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July 09, 2013 • Outbreaks
July 09, 2013 • Hepatitis A
Townsend Berries Sicken 143 with Hepatitis A
On June 4, 2013, Townsend Farms, Inc. of Fairview, Oregon voluntarily recalled certain lots of its frozen Organic Antioxidant Blend because of potential hepatitis A virus contamination. On June 28, 2013, Townsend Farms, Inc. of Fairview, Oregon, expanded its voluntary limited lot recall of frozen Organic Antioxidant Blend, 3 lb …
July 08, 2013 • Listeria
Listeria Outbreak Video: Crave Brother’s Cheese
Listeria: Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, is the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of Listeria outbreaks. The Listeria lawyers of Marler Clark have represented thousands of victims of Listeria and other foodborne illness outbreaks and have recovered over $600 million for clients. Marler Clark is the only …
July 08, 2013 • Case News
Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese Listeria Outbreak
Crave Brothers cheeses linked to Listeria outbreak …
July 05, 2013 • Hepatitis A
Arizona (20), California (69), Colorado (26), Hawaii (8), New Mexico (6), Nevada (6), Utah (3) Report Hepatitis A Cases
The CDC reports as of July 3, 2013, 140 people have been confirmed to have become ill from hepatitis A after eating ‘Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend’ in 8 states: Arizona (20), California (69), Colorado (26), Hawaii (8), New Mexico (6), Nevada (6), Utah (3), and Wisconsin (2). [Note: The cases reported from Wisconsin resulted […] …
July 05, 2013 • Listeria
Whole Foods Recalls Listeria Cheese
Whole Foods Market announces that it is recalling Crave Brothers Les Frères cheese in response to a recall by the Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese Company of Waterloo, Wisconsin. The cheese is being recalled because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious …
July 05, 2013 • Listeria
Listeria Cheese Kills 1 with 1 Miscarriage in 4 State Outbreak
The CDC reported today that a total of five persons infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes have been reported from four states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Illinois (1), Indiana (1), Minnesota (2), and Ohio (1). All five ill persons were …
July 04, 2013 • Listeria
Listeria-Tainted Cheese Causes Multi-State Outbreak and Recall
Les Freres cheese is distributed by Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics, a Wisconsin producer. Crave Brothers cheese is sold at some of the Midwest restaurants, including Girl and the Goat in Chicago, Wild Rice in Bayfield, Wisconsin, and Butcher and the Boar in Minneapolis. In the Twin Cities, it is also …
July 03, 2013 • Listeria
When Cheese – with Listeria – Kills
The Minnesota Departments of Health and Agriculture are working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on a multi-state outbreak investigation of listeriosis linked to eating Les Frères cheese made by Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics Cheese, a Wisconsin producer. The investigation is …
July 03, 2013 • Hepatitis A
More Sickened with Hepatitis A from Townsend Berries
The CDC reports that as of July 2, 2013, 136 people have been confirmed to have become ill from hepatitis A after eating ‘Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend’ in 8 states: Arizona (20), California (67), Colorado (25), Hawaii (7), New Mexico (6), Nevada (6), Utah (3), and Wisconsin (2). The outbreak strain of hepatitis A […] …
June 30, 2013 • Hepatitis A
More Townsend Farms Product Recalled
Townsend Farms, Inc. of Fairview, Oregon, out of an abundance of caution and in cooperation with the FDA is expanding its voluntary recall efforts and is now recalling Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend, 3 lb. bag with UPC 0 78414 40444 8. The recall codes are located on the back of the package with the […] …
June 28, 2013 • Case News
June 28, 2013 • Salmonella
Salmonella Victims, Rodriguez, Hill and Howe Speak Out – Iguana Joe’s Closed
Tiffany Craig of KHOU reports that the Harris County Texas Health Department has temporarily closed Humble’s Iguana Joe’s after multiple patrons reported being sickened over Father’s Day weekend. The health department said it warned Iguana Joe’s about critical violations and how to fix them, but the restaurant didn’t listen so …
June 27, 2013 • Hepatitis A
Scenic Fruit Company Recalls Pomegranate Kernels
Scenic Fruit Company of Gresham, Oregon today announced it is voluntarily recalling 5,091 cases (61,092 eight ounce bags) of Woodstock Frozen Organic Pomegranate Kernels. Based on an ongoing epidemiological and traceback investigation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) of an illness outbreak …
June 26, 2013 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Royal Society for Public Health (2013)
150 Environmental Health Practitioners, Food Safety Trainers and Food Manufacturers heard Bill Marler speak on the subject, "Campylobacter and Listeria: Using Research to Reduce Risks" at the elegant 28 Portland Place in London, England. …
June 26, 2013 • Hepatitis A
The Hepatitis A Count Continues
As of June 25, 2013, 122 people have been confirmed to have become ill from Hepatitis A after eating ‘Townsend Farms Organic Anti-oxidant Blend’ in 8 states: Arizona (17), California (62), Colorado (25), Hawaii (5), New Mexico (5), Nevada (5), Utah (2), and Wisconsin (1). 71 (58%) ill people are women; Ages range from 2 […] …
June 25, 2013 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Center for Produce Safety (2013)
Bill Marler spoke on the subject, "The Evolving Legal and Financial Realities of Produce Food Safety: What it means for you" in Rochester, NY. …
June 25, 2013 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (2013)
Attorney Bruce Clark spoke to 400 Public Health Inspectors on "Investigating Food Bourne Illness in the current state of Deregulation". …
June 21, 2013 • Outbreaks
Los Burritos Mexicanos E. coli Outbreak
Los Burritos Mexicanos in Lombard, IL has been identified as the source of an E. coli outbreak. …
June 21, 2013 • Outbreaks
Los Burritos Mexicanos E. coli Outbreak - Illinois (2013)
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit against Los Burritos Mexicanos, a Lombard, Illinois restaurant that has been identified as the source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak among 52 people in the Chicago area. …
June 20, 2013 • Outbreaks
E. coli Lawsuit Filed Against Lombard Restaurant Connected to E. coli Outbreak
Seattle-based Marler Clark, the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of foodborne illness, filed a lawsuit today against Los Burritos Mexicanos. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of DuPage County, Illinois resident Elizabeth Bernardi, who alleges she fell ill with an E. coli O157:H7 infection after eating food from the …
June 18, 2013 • Press Releases
Marler Clark, Washington Resident Sue Townsend Farms Over Hepatitis A
Marler Clark filed a hepatitis A lawsuit against Townsend Farms on behalf of a Snohomish County man who became ill with a hepatitis A infection after eating the company's frozen berry and pomegranate seed blend. …
June 18, 2013 • Hepatitis A
California and Colorado Lead Nation in Townsend Hepatitis A Outbreak
As of June 17, 2013, we are investigating acute hepatitis A illnesses in 118 people in eight states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington. Of the total of 103 persons interviewed and infected with hepatitis A virus have been confirmed from the following states: Arizona (14), California (50), Colorado (20), Hawaii […] …
June 18, 2013 • Outbreaks
June 18, 2013 • Outbreaks
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