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Marler Clark has published 5,659 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.

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June 29, 2009 Publications

Contaminated Fresh Produce and Product Liability: A Law-in-Action Perspective

Denis Stearns wrote “Contaminated Fresh Produce and Product Liability: A Law-in-Action Perspective,” in Microbial Safety of Fresh Produce: Challenges, Perspectives, and Strategies, an IFT Press publication to be released in 2009. According to the publisher, “[the book] covers all aspects of produce safety including pathogen ecology, agro-management, pre-harvest and post-harvest …

June 29, 2009 Outbreaks

June 29, 2009 Outbreaks

June 29, 2009 Outbreaks

June 29, 2009 Outbreaks

JBS Swift E. coli Outbreak

In June of 2009, JBS Swift ground beef hamburgers were ID'd as the source of an E. coli outbreak. …

June 29, 2009 Recalls

Marler Clark Calls for JBS Swift and FSIS to Reveal Retail Distribution of E. coli-Tainted Beef

In the early morning hours of Sunday, June 28, the JBS Swift Beef Company expanded the earlier recall of 41,280 pounds of beef contaminated with the highly toxic pathogen E. coli O157:H7 to include an additional 380,000 pounds. The beef recalls are FSIS Class I, meaning the “use of the …

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June 25, 2009 Events & Speaking Engagements

Annual Food Quality and Safety Symposium for the Almond Board of California (2009)

David Babcock addressed the annual Food Quality and Safety Symposium for the Almond Board of California in Lodi, CA. …

June 24, 2009 Outbreaks

June 24, 2009 Outbreaks

June 24, 2009 Outbreaks

June 24, 2009 Outbreaks

June 23, 2009 Press Releases

Colorado Child Sickened by E. coli Cookie Dough Files Lawsuit

An E. coli lawsuit was filed today on behalf of a Denver-area child who became gravely ill with E. coli O157:H7 after eating refrigerated Nestle Toll House cookie dough. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the family of Madison Sedbrook by her attorneys, William Marler of the Seattle-based foodborne …

June 23, 2009 Events & Speaking Engagements

National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) Annual Education Meeting (2009)

Bill Marler and Patti Waller traveled to Atlanta and present a mock deposition of a restaurant inspector for the Annual NEHA conference. Bill Marler took part in the Food Safety Summit. …

June 23, 2009 Outbreaks

June 23, 2009 Outbreaks

June 23, 2009 Outbreaks

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