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May 21, 2015 • Salmonella
Salmonella Paratyphi B variant L(+) tartrate(+) Outbreak Announced
CDC is collaborating with public health officials in several states and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Paratyphi B variant L(+) tartrate(+) infections. The investigation has not conclusively identified the source of this outbreak, but most ill people interviewed reported eating sushi …
May 19, 2015 • Salmonella
Kenosha County Division of Health Investigation Foodborne Outbreak
The Kenosha County Division of Health is currently investigating an outbreak of Salmonella in the community after receiving several reports of cases in the county. The Division of Health is investigating food purchased over Mother’s Day weekend (May 9-10, 2015) at Supermercado Los Corrales (3933 52nd Street, Kenosha 53144) in …
May 18, 2015 • Outbreaks
May 15, 2015 • Listeria
Blue Bell Knowingly Sold Ice Cream From A Plant With Listeria
The three Blue Bell “483’s” – FDA Inspection Reports are here: Broken Arrow, OK Observation #1: Failure to manufacture and package foods under conditions and controls necessary to minimize the potential for growth of microorganisms and contamination. Observation #2: Failure to perform microbial testing where necessary to identify sanitation failures …
May 15, 2015 • Salmonella
Salmonella paratyphi Outbreak Expands Into New Mexico
The New Mexico Department of Health, the City of Albuquerque Environmental Health Department, and the New Mexico Environment Department are jointly investigating a cluster of illness caused by Salmonella paratyphi. There have been six confirmed cases reported in New Mexico residents, with onsets of illness from April 4 to May …
May 15, 2015 • Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A Fears in New Jersey
According to the Camden County Health Department in New Jersey, a server at the Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant in Voorhees, NJ, recently tested positive for the Hepatitis A virus. The health department has reportedly vaccinated the rest of the employees to protect them and keep the virus from spreading …
May 10, 2015 • Listeria
Listeria monocytogenes Prompts Sprout Recalls
Good Seed Inc. of Springfield, Virginia has issued a recall of soybean and mung bean sprouts for possible listeria contamination. The company issued the recall on its one-, two- and ten-pound products produced on or after April 1. The contamination was discovered after sampling by the state Department of Agriculture …
May 10, 2015 • Outbreaks
May 05, 2015 • Case News
Jewel Osco Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuits
In June 2104 Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) investigated an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium among persons who had consumed chicken or deli products from Jewel Osco, a grocery store located in Tinley Park, Illinois. In total 19 case patients were …
May 05, 2015 • Case News
Antioch Farms Chicken Kiev Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit in Minnesota on behalf of one young woman who was seriously sickened.In September 2014, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) investigated a cluster of six patients diagnosed with Salmonella Enteriditis. Four of five case-patients reported eating Chicken Kiev, purchased as a raw, frozen, breaded and …
May 05, 2015 • Case News
Burma Superstar E. coli Outbreak Lawsuits
Between Friday, August 23 and Monday, August 26, 2013, the San Francisco Department of Public Health Communicable Disease Control Unit (SFDPH CDCU) received eight reports of laboratory-confirmed Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157 infection in unrelated San Francisco residents. This number of reports represented a marked increase over the background incidence …
May 05, 2015 • Case News
Jimmy Johns Cucumber E. coli Outbreak Lawsuits
On Friday, October 18, 2013, public health investigators at the Colorado Department of Public Health (CDPHE) detected an increase in Denver area patients reported as having E. coli O157. Preliminary interviews revealed that patients had eaten at Jimmy John’s restaurants and shopped at an area grocery store chain. CDPHE epidemiologist …
May 05, 2015 • Case News
Coco Loco and Tyson E. coli Outbreak Lawsuits
In April and May 2013 the Brazos County Health Department (BCHD) and the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) investigated an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that occurred among customers of Coco Loco Restaurant located in College Station, Texas. Cases were identified through laboratory test results, patient interviews and …
May 05, 2015 • Case News
House of Prime E. coli Outbreak Lawsuits
Marler Clark represents a dozen tribal members who developed E. coli infections.In July 2014 local, state, and tribal health officials investigated an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that occurred primarily among members of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and their guests. Ill persons had attended one …
May 05, 2015 • Case News
Whole Foods and Rain Crow Ranch E. coli Outbreak Lawsuits
Whole Foods Market locations, South Weymouth, Massachusetts and Newton, Massachusetts recalled 368 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced August 15, 2014. Marler Clark represents the family of a young boy who …
May 05, 2015 • Case News
Papa Johns Hepatitis A Outbreak and Class Action Lawsuit
A Settlement has been reached in this lawsuit concerning alleged exposure to the Hepatitis A virus at the Papa John’s restaurant located at 8016-B Cambridge Commons Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina from March 28, 2014 through April 7, 2014. …
May 05, 2015 • Case News
Red Robin Hepatitis A Outbreak and Class Action Lawsuit
Marler Clark filed a class action lawsuit against Red Robin restaurant. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of restaurant patrons who received hepatitis A vaccinations after alleged exposure to the hepatitis A virus at the restaurant between May 8 and 16, 2013. …
May 05, 2015 • Case News
New Hawaii Sea Restaurant Hepatitis A Outbreak And Class Action Lawsuit
The Marler Clark attorneys have filed 4 lawsuits on behalf of patrons who contracted hepatitis A and a Class Action on behalf of patrons who received hepatitis A vaccines after being exposed at the restaurant. …
May 04, 2015 • Outbreaks
May 01, 2015 • Outbreaks
April 30, 2015 • Outbreaks
April 29, 2015 • Listeria
Listeria Test Prompts Vegetable Recall
Greystone Foods, LLC voluntarily recalls Today’s Harvest Field Peas with Snaps, Silver Queen Corn, and Broccoli Florets with the sell by date 04/21/16 shipped to Publix Supermarkets warehouse in Lakeland, FL warehouse due to possible health risk. Greystone Foods, LLC of Birmingham, Alabama is recalling any Today’s Harvest frozen Field …
April 27, 2015 • Outbreaks
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April 21, 2015 • Outbreaks
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