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January 21, 2010 • Press Releases
Marler Clark Files First E. coli Lawsuit Against National Steak and Poultry
The first E. coli lawsuit against National Steak and Poultry (NSP), an Oklahoma meat manufacturing facility, was filed today in the Third Judicial District Court in Salt Lake City. The civil suit was filed by Marler Clark and by Utah attorneys Jared Faerber and Dustin Lance on behalf of a …
January 21, 2010 • Salmonella
Salmonella Montevideo Outbreak Linked to Meat in the Offing
The term Salmonella refers to a group or family of bacteria that has been known to cause illness in humans for over 100 years. Salmonella bacteria are usually transmitted to humans by eating foods contaminated with animal feces or foods that have been handled by infected food workers. Thoroughly cooking …
January 20, 2010 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Southern California Institute of Food Technologists (2010)
Denis Stearns addressed the Southern California Institute of Food Technologists in Anaheim, CA. …
January 18, 2010 • Listeria
Giant Eagle Voluntarily Recalls Giant Eagle and Food Club Frozen Loose Hash Browns
From a Company Press Release. The independent and unrelated manufacturer of Giant Eagle and Food Club frozen loose hash browns has been informed of the presence of a bacterium in products made in the same facility as these items. Upon receiving this information, Giant Eagle immediately performed a voluntary market …
January 18, 2010 • Salmonella
Salmonella Information Sheet for Parents
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January 16, 2010 • Salmonella
Merrick Beef Filet Squares recalled due to Salmonella concerns
The Food and Drug administration has warned owners not buy Merrick Beef Filet Squares after tests turned up positive for salmonella, which can sicken both people and pets. The agency, which took the unusual step of issuing a recall notice itself rather than relying on the company, said the potentially …
January 16, 2010 • Outbreaks
January 15, 2010 • Salmonella
Hines Nut Company Announces Recall of Pine Nuts Because of Possible Health Risk
Hines Nut Company has initiated a recall of 270 packages of Pine Nuts, packaged under the brand name Harris Teeter Farmers Market. The Pine Nuts were purchased from Red River Foods in Camarillo, CA, and have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella is an organism which can cause …
January 14, 2010 • Salmonella
FDA Salmonella Health Alert for Merrick Beef Filet Squares Dog Treats Packaged and Distributed by Merrick Pet Care
The U. S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use Merrick Beef Filet Squares for dogs distributed by Merrick Pet Care with a package date of “Best By 111911” because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella. The product was distributed nationwide through retail stores and Internet …
January 13, 2010 • Outbreaks
Multi-party E. coli Lawsuit Filed Against Ixtapa Restaurant
Everett, WA Seventeen people who were severely sickened in a 2008 E. coli outbreak at Ixtapa Family Mexican Restaurant (doing business as Ixtapa Barajas, Inc.) in Snohomish, Washington filed suit today. The lawsuit was filed by Drew Falkenstein and brings to 25 the number of victims that Seattle-based foodborne illness …
January 12, 2010 • Press Releases
Marler Clark Peanut Corporation of America Clients Urge Prosecution of PCA President Steward Parnell
Over a year after the outbreak of Salmonella in peanut butter that sickened hundreds and caused the deaths of at least nine, criminal prosecution of the responsible parties has yet to begin. Marler Clark, who represents more than 45 of the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) victims, is assisting them …
January 11, 2010 • Outbreaks
January 08, 2010 • Listeria
Coon Rapids-based Parkers Farm recalls Listeria Products
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has issued a consumer advisory for certain peanut butter, cheese, salsa, cream cheese bagel spreads, dips and spreads made by Coon Rapids-based Parkers Farm. The department says sampling found some of the products were contaminated with the bacteria that can cause listeriosis, a potentially serious …
January 07, 2010 • Outbreaks
January 07, 2010 • Outbreaks
January 06, 2010 • Outbreaks
January 06, 2010 • Outbreaks
Jimmy John's & Tiny Greens Organic Farms Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuits - Nationwide (2010)
In December of 2010 contaminated alfalfa sprouts served at Jimmy John's restaurants nationwide were identified as the source of a Salmonella outbreak that made at least 140 people ill nationwide. The sprouts were produced by Urbana, Illinois based Tiny Greens Organic Farm. …
January 06, 2010 • Outbreaks
January 05, 2010 • Outbreaks
Sangar Fresh Cut Produce Listeria Outbreak Lawsuit - Texas (2010)
The Texas Department of State Health Services determined that a 2010 Listeria outbreak that killed at least four was caused by chopped celery produced by Sangar Fresh Cut Produce. Marler Clark represented the family of one of the victims. …
December 31, 2009 • Salmonella
Newark Restaurant, Iberia Peninsula, Source of Salmonella at Baptism and Christmas Parties
Newark health officials have linked the Iberia Peninsula restaurant to at several patrons hospitalized with many still on antibiotics. According to the New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services, salmonellosis – the condition caused by swallowing the bacteria salmonella, a fecal bacterium – can last for five to seven …
December 29, 2009 • Outbreaks
December 29, 2009 • Salmonella
Salmonella Scare at Newark Iberia Restaurant
According to FOX News Newark, Health officials are investigating what may be a Salmonella outbreak at the Iberia Peninsula restaurant in Newark. Dozens of people got sick after a party in the Ironbound section of the city Sunday night. At least one person who was there has been hospitalized at …
December 28, 2009 • Recalls
E. coli-tainted Meat Causes Illnesses in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, S. Dakota, and Washington
On Christmas eve the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a notice that National Steak and Poultry (NSP) was recalling 248,000 pounds of beef steaks contaminated with the highly virulent pathogen E. coli O157:H7. The steaks were mechanically tenderized “non-intact steaks”, and were shipped to restaurants nationwide. Although the …
December 27, 2009 • Salmonella
More bad News About Drug-Resistant Salmonella
The New York Times reported a month ago that "Salmonella: Drug-Resistant Strain of Bacteria Gains in Africa, With High Death Rates." Apparently, yet another new drug-resistant strain of bacteria has emerged in the last decade in Africa and is causing unusual numbers of deaths there according to British and African …
December 25, 2009 • Listeria
Listeriosis: a Foodborne Infection
Clinical Microbiology and Infection Jan. 2010 V.16 N.1 p.16-23 F. Allerberger and M. Wagner, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Binational Austrian–German Listeria Reference Centre, Vienna and Institute for Milk Hygiene, Milk Technology and Food Science, Department for Farm Animals and Public Veterinary Health, Vienna, Austria. Listeria monocytogenes …
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