Just landed in Norway, and the first thing I read off the plane was Tom Gremillion’s new piece for the Consumer Federation of America, “Food Safety and Corruption.” Read the whole thing. Nobody in Washington connects the dots on food safety better than Tom, and nobody says it more plainly. Thank you, Tom — for the piece, […]
I was interviewed this morning by NPR’s marketplace – Listen to this story by Helen Palmer: Los Angeles County officials are considering whether to give Hepatitis A vaccinations to some 100,000 food-service workers after an infected cook was found to be working for a local catering company. KAI RYSSDAL: You know those signs in restaurant […]
Dean Baker of the Vancouver Columbian wrote today: Farm where E. coli found has new plan to operate business In Seattle, attorney Drew Falkenstein said his firm is in mediation with the farm owners as it pursues legal action on behalf of two families whose members got ill. Falkenstein’s firm, Marler Clark, specializes in food […]
This is to acknowledge that we have received the completed Salmonella peanut butter questionnaire. We will follow-up with you as necessary for any additional information needed on yours or you child’s claim(s). If medical care was received related to a Salmonella illness we will order copies of records directly using the release document provided. We […]
Vietnam recalls US peanut butter suspected of causing typhoid Vietnam authorities are set to recall peanut butter brands imported from the US Monday after cases of infection with bacterium salmonella – linked as a causative agent for typhoid – were reported in the US. Authorities are to withdraw from circulation 24 jars of peanut butter […]
Earlier Peanut Butter Contamination Kept Quiet? In the March 5, 2007 posting in www.consumeraffairs.com a “Retiree Says Infested Peanut Butter Was Quietly Buried.” The full story: While the Peter Pan/Great Value peanut butter episode took most consumers — and, seemingly, most food safety regulators — by surprise, it was nothing new to Sanford Bass, a […]
According to the CDC, the contaminated peanut butter products have to date sickened only 329 people with 51 needing hospital treatment. We believe that these numbers are a gross under-count if the over 4,500 calls and emails we have received are any example of the extent of this miscount. We believe that this disparity in […]
Julia Prodis Sulek and Brandon Bailey of the San Jose Mercury News reported: The first time Mission Organics used the 50 acres south of Hollister to grow spinach last summer — trying to get organic certification for the fertile land next to the San Benito River — a farmer’s worst nightmare happened. A federal investigation […]
According to the Associated Press and the USDA, a Washington company is recalling ground beef distributed throughout the Northwest because the meat may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said late Friday that Tyson Fresh Meats of Wallula, Wash. shipped 16,743 pounds of the suspect meat to distributors in Oregon, […]
Attorneys Call for Mandatory Hepatitis A Vaccinations for all Foodservice Workers The attorneys at Marler Clark are once again calling on restaurants and caterers nation-wide to vaccinate employees against hepatitis A. The call comes after reports that an employee of Wolfgang Puck Catering was diagnosed with an acute hepatitis A infection; the employee reportedly worked […]
Since this outbreak was announced two week ago, we have taken in nearly 4,500 phone calls and email requests from nearly every corner of the world seeking information on this Salmonella outbreak. To date we have been retained by nearly 3,000 people and continue to investigate legitimate claims. We presently have a nation-wide class action […]
I had a a busy few days in Salinas: Food liability lawyer tells farmers to clean up their act By DANIA AKKAD Herald Staff Writer For many in the Salinas Valley, Bill Marler is Public Enemy No. 1. The Seattle attorney represents the families of 95 people sickened or killed during last year’s E. coli […]
Had a great spinach lunch at the Steinbeck Center in Salinas today – actually a spinach salad followed by spinach-stuffed chicken. The group of about 250 – 300 consisted of lettuce and spinach growers from the entire region. Hopefully, we both learned a bit. Several members of the press were there – here is one […]
I am looking forward to my talk in the morning to the Agricultural Forum. My speech “Put me out of business – Please” is a sell out. However, I am not sure they are coming to hear me, eat the spinach salad or get the “I Love Spinach” bumper stickers. PowerPoint below:
Op-ed – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle William Marler and Paul Nunes Guest essayists (February 27, 2007) — In 1906, Upton Sinclair penned his great American novel The Jungle about the corrupt meat-packing industry. He described in shocking detail how dead rats were processed into sausage while bribed inspectors looked the other way. The book inspired […]