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October 21, 2011
Listeria Victims and Families Call for Investigation
Food Safety Newsby Gretchen Goetz | Oct 08, 2011Victims of the ongoing Listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupe are calling on lawmakers to launch an investigation into the epidemic, which has ...
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October 14, 2011
Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak: 116 Cases, 23 Deaths
Food Safety Newsby Mary Rothschild | Oct 13, 2011The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wednesday said the outbreak linked to Listeria-tainted cantaloupe has killed 25 of the 12 ...
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October 06, 2011
100 Infected, 18 Dead; Listeria Outbreak Continues
The CDC has confirmed at least 100 ill and 18 dead in the Jensen Farms cantaloupe Listeria outbreakFood Safety Newsby Dan FlynnOctober 5, 2011The outbreak of listeriosis linked to whole Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupes from Colorado's Jensen Farms is now more than six times larger than it was ...
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October 03, 2011
$1.1 million awarded in listeria death lawsuit
Family wins as shut company fails to show in court.San Antonio Express-NewsBy Don FinleyJuly 26, 2011The family of an 81-year-old Seguin man who died of listeriosis during an outbreak last ...
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September 29, 2011
Too Early to Know 'Root Cause' of Listeria Outbreak
Food Safety Newsby Dan Flynn Sep 29, 2011The nation's top disease trackers and food regulators say it's too early for them to know the "root cause" of the deadly cantaloupe ...
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September 27, 2011
Listeria Outbreak Toll Rises
Food Safety Newsby News Desk Sep 24, 2011The deaths of a Nebraska man in his 80s and a 95-year-old Missouri woman, plus five cases of Listeria infection in Kansas, were ...
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September 27, 2011
Contaminated Cantaloupe Likely Cause Of Wyoming Death
Food Safety Newsby Dan Flynn Sep 27, 2011In the one week since the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last reported on the multistate outbreak of listeriosis-linked "Rocky ...
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September 27, 2011
Texas Family Files Suit Against Cantaloupe Grower
Food Safety Newsby News DeskSep 22, 2011The family of an Angleton, TX woman who was hospitalized after eating Listeria-contaminated cantaloupe has sued the grower, Colorado-based Jensen Farms.The lawsuit was filed ...
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September 21, 2011
Second Colorado Death in Multistate Listeria Outbreak
Cantaloupe grower Jensen Farms faces more lawsuitsFood Safety Newsby Dan Flynn Sep 21, 2011The death Tuesday of another victim of the cantaloupe-caused Listeria outbreak has been confirmed by the Colorado ...
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September 20, 2011
Outbreak Listeria Found in Cantaloupes, Farm Equipment
CDC Confirms 4 Dead, 31 Sick in 10 StatesFood Safety Newsby Dan FlynnSep 20, 2011Investigators found Listeria monocytogenes matching an outbreak strain in cantaloupe at a Denver-area store, and on ...
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September 19, 2011
Cantaloupe Listeria Lawsuit filed in Colorado
A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a Colorado Springs man who was hospitalized after eating cantaloupe contaminated with ListeriaFood Safety News by Dan FlynnSeptember 16, 2011First came the state warning, then retail removals, next was the recall, followed by national warnings, and now the first lawsuit. The multi-state ...
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September 15, 2011
Cantaloupes Recalled in Deadly Listeria Outbreak
CDC says 2 deaths, 22 illnesses in 7 statesFood Safety Newsby Dan FlynnSep 15, 2011By the time the first recall was announced Wednesday, major retail chains had already removed all ...
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September 14, 2011
New Mexico Department of Health Identifies Nine People with Listeria Infection And Three Have Died
The New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) has identified nine cases of Listeria infection throughout the state with three of these cases resulting in death.New Mexico Department of Health PRESS RELEASESept. 12, 2011(Santa Fe) – The New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) has identified nine cases of Listeria infection throughout the state with three ...
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September 14, 2011
Rocky Ford cantaloupe linked to Listeria outbreak
Colorado Department of Public Health and the EnvironmentPRESS RELEASESept. 12, 2011DENVER – Today, Dr. Chris Urbina, chief medical officer and executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and ...
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September 14, 2011
Colorado’s Listeria investigation now multistate
Colorado Department of Public Health and the EnvironmentPRESS RELEASESept. 9, 2011DENVER – The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has identified nine cases linked to a multistate Listeria outbreak ...
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September 14, 2011
State Health Department warns of Listeria outbreak
Colorado Department of Public Health and the EnvironmentPRESS RELEASESept. 2, 2011DENVER – Officials at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment today announced the state health department has identified ...
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September 13, 2011
Colorado Rocky Ford Cantaloupes Tied to Listeria Outbreak
Are 3 deaths and 6 illnesses in New Mexico also linked?Food Safety Newsby Mary Rothschild Sep 13, 2011With tests pending to identify a specific source of cantaloupes implicated in a ...
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January 05, 2011
Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Widow of Listeria Victim
A Listeria lawsuit was filed in Bexar County, Texas against Sangar Fresh Cut Produce on behalf of the widow of a man who died after eating contaminated celeryA food poisoning lawsuit was filed in Bexar County District Court today against San Antonio-based Sangar Fresh Cut Produce. The lawsuit was filed by the Seattle-based food safety law firm ...
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December 26, 2007
Woman who lost her baby to sue over bad cheese
Glenn BohnVancouver SunMolly Sandvick was eight weeks pregnant when she and her fiance Matthew Turetsky took a float plane from Seattle to Victoria last month for a weekend getaway.The couple ...
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May 20, 2023
What To Expect During E. coli O157:H7 Litigation
E. coli litigation is all about causation (did a particular food product cause the illness) and damages (what are your past, present and future costs).E. coli litigation is all about causation (did a particular food product cause the illness) and damages (what are your past, present and future costs). The E. coli that are ...
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May 20, 2023
Lessons To Learn From the Salmonella Outbreak of 2008
On February 21, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that former PCA officials had been indicted after a years-long criminal investigation into their involvement in releasing Salmonella-contaminated peanuts andAt least 714 people in 46 states were confirmed ill with Salmonella Typhimurium infection after consuming peanut and peanut butter products produced by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) in 200 ...
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May 20, 2023
How Much Can a Foodborne Illness Lawsuit Cost a Restaurant?
Overwhelmed by the number of victims who pursued legal action for their injuries, Famous Anthony’s filed for bankruptcy and several of its locations have been closed.Though there are many examples of point-source outbreaks of hepatitis A that have occurred within the past few years around the country, a particularly egregious outbreak occurred in the early ...
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May 29, 2023
Why Listeria Stays in Your System for So Long
The amount of time from infection to the onset of symptoms—typically referred to as the incubation period—can vary to a significant degree. Symptoms of Listeria infection can develop at anyListeria is a common presence in nature, found widely in such places as water, soil, infected animals, human and animal feces, raw and treated sewage, leafy vegetables, effluent from poultry ...
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May 29, 2023
Tips for Preventing Campylobacter Exposure
Campylobacter (camp-UH-low-back-ter) is a genus of bacteria that is among the most common causes of bacterial infections in humans worldwide.Campylobacter (camp-UH-low-back-ter) is a genus of bacteria that is among the most common causes of bacterial infections in humans worldwide. There are many control measures of import that are available ...
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May 29, 2023
What To Know About the Hepatitis A Vaccine
Presently, approximately 5% of all hepatitis A outbreaks are linked to infected food-handlers.Presently, approximately 5% of all hepatitis A outbreaks are linked to infected food-handlers. Here is what the CDC continues to say about vaccinating food-handlers: CDC does not recommend vaccinating all ...
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