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Marler Clark has published 8,627 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.
January 02, 2009 • Outbreaks
January 01, 2009 • Outbreaks
Kinikin Dairy Raw Milk Campylobacter Outbreak - Colorado (2009)
At least 8 people were sickened with Campylobacter from consuming raw milk produced by the Kinikin Corner Dairy in Montrose, Colorado. The dairy was ordered to stop production of raw milk in early April, 2009. …
December 31, 2008 • Hepatitis A
Chinese Tourists Will Not Bring Hepatitis A Outbreak To Taiwan
We cannot say we were really worried about this one. Regular tourism between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan has been underway since last July. Apparently worry-warts have been concerned that the mainland tourists might spread Hepatitis A to residents of the island nation. With Taiwan and …
December 30, 2008 • Press Releases
Top Ten Food Safety Challenges of 2009
Bill Marler, food safety advocate and managing partner of foodborne illness law firm Marler Clark, asked the food safety community to weigh in on the most pressing food safety challenges for the coming year. As with the “Top Ten Food Safety Stories of 2008”, there was no shortage of contenders. …
December 28, 2008 • Outbreaks
December 25, 2008 • Salmonella
Salmonella Puts Family Mortgage At Risk, But There is A Miracle on the Blog
Second in the world only to China’s melamine scandal, Salmonella was the top food-borne illness story in the United States in 2008. Salmonella Saintpaul in tomatoes—wait—peppers. A final count of 1,442 ill in 43 states, D.C., and Canada, and those are the confirmed illnesses. Using CDC math – which estimates …
December 24, 2008 • Outbreaks
December 24, 2008 • Outbreaks
December 20, 2008 • Outbreaks
December 19, 2008 • Press Releases
Bill Marler's top Ten Food Safety Stories of 2008
Food safety advocate and attorney Bill Marler (of Seattle foodborne illness powerhouse Marler Clark) polled his wide range of contacts in the food safety community, and assembled a list of the top ten food safety stories of 2008. Comments can be read (and made) at www.marlerblog.com. …
December 12, 2008 • Outbreaks
December 11, 2008 • Outbreaks
December 10, 2008 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Super Lawyers CLE (2008)
Bill Marler presented to the Super Lawyers CLE in Seattle. …
December 09, 2008 • Outbreaks
December 05, 2008 • Outbreaks
December 05, 2008 • Hepatitis A
More Hepatitis A Now Expected In Maine
Health professionals in Maine are on the lookout this week for more cases of Hepatitis A. After a sixth school child was diagnosed with Hepatitis A it brought the total number of cases in the Kennebunk/Kennebunkport area to 12. Officials now think that someone who traveled overseas to an …
December 05, 2008 • Outbreaks
December 04, 2008 • Events & Speaking Engagements
ACI Food-borne Illness and Contamination Litigation Conference (2008)
Bill Marler traveled to Phoenix to present to the ACI Food Borne Illness & Contamination Litigation Conference. …
November 30, 2008 • Salmonella
UK Says Some Herbs Carry Salmonella–Warning Issued To Consumers
The United Kingdom is warning its consumers about salmonella in ready-to-eat herbs. According to the Mail Online: In a study of packets of fresh herbs Government scientists found the food poisoning bug in dangerous levels in a small proportion of packets. Fresh basil grown in Israel is thought to …
November 27, 2008 • Salmonella
Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Associated with Frozen Pot Pies — United States, 2007
SOURCE: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Nov. 28, 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Rd, MailStop E-90, Atlanta, GA 30333, U.S.A On June 6, 2007, a cluster of four human Salmonella serotype I 4,5,12:i:-* infections sharing a pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern was identified by the Pennsylvania …
November 25, 2008 • Outbreaks
November 23, 2008 • Outbreaks
Alexandre EcoDairy Raw Milk Campylobacter Outbreak Lawsuit - California (2008)
In the summer of 2008, an outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni in Del Norte County, California (near the Oregon border) that sickened 16 people was traced to Alexandre EcoDairy Farm raw milk. Marler Clark represented a woman who became ill with campylobacteriosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome, which resulted in paralysis, in litigation …
November 23, 2008 • Outbreaks
November 20, 2008 • Events & Speaking Engagements
50th Anniversary Ontario Food Protection Association Annual Meeting (2008)
Dave Babcock traveled to Mississauga, Ontario, to present to the OFPA. …
November 20, 2008 • Hepatitis A
Kennebunkport Still Does Not Have Hepatitis A Under Control
After a fourth and now a fifth case of Hepatitis A turned up in the Kennebunkport Consolidated Schools, upset parents say they were not informed soon enough by school officials. According to Maine news site, seacoastonline. com: Following news that a fifth child has been diagnosed with hepatitis A …
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