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Marler Clark has published 9,580 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.
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 • Listeria
Raw milk contaminated with Listeria at Butler dairy
A Butler County diary farm’s raw milk has been contaminated with bacteria and customers who have bought any of the raw product should discard it immediately, the Pennsylvania Agriculture secretary warned yesterday. Raw milk bought from Fisher’s Dairy in Butler County has been infected with Listeria monocytogenes, the state’s Department …
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 13, 2007 • Hepatitis A
Parents from 2 families with preschool children treated for hepatitis A
Full Story from The Associated Press – April 13, 2007 EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN — Health officials vaccinated children, staff and parents Friday at a preschool potentially linked to cases of hepatitis A in three parents. “This action is being taken to protect the health of parents, preschool staff and children …
April 12, 2007 • Outbreaks
April 12, 2007 • Outbreaks
April 10, 2007 • Outbreaks
April 09, 2007 • Salmonella
Lawyers and investigators visit south Ga. peanut butter plant
Article by Greg Blustein. Full story ATLANTA – An army of plaintiffs’ lawyers and investigators is inspecting the south Georgia peanut butter plant linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 400 people nationwide. A team of attorneys, engineers, photographers, mapping specialists and videographers on Monday scouted the …
April 09, 2007 • Salmonella
Salmonella poisonings have Campbell Co. officials on alert
A restaurant in Campbell County, Tennessee, is under investigation for a possible salmonella outbreak. The name of the restaurant has not been released. Full Story from Jeff Lennox, Channel 6 News. The East Tennessee Regional Health Office has confirmed the three cases of salmonella poisoning. All three people ate at …
April 07, 2007 • Outbreaks
Topps Meats E. coli Outbreak Lawsuits - Nationwide (2007)
Marler Clark represented several victims of a 2007 E. coli outbreak that was traced to the consumption of ground beef produced by Topps Meats of Elizabeth, New Jersey. The meat producer recalled 21.7 million pounds of frozen ground beef products after the outbreak was announced, and later filed for bankruptcy. …
April 07, 2007 • Outbreaks
Cargill E. coli Outbreak Lawsuits - Minnesota, Tennessee (2007)
In 2007, Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation recalled 845,000 pounds of frozen ground beef patties after Minnesota health officials traced Cargill ground beef patties as the source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak. The ground beef patties had been sold at Sam's Club and other retail outlets across the United States …
April 07, 2007 • Outbreaks
April 06, 2007 • Outbreaks
ConAgra Pot Pie Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuits - Nationwide (2007)
In 2007, public health officials from the CDC and several states collaborated on an outbreak investigation that lead to the discovery that ConAgra's Banquet and store-brand chicken and turkey pot pies were the source of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak. Marler Clark filed 6 lawsuits on behalf of the victims of the outbreak. …
April 06, 2007 • Salmonella
FDA Plans More Peanut Butter Inspections
Another ConAgra Salmonella article out of the AP in Omaha today: The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it will increase the frequency of investigations at plants that make peanut butter and similar products, saying this year’s salmonella outbreak showed peanut butter is riskier than health officials had thought. The …
April 06, 2007 • Outbreaks
April 06, 2007 • Outbreaks
April 06, 2007 • Salmonella
What did ConAgra know and when?
I was alerted a few weeks ago that the roof at the Sylvester, Georgia ConAgra peanut butter plant had been leaking and that the sprinkler system had failed on a few occasions. We then sought a court order requiring that ConAgra allow us in to view the roof before they …
April 05, 2007 • Outbreaks
April 05, 2007 • Outbreaks
April 05, 2007 • Listeria
Listeria confirmed in raw milk
WASHINGTON TWP. — The state Department of Agriculture has confirmed raw milk from a farm, about six miles north of Tunkhannock on Ellsworth Hill Road, is tainted with Listeria monocytogenes. On March 26, tests conducted by the state indicated that listeria may be in raw milk sold at the farm …
April 05, 2007 • Listeria
Pennsylvania Agriculture Department Warns Consumers Of Tainted Raw Milk Sold By Wyoming County Dairy
Pennsylvania consumers who have purchased raw milk from the dairy of Charles Bartels in Meshoppen, Wyoming County, any time after March 1, 2007 should discard it immediately due to the risk of Listeria monocytogenes contamination, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said. "During routine inspection, a preliminary test showed the presence of …
April 05, 2007 • Listeria
Patient ‘very likely’ contracted listeria from hospital sandwich
A patient has tested positive for the same rare strain of listeria that contaminated sandwiches provided to hospitals across London and the southeast, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has revealed. The patient, who is believed to have had a weakened immune system, reported eating a sandwich which looked like those …
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