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Marler Clark has published 8,627 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.
October 08, 2008 • Outbreaks
October 08, 2008 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Third International Conference for Food Safety and Quality (2008)
Bill Marler presented the keynote address at the Third International Conference for Food Safety and Quality in San Francisco, CA. …
October 08, 2008 • Case News
Melamine contamination - Milk and more - Nationwide (2008)
In September, 2008 Chinese infant milk formula was contaminated with Melamine. At least 55,000 (official count) to as many as 94,000 (Reuters) children were sickened, four died, and Chinese food products were pulled worldwide. Melamine was found in candy, chocolate, soda, and even on vegetables. Bill Marler was in China …
October 07, 2008 • Events & Speaking Engagements
FDA Southeast Food Safety Seminar (2008)
Bruce Clark and Patti Waller traveled to Asheville, NC to present to the Southeast Region Food Safety Seminar. …
October 06, 2008 • Salmonella
Federal Government Blames Salmonella Outbreak On Consumers
Bad, bad, bad consumers! Don’t you fools know that if you pick up the wrong box in the grocery store coolers with thousands of products that can be microwaved that some smaller percentage must be oven-baked? Can’t you read the small print on the boxes? What’s the matter with you …
October 05, 2008 • Outbreaks
October 05, 2008 • Salmonella
State Forces Alamosa To Accept Chlorinating & Testing Of Water
Eight months after the town’s public water supply was found to be responsible for a salmonella outbreak that made more 400 people sick and contributed to one person’s death, Alamosa, Colorado has reached an agreement with the state Department of Health and Environment for regular testing. Denver’s Channel 7, the …
October 04, 2008 • Press Releases
Marler Clark Calls for Aunt Mid’s Produce to Disclose Supplier of E. coli Tainted Lettuce
At least 40 confirmed cases of the infection with the highly toxic pathogen E. coli O157:H7 have been linked to commercial bagged lettuce distributed by Aunt Mid’s Produce, but the Detroit-based company refuses to name the supplier of the contaminated product. Thirty of the illnesses are in Michigan; the others …
October 02, 2008 • Outbreaks
October 01, 2008 • Outbreaks
October 01, 2008 • Press Releases
Second Boy Scout Sickened at Camp Sues Hamburger Manufacturer
Jansen Saunders, a 10-year-old boy who attended Boy Scout camp in July, continues to recover from the E. coli O157:H7 infection he contracted there. Fredrick and Jennifer Saunders of Loudoun, Virginia filed suit along with their son on Friday in the Circuit Court of Rockbridge County. The lawsuit was filed …
September 30, 2008 • Outbreaks
September 30, 2008 • Salmonella
If You Get “Poona,” The Good News Is You Will Probably Get Over It
If you come down with something with the word "Poona" in it, somehow it seems a whole lot more serious. However, at least one Canadian health expert is saying you get Salmonella Poona and you get over it. However serious it gets, health experts in Canada are saying North America …
September 30, 2008 • Outbreaks
September 27, 2008 • Outbreaks
September 27, 2008 • Outbreaks
Michigan E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak Linked to Bagged Lettuce Again
Food Safety Attorney, William Marler, Gives History Lesson."E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks associated with lettuce or spinach, specifically the "pre-washed" and "ready-to-eat" varieties sold under various brand and trade names, are by no means a new phenomenon,” according to food-safety attorney, William D. Marler, of Marler Clark. …
September 26, 2008 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Washington Association for Food Protection (2008)
Drew Falkenstein traveled to Lake Chelan, Washington to present to the annual conference of the Washington Association for Food Protection. …
September 26, 2008 • Outbreaks
September 24, 2008 • Outbreaks
September 24, 2008 • Events & Speaking Engagements
China International Food Safety and Quality Conference (CIFSQ) (2008)
Bill Marler was in Beijing, China to present a keynote address to the International Food Safety and Quality Conference. …
September 24, 2008 • Salmonella
20 Salmonella Cases Linked to Amarillo Texas IHOP
According the the Texas Department of Health, as of noon, Wednesday afternoon, the number of salmonella cases reported to the Health Department linked to the IHOP restaurant at I-40 and Western Street has grown to twenty. Cases still continue to be reported and are investigated, but here are the facts …
September 24, 2008 • Outbreaks
Aunt Mid's Lettuce E.coli Outbreak Lawsuits - Michigan, Illinois, Ontario (2008)
At least 45 people became ill with E. coli O157:H7 infections after eating iceberg lettuce distributed in industrial-sized packages by Aunt Mid's Produce Company of Detroit, Michigan in September fo 2008. The outbreak was first identified among Michigan State University students, and later grew to include inmates at the Lenawee …
September 24, 2008 • Outbreaks
September 23, 2008 • Salmonella
Amarillo IHOP Linked To Salmonella Outbreak
For the third time in three months, the International House of Pancakes (IHOP) in Amarillo, Texas is closed–this time at least seven confirmed cases of salmonella are linked to the restaurant. With its location just off Interstate 40 at Western, the IHOP could well be sending a lot more sick …
September 23, 2008 • Outbreaks
Firemen’s Fundraiser May be Victim of E. coli Regulation Loopholes
Tri-tip beef served at a September 6 fundraiser for the Forest Ranch, CA volunteer fire department has been cited as the probable cause of an outbreak of toxic E. coli O157:H7. At least 18 have fallen ill, four of whom required hospitalization. Many meat-related E. coli outbreaks are traced back …
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