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November 07, 2021

Essential Procedures to Prevent Botulism Outbreaks

Botulinum toxin is heat-labile, or unstable if heated to a certain temperature, and can be destroyed if heated and held at 80 degrees Centigrade (176 degrees Fahrenheit) for ten minutes or longer. …

August 03, 2021

Valley Oak Gas Station Cheese Botulism Outbreak and Litigation - California (2017)

Food safety lawyers at Marler Clark represented four of the victims in this outbreak, achieving settlements covering medical expenses, wage loss, and pain and suffering. At this time, these cases have been successfully settled. At least ten individuals suffered severe botulism illnesses, with one death, after consuming cheese sauce contaminated …

November 05, 2014

VR Green Farms Botulism Outbreak Lawsuit – California (2014)

California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Health Officer Dr. Ron Chapman warned consumers today not to eat VR Green Farms jarred food products because they may have been improperly produced, making them susceptible to contamination with Clostridium botulinum. …

March 31, 2008

Castleberry's Food Company Botulism Outbreak Litigation - Nationwide (2007)

In 2007, Castleberry's Food Company announced that it was recalling millions of pounds of canned chili products for potential contamination with Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium that causes botulism poisoning. Victims from Indiana, Ohio, and Texas were all identified during the botulism outbreak. Marler Clark represented an Ohio man and Indiana …

August 03, 2007

Castleberry’s should pay botulism victims’ medical bills, attorney says

Bill Marler, an attorney who has represented thousands of victims of foodborne illness outbreaks, including victims of botulism poisoning, called on Castleberry’s, the company whose chili and dog food products were recalled last month due to contamination with Clostridium botulinum, to pay all botulism outbreak victims’ medical bills today. …

September 27, 2006

Bolthouse Farms Carrot Juice Botulism Outbreak Lawsuit - Florida (2006)

Marler Clark represented the sons of a Florida woman who suffered botulism and died after drinking contaminated Bolthouse Farms carrot juice in 2006. She was one of 6 people in the U.S. and Canada who became ill with botulism poisoning after consuming the carrot juice. …

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