • Outbreaks
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February 28, 2007 • Salmonella
What to do with your leftover peanut butter . . .
The CDC and state and local health departments are advising consumers who are no longer ill with a diarrheal illness after eating potentially contaminated Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter to throw the product away; however, if you have contacted Marler Clark and we are pursuing a legal claim …
February 28, 2007 • Outbreaks
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February 28, 2007 • Hepatitis A
Attorneys Call for Mandatory Hepatitis A Vaccinations for all Foodservice Workers
SEATTLE (February 28, 2007) – The attorneys at Marler Clark, the Seattle law firm nationally known for its successful representation of victims of foodborne illness, are once again calling on restaurants and caterers nation-wide to vaccinate employees against hepatitis A. The call comes after reports that an employee of Wolfgang …
February 28, 2007 • Outbreaks
February 28, 2007 • Listeria
Las Vegas meat company issues recall
A Las Vegas meat company announced a recall of semi-boneless ham steaks. The Department of Agriculture is worried the meat may be contaminated with listeria. The steaks are made by First Quality Sausage; the company’s products are sold in Las Vegas, Reno, and Carson City. Keep Reading Here …
February 28, 2007 • Listeria
Chicken Breasts Recalled Nationwide due to Possible Listeria Contamination
ATLANTA) – Kraft Foods has issued a voluntary recall for 52,650 lbs. of fully cooked chicken breasts strips with rib meat that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Carolina Culinary Foods produced the chicken strips for Oscar Meyer and is marketed in 6 oz. packages as "Oscar Meyer/ Louis Rich …
February 28, 2007 • Listeria
Kraft Recalls Chicken Strips Over Listeria Concerns
Two brands of ready-to-eat chicken strips have been recalled because they could be contaminated with listeria. The affected brands are 6-ounce packages of Oscar Meyer and Louis Rich chicken strips with rib meat. The recalled packages all have P-19676 on the USDA inspection sticker and a use-by date of April …
February 28, 2007 • Listeria
S.C. company recalls chicken strips
Carolina Culinary Food is recalling packages of Oscar Mayer ready-to-eat chicken breast strips with rib meat because they may be contaminated, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said Sunday. Officials said Georgia Department of Agriculture food scientists found Listeria monocytogenes in a sample. That type of …
February 28, 2007 • Listeria
Georgia Dept. finds contamination in Oscar Mayer chicken strips
ATLANTA Commissioner Tommy Irvin said today that food scientists with the Georgia Department of Agriculture have found contaminated chicken strips in Oscar Mayer ready to eat chicken breast strips with rib meat. He said the contamination was found in a six-ounce packaged sample marked as grilled fully cooked and ready …
February 28, 2007 • Salmonella
Source Of Salmonella A Mystery In Kane County
NBC Chicago News reports that Illinois Department of Public Health will investigate a salmonella outbreak that has affected dozens of residents in Kane County over the past year, officials said. The source of the outbreak has not been located, and it’s not related to a national strain linked to peanut …
February 28, 2007 • Salmonella
Salmonella Case in Allentown May Be Related to Peanut Butter
WFMZ News reports that one Allentown woman says she had no idea the peanut butter she was feeding her child was allegedly making him sick. Now weeks later, she says salmonella has cost her more than her son’s health. …
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