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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 • 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. …
February 28, 2007 • Salmonella
CDC: Salmonella case total is up to 370
WRIC Atlanta News reports that federal health officials say the number of lab-confirmed cases of peanut butter-associated salmonella has climbed to 370 — up from the 329 reported last week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday that North Dakota had now joined the count, raising the number …
February 28, 2007 • Salmonella
Peanut butter jam snares local mother
At least one Cecil County family isn’t eating much peanut butter these days. Not that Kelly Jackson ate that much peanut butter to begin with. “And it was sugar-free, low-carb peanut butter. No one else in the family was eating (from that jar) but me,” said the 34-year-old Rising Sun …
February 28, 2007 • Salmonella
S. Korea recalls U.S. peanut butter linked to salmonella
Yonhap News reports that a South Korean food watchdog said Monday it is recalling imported American peanut butter after it was linked to an outbreak of salmonella food poisoning in the U.S. …
February 28, 2007 • Salmonella
Salmonella Linked to Peanut Butter
WTOC reports that Officials with the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta say they suspected the peanut butter was linked to the outbreak all along, but never had any proof until Friday. The jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter came from the same plant in Sylvester, Georgia …
February 28, 2007 • Salmonella
Two More Cases of Salmonella In NYS
13wham.com reports that at least 34 people in New York State can trace recent illness to tainted peanut butter. The state health department says two more salmonella cases have been confirmed in New York. …
February 28, 2007 • Salmonella
Testing finds salmonella in peanut butter jars that came from Georgia ConAgra plant
Per the Houston Chronicle, a week after ConAgra Foods Inc. recalled peanut butter from its Georgia plant after a salmonella outbreak, the Center for Disease Control confirmed the presence of the dangerous germ. No deaths have been confirmed, although a Pennsylvania family filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming a relative died …
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