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December 25, 2008 • Listeria
T. Piekutowski European Style Sausage Recalled Due To Testing Positive For Listeria
Christmas did not pass at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service without the need to issue a Class I, High Health Risk recall. (We wonder if those new appointees are being told by the Obama transition team that they have to work weekends and holidays?) Anyway …
December 24, 2008 • Outbreaks
December 24, 2008 • Outbreaks
December 20, 2008 • Outbreaks
December 19, 2008 • Press Releases
Bill Marler's top Ten Food Safety Stories of 2008
Food safety advocate and attorney Bill Marler (of Seattle foodborne illness powerhouse Marler Clark) polled his wide range of contacts in the food safety community, and assembled a list of the top ten food safety stories of 2008. Comments can be read (and made) at www.marlerblog.com. …
December 18, 2008 • Listeria
Maple Leaf Puts Class Action Litigation Behind It
According to the Toronto Star, Maple Leaf Foods has agreed to pay as much as $27 million to victims of last summer’s listeria outbreak. The funds will be divided based on the severity of the illness. Here is what is problematic: Class actions were filed across the country and …
December 15, 2008 • Listeria
Cambrooke Cheese & “Peanot” Recall After Finding Listeria
Cambrooke Foods, LLC, of Framingham, MA, has recalled all batches of its Low Protein Imitation Cream Cheese (“Cheddar Wizard,” “Herb & Garlic,” and “Plain” flavors) due to possible listeria contamination. Listeria was detected during routine testing before shipment in batches of Imitation Cream Cheese at the company’s Randolph, MA facility …
December 12, 2008 • Outbreaks
December 11, 2008 • Outbreaks
December 10, 2008 • Events & Speaking Engagements
Super Lawyers CLE (2008)
Bill Marler presented to the Super Lawyers CLE in Seattle. …
December 09, 2008 • Listeria
Ontario Ministry of Health Says Maple Leaf Listeria Outbreak Is Over
Dr. David Williams, Acting Chief Medical Officer of Health, said the listeria outbreak associated with Maple Leaf food products is over. The date of onset of illness of the last individual associated with the outbreak was September 26. Laboratory results for any listeria cases were monitored until November 26 since …
December 09, 2008 • Outbreaks
December 05, 2008 • Outbreaks
December 05, 2008 • Listeria
Chile And Canada Are Both Up Against Listeria
Canada and Chile are combatting listeria. The Canwest News Service reports: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued a warning Wednesday about Toronto-made ricotta cheese possibly contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. Consumers are urged not to eat Santa Lucia brand ricotta cheese sold in 500 gram packages with the best …
December 05, 2008 • Hepatitis A
More Hepatitis A Now Expected In Maine
Health professionals in Maine are on the lookout this week for more cases of Hepatitis A. After a sixth school child was diagnosed with Hepatitis A it brought the total number of cases in the Kennebunk/Kennebunkport area to 12. Officials now think that someone who traveled overseas to an …
December 05, 2008 • Outbreaks
December 04, 2008 • Events & Speaking Engagements
ACI Food-borne Illness and Contamination Litigation Conference (2008)
Bill Marler traveled to Phoenix to present to the ACI Food Borne Illness & Contamination Litigation Conference. …
November 30, 2008 • Salmonella
UK Says Some Herbs Carry Salmonella–Warning Issued To Consumers
The United Kingdom is warning its consumers about salmonella in ready-to-eat herbs. According to the Mail Online: In a study of packets of fresh herbs Government scientists found the food poisoning bug in dangerous levels in a small proportion of packets. Fresh basil grown in Israel is thought to …
November 30, 2008 • Listeria
Beef Shaved Steaks Recalled For Listeria Contamination
These long holiday weekends rarely pass without a recall of some sort of food product. This time it’s Home Market Foods, Inc., a Norwood, Mass., firm, which is recalling approximately 5,250 pounds of ready-to-eat frozen beef sandwich portions that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall involves: 3.5-ounce individually …
November 27, 2008 • Salmonella
Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Associated with Frozen Pot Pies — United States, 2007
SOURCE: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Nov. 28, 2008 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Rd, MailStop E-90, Atlanta, GA 30333, U.S.A On June 6, 2007, a cluster of four human Salmonella serotype I 4,5,12:i:-* infections sharing a pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern was identified by the Pennsylvania …
November 25, 2008 • Outbreaks
November 23, 2008 • Outbreaks
Alexandre EcoDairy Raw Milk Campylobacter Outbreak Lawsuit - California (2008)
In the summer of 2008, an outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni in Del Norte County, California (near the Oregon border) that sickened 16 people was traced to Alexandre EcoDairy Farm raw milk. Marler Clark represented a woman who became ill with campylobacteriosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome, which resulted in paralysis, in litigation …
November 23, 2008 • Outbreaks
November 20, 2008 • Events & Speaking Engagements
50th Anniversary Ontario Food Protection Association Annual Meeting (2008)
Dave Babcock traveled to Mississauga, Ontario, to present to the OFPA. …
November 20, 2008 • Hepatitis A
Kennebunkport Still Does Not Have Hepatitis A Under Control
After a fourth and now a fifth case of Hepatitis A turned up in the Kennebunkport Consolidated Schools, upset parents say they were not informed soon enough by school officials. According to Maine news site, seacoastonline. com: Following news that a fifth child has been diagnosed with hepatitis A …
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