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Marler Clark has published 9,580 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.
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
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 • Listeria
Las Vegas meat company issues recall
A Las Vegas meat company announced a recall of semi-boneless ham steaks. The Department of Agriculture is worried the meat may be contaminated with listeria. The steaks are made by First Quality Sausage; the company’s products are sold in Las Vegas, Reno, and Carson City. Keep Reading Here …
February 28, 2007 • Listeria
Chicken Breasts Recalled Nationwide due to Possible Listeria Contamination
ATLANTA) – Kraft Foods has issued a voluntary recall for 52,650 lbs. of fully cooked chicken breasts strips with rib meat that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Carolina Culinary Foods produced the chicken strips for Oscar Meyer and is marketed in 6 oz. packages as "Oscar Meyer/ Louis Rich …
February 28, 2007 • Listeria
Kraft Recalls Chicken Strips Over Listeria Concerns
Two brands of ready-to-eat chicken strips have been recalled because they could be contaminated with listeria. The affected brands are 6-ounce packages of Oscar Meyer and Louis Rich chicken strips with rib meat. The recalled packages all have P-19676 on the USDA inspection sticker and a use-by date of April …
February 28, 2007 • Listeria
S.C. company recalls chicken strips
Carolina Culinary Food is recalling packages of Oscar Mayer ready-to-eat chicken breast strips with rib meat because they may be contaminated, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said Sunday. Officials said Georgia Department of Agriculture food scientists found Listeria monocytogenes in a sample. That type of …
February 28, 2007 • Listeria
Georgia Dept. finds contamination in Oscar Mayer chicken strips
ATLANTA Commissioner Tommy Irvin said today that food scientists with the Georgia Department of Agriculture have found contaminated chicken strips in Oscar Mayer ready to eat chicken breast strips with rib meat. He said the contamination was found in a six-ounce packaged sample marked as grilled fully cooked and ready …
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 …
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