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May 02, 2007 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Minnesota Products Liability Seminar (2007)
Bill Marler presented at the Minnesota Products Liability Seminar on topics related to foodborne illness litigation as it relates to products liability. …
May 01, 2007 • Outbreaks
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April 26, 2007 • Outbreaks
April 26, 2007 • Salmonella
FDA Knew of Contamination Problems at Peanut Butter Plant for Years
Here’s an interesting article about the Peanut Butter Salmonella outbreak written by Anne Borden. Click here to read the full story on Lawyers and Settlements webpage. Click here for more information on the outbreak. Sylvester, GA: The Washington Post has reported that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) knew for …
April 25, 2007 • Salmonella
Salmonella probe stretches to Rockford
Mexican-style cheese may be the source of an ongoing Salmonella outbreak since January 2006. Full story from William Prosecky of the Chicago Tribune Chicago – State investigators are examining whether dairy products from the Rockford area may have been used to make salmonella-tainted cheese that infected nearly three dozen Kane …
April 24, 2007 • Outbreaks
April 24, 2007 • Outbreaks
Oregon Environmental Health Association's Annual Education Conference (2007)
Denis Stearns presented at the Oregon Environmental Health Association's Annual Education Conference at the Hood River Inn in Hood River, Oregon. His presentation was titled, "Recouping the Costs of foodborne Illness Outbreak Investigations." …
April 22, 2007 • Salmonella
FDA Was Aware of Dangers To Food
In the day before Congressional Hearings, Elizabeth Williamson of the Washington Post Staff wrote that the Food and Drug Administration has known for years about contamination problems at a Georgia peanut butter plant. Perhaps as concerning is that ConAgra knew of the Salmonella contamination as well and continued to produce …
April 22, 2007 • Outbreaks
April 22, 2007 • Outbreaks
April 21, 2007 • Outbreaks
April 20, 2007 • Outbreaks
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April 15, 2007 • Salmonella
Events in ConAgra Peanut Butter Recall
By The Associated Press Timeline of key events in ConAgra Foods Inc.’s recall of all peanut butter made at its Sylvester, Ga., plant: August 2006 — First cases of Salmonella Tennessee, the rare strain linked to this outbreak, are reported. August 2006 — Moisture invades ConAgra plant in Sylvester through …
April 15, 2007 • Outbreaks
April 15, 2007 • Outbreaks
Iowa Public Health Conference (2007)
Denis Stearns gave a speech titled, "Economic Incentives for Improved Food Safety: Seeking Reimbursement of Public Expenditures Caused by Foodborne Illness Outbreaks" at the Iowa Public Health Conference, to be held in Ames, Iowa. The conference title is, "New Directions for Public Health." …
April 14, 2007 • Salmonella
Four Deaths tied to Salmonella
Federal health department officials will inspect a Melbourne nursing home as investigations continue into a food poisoning outbreak that killed four people. Three men and a woman, aged in their 70s and 80s, died from salmonella-related gastroenteritis following the outbreak at Broughton Hall nursing home and hostel at Camberwell, in …
April 14, 2007 • Salmonella
Attorneys finalize a probe into Sylvester’s Peter Pan plant
Susan McCord of the Albany Herald wrote that: About 15 investigators and attorneys gathered with ConAgra Foods attorneys outside the Sylvester Peter Pan plant Friday morning on a second day of inspections at the plant. Personal injury lawyer Dave Babcock, from Seattle law firm Marler Clark, said he was accompanied …
April 12, 2007 • Outbreaks
April 12, 2007 • Outbreaks
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