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June 22, 2026

Lawsuit Accuses Nara Organics of Selling Whole-Milk Infant Formula that Carried Botulism Spores

Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, has filed suit on behalf of an infant who was hospitalized with botulism after consuming Nara Organics Whole Milk Organic Powdered Infant Formula. The lawsuit alleges that Nara Organics, Inc. sold a whole-milk-based infant formula to American families at a time when the …

June 13, 2026

The Ten Largest Foodborne Illness Outbreaks in the U.S. Since 1993 — and Marler Clark’s Role in Them

I started doing this work in 1993, sitting in a hospital hallway at Seattle Children's while a nine-year-old girl named Brianne Kiner fought for her life. More than thirty years later, I have had a front-row seat to nearly every major foodborne illness outbreak in the United States. People ask …

June 08, 2026

On World Food Safety Day, We're Turning Off the Lights

Today is World Food Safety Day. This year's theme, set by the World Health Organization, is "From burden to solutions — safe food everywhere," and it rests on a single sensible idea: count the harm unsafe food does, then use what you learn to prevent it. This month the WHO …

June 05, 2026

We’re Turning Off the Smoke Detectors on America’s Food Supply

For more than thirty years I have represented the families on the other end of a foodborne outbreak — the parents of children on dialysis with hemolytic uremic syndrome, the survivors of a contaminated hamburger or a bag of spinach, the people left planning funerals. I built a career holding …

May 31, 2026

Bill Marler and the Fight to Make Ground Beef Safer from E. coli

For more than thirty years, the story of E. coli in American ground beef has been inseparable from the career of one Seattle-area attorney, William “Bill” Marler. What began as a single lawsuit on behalf of a critically ill nine-year-old grew into a body of litigation, advocacy, and regulatory petitioning …

May 29, 2026

Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Child Hospitalized with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in the Kebab Shop E.coli Outbreak

LOS ANGELES, CA — On May 29, 2026, attorneys William D. Marler of Marler Clark, Inc., PS (Seattle, Washington) and Trevor Quirk of Quirk Law Firm LLP (Ventura, California) filed a personal injury lawsuit in the Superior Court for the State of California, County of Los Angeles, on behalf of …

May 23, 2026

A History of Ground Beef Outbreaks, Recalls and Lawsuits

The through-line is striking: for over 30 years, in virtually every significant ground beef E. coli outbreak in the United States, Bill Marler and Marler Clark have been at the table — usually filing the first lawsuit, representing the most seriously injured victims, and using the litigation itself as a …

May 22, 2026

The Ground is Shifting Again: A Warning From Thirty Years in the E. coli Trenches

So, when the California Department of Public Health announced this week that nine people — six of them children, two of them now suffering from hemolytic uremic syndrome — have been sickened in an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to beef kofta at The Kebab Shop, I felt that old …

April 28, 2026

It's Time to Get the S*%! Out of Chicken: Declare Salmonella an Adulterant

We did it with E. coli in hamburger. The sky didn’t fall. Here’s why we must do it again — and finish the job. Bill Marler, the foodborne illness litigator, has spent more than thirty years suing food companies on behalf of people who got sick — and died — …

April 26, 2026

Hepatitis A and the Food Service Industry: A Case for Universal Vaccination

Hepatitis A is a liver disease spread primarily through contaminated food and water, and through the fecal-oral route. It is, in plain terms, a disease of hygiene and poverty. It thrives where handwashing is inadequate, where workers can't afford to call in sick, and where access to healthcare is limited …

April 26, 2026

Our Babies Deserve Better: It's Time to Fix Infant Formula Safety

Powdered infant formula is not crackers. It is not cereal. For many babies, it is the only food they consume. A parent who opens a can of formula and mixes it with water for their newborn is placing absolute trust in the company that made it and the government that …

January 15, 2026

What is Infant Botulism? Will the ByHeart Botulism Outbreak count be more than 51?

What is Infant Botulism? Infant botulism is a rare but serious condition caused by the ingestion of Clostridium botulinum spores, which can grow in the intestines of infants (typically those under one year old) and produce a potent toxin. This condition usually occurs when infants consume contaminated foods, particularly honey …

November 23, 2025

What do Parents and Doctors need to know during the ByHeart Infant Botulism Outbreak

If parents suspect their child or a doctor suspects a child has developed infant botulism, particularly in relation to consuming ByHeart formula or any other food source, it’s important to take the situation seriously. Here are several key points parents and doctors should be aware of: …

November 18, 2025

What is Hepatitis E? Can it be Foodborne?

Hepatitis E is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis E virus (HEV), which typically results in an acute, self-limiting illness. It is a significant public health concern, particularly in parts of the world with poor sanitation and limited access to clean water, where large outbreaks often occur. In developed …

November 12, 2025

Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, Files First Infant Formula Botulism Case

Bainbridge Island, WA – A lawsuit was filed today in court on behalf of Stephen and Yurany Dexter, parents of E.D.( a minor), against ByHeart, Inc. The Dexter’s are represented by Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm and O’Steen, MacLeod & Combs PLC of Phoenix, Arizona. The case was …

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