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Marler Clark has published 9,582 articles about foodborne illness outbreaks and lawsuits.
August 09, 2011 • Outbreaks
August 09, 2011 • Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A Hits Olive Garden in Fayetteville North Carolina
James Halpin of the Fayetteville Observer reports that hundreds of people who recently dined or worked at Fayetteville’s Olive Garden may have been exposed to Hepatitis A and are being told to get vaccinated to prevent an outbreak, according to the Cumberland County Health Department. The only confirmed case as …
August 08, 2011 • Outbreaks
August 08, 2011 • Listeria
Spinach Recalled Due to Listeria
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market Inc. is recalling its f&e-brand organic baby spinach because it could be contaminated with listeria, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children and others with weakened immune systems. While no illnesses have been reported, the El Segundo, Calif. company …
August 08, 2011 • Outbreaks
August 06, 2011 • Outbreaks
August 05, 2011 • Press Releases
Marler Clark to Cargill: Start Testing and We Won’t Sue You
In an effort to improve food safety Marler Clark, the nation's foremost law firm dedicated to representing victims of foodborne illness is calling on Cargill to implement testing for antibiotic resistant Salmonella. In exchange the Salmonella law firm will commit to focusing on working out private, amicable solutions for it …
August 05, 2011 • Salmonella
36M Pound Salmonella Turkey Recall Touches, Carter Martinette, Louisville, Kentucky Resident
WDRB, Louisville, Kentucky reports that Carter Martinette, a Louisville woman, became sick with salmonella poisoning from the same strain of tainted turkey that forced a massive, nationwide recall. Carter Martinette says, “I don’t know, I got two kids that eat a lot of turkey, so that definitely scares me.” WDRB …
August 05, 2011 • Salmonella
Consumers Union Calls on USDA to Tighten Salmonella Standard In Wake of Outbreak in Ground Turkey
Asks Congress to Give USDA Recall Authority Yonkers, N.Y.—Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, today called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to drastically tighten its present Salmonella standard, which allows almost half the samples tested at a ground turkey plant to be contaminated with this disease-causing …
August 04, 2011 • Press Releases
Marler Clark Calls on USDA to Immediately Grant CSPI’s Petition on Antibiotic Resistant Salmonella
William Marler, the nation’s leading lawyer and food safety advocate for victims of foodborne illness, calls on the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) to fulfill its public health mission and get antibiotic-resistant Salmonella out of the American meat supply. …
August 04, 2011 • Salmonella
Ruby’s Salmonella – a Parents’ nightmare – Lee / Mullen-Bagby tell the story
Lynne Terry, the food poisoning lady of the Portland Oregonian, tells the horroe story of the Lee/ Mullen-Bagby family’s nightmare – “ground turkey … put their baby Ruby in the hospital for seven days in June.” Ten months old and eating meat only for a few weeks, Ruby was sickened …
August 04, 2011 • Salmonella
WKYC Ohio interviews first Salmonella Turkey Victim, Diana Goodpasture
WKYC reports that: It’s been six weeks since Diana Goodpasture left Akron General Medical Center after being treated for Salmonella poisoning. She says the Summit County Board of Health confirmed to her that she’s one of the cases linked to the national outbreak. Goodpasture remembers eating a ground turkey burger …
August 01, 2011 • Salmonella
February to July 2011 Antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Turkey Burger Outbreak
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) announced an advisory late Friday night (without naming states), FSIS also continues to keep the manufacturers name quiet. This despite the CDC announcing that cultures of four ground turkey samples purchased from four retail locations between March 7 and …
July 31, 2011 • Events & Speaking Engagements
100th International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) Annual Meeting (2011)
Noted foodborne illness attorney Bill Marler spoke at the 100th annual IAFP Conference in Milwaukee. …
July 31, 2011 • Outbreaks
July 30, 2011 • Outbreaks
Cargill Ground Turkey Salmonella Outbreak
Ground turkey produced by Cargill is the source of a nationwide Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak …
July 29, 2011 • Salmonella
77 Ill in 26 States by Salmonella Heidelberg in Ground Turkey
This public health alert was initiated after continuous medical reports, ongoing investigations and testing conducted by various departments of health across the nation determined there is an association between consumption of ground turkey products and an estimated 77 illnesses reported in 26 states. The illnesses were linked through an epidemiologic …
July 26, 2011 • Outbreaks
In Wake of Papaya Salmonella Outbreak, Food Safety Attorney Calls on Government to Fund Food Safety
In the midst of a Salmonella outbreak linked to papayas imported from Mexico, food poisoning attorney Bill Marler is calling on law makers to fund food safety legislation in the U.S. …
July 26, 2011 • Listeria
$1,100,000 Judgment Entered in Texas Listeria Lawsuit
In January of this year we filed suit on behalf of the family of Hermillo Castellano who was one four people who died as a result of consuming the contaminated Sangar celery. Castellano was in a San Antonio hospital with a previous condition in May 2010 when he consumed chopped …
July 26, 2011 • Salmonella
99 sickened with Salmonella Papaya
A total of 99 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Agona have been reported from 23 states between January 1 and July 22, 2011. The number of ill persons identified in each state with the outbreak strain is as follows: Arkansas (1), Arizona (3), California (7), Colorado (1), Georgia (8), Illinois (17), Louisiana […] …
July 25, 2011 • Outbreaks
July 25, 2011 • Outbreaks
Papaya Salmonella Outbreak
Blondie, Yaya, Mañanita, and Tastylicious Brand papayas were determined to be the source of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak in July, 2011. …
July 25, 2011 • Salmonella
Papaya Salmonella Recall in AR, AZ, CA, CO, GA, IL, LA, MA, MN, MO, NE, NA, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI
The CDC and FDA is warning consumers not to eat papayas from Agromod Produce, Inc., a distributor in McAllen,Texas. Recalled product is in United States and Canada. A total of 97 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Agona have been reported from 23 states between January 1 and …
July 24, 2011 • Listeria
Listeria Recall – Primeridge Pure brand Pure Cheese Curds
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Primeridge Pure are warning the public not to consume the Primeridge Pure brand Pure Cheese Curds described below because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected product, Primeridge Pure brand Pure Cheese Curds, bearing “Packed on 08.07.11” was sold in …
July 24, 2011 • Outbreaks
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