This is simply unacceptable. This botulism outbreak, frankly any outbreak that sickens babies, should never have happened. We can do more to protect the most vulnerable. The stork in “operation stork speed” clearly flew into a brick wall and crash landed. This child’s parents bought ByHeart Infant Formula at a Walmart. ByHeart utilized powdered organic […]
We have learned that in the next few hours a press release will be issued from the CDC, FDA, and State Health Departments to alert the public to an ongoing outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that has been linked to contaminated spinach. This outbreak appears to involve several states, including Wisconsin, Utah, Oregon and New […]
Nothing yet has been solidly confirmed, however, I have been contacted by two Oregon residents who believe that they are part of a wider E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that is potentially tied to the consumption of bagged "Baby Spinach." It appears that the Oregon State Department of Health (one of the best in the country) […]
Interestingly, September is FOOD SAFETY MONTH. I guess someone forgot to let the victims and the businesses below know that. Milwaukee Looking For Link to as many as eleven E. coli cases Eleven people have been sickened recently by E. coli in Milwaukee County. Health officials have not said if the cases are related, but […]
In an LA Times article E. Coli Outbreaks Prompt Review of Salinas Valley Lettuce Farms, Rong-Gong Lin II reports that Salinas Valley growers’ practices are being evaluated by state and federal health officials after their products’ link to repeated illnesses. From the article: Lettuce and spinach grown in the valley, dubbed the "Salad Bowl of […]
Indiana State health officials report the source of the recent salmonella outbreak is the Wal-Mart on 1133 North Emerson in Greenwood. The deli and bakery departments have been identified as the source of the recent salmonella outbreak impacting at least 84 people in northern Johnson and southern Marion counties. Wal-Mart officials report that all employees […]
Andrew Weeks of the Standard-Examiner reports that at least five more people, two of them children, have contracted E. coli from an unknown source in Weber County, according to officials from the Weber-Morgan Health Department. No common food source has been linked to the bacteria, though officials say there seem to be no ties to […]
Indiana State health officials over the last two weeks reported that the source of the recent salmonella outbreak as the Wal-Mart on 1133 North Emerson in Greenwood. The deli and bakery departments were identified as the source of the recent salmonella outbreak in northern Johnson and southern Marion counties. The likely cause of the outbreak […]
Brian White at bloggingstocks.com has written an interesting post about the Wal-Mart sued in Indiana over the salmonella outbreak. Brian writes: When someone sues Wal-Mart these days, it usually doesn’t even make headlines anywhere. This is a tad bit different, as a Greenwood, Indiana family is suing the global retailer for damages after a boy […]
As the Indy-Star reports, Marler Clark is representing a Greenwood man in a salmonella lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores. The suit follows a salmonella outbreak this summer in which at least 84 people became ill. The Indiana State Department of Health traced the outbreak to the deli and bakery departments at the Wal-Mart on Emerson Avenue […]
On August 26 I posted that USDA fails – Miserably – To protect public from E. coli. Well, I was wrong -sort of. It is clear that the USDA or the Nebraska plant (USDA has not named the plant and may take the position it does not have to) had a positive test for the […]
Michael Schroeder of the Journal Gazette reports that since a server at the Coventry Pizza Hut was diagnosed with hepatitis A nearly two weeks ago, no related cases have been reported. But health officials – fully aware of the virus’ average month-long incubation period during which infected persons exhibit no outward symptoms – are keeping […]
In an article titled "Eateries fear ugly backlash: E. coli in hamburger," Chris Kitching of the Winnipeg Sun reports that a Winnipeg burger joints that unknowingly sold E. coli-contaminated beef from an outside source are worried the publicity will turn people away from their food. Mrs. Mike’s, Dairi-Wip Drive-In on Marion Street, and VJ’s Drive-In […]
I expect soon to receive the below email commenting on the recent tragic death and thirty illnesses tied E. coli contaminated hamburger served at a Minnesota church dinner: “It is not the failure of the Meat Industry in not keeping cattle feces out of hamburger that sickened the people. It is the fault of the […]
Marler Clark has seen an increase in business recently, and in light of the current E. coli outbreak in Minnesota, I think that increase might be courtesy of the United States Department of Agriculture. This is the agency that is responsible for, among other things, testing ground beef to ensure that the consuming public has […]
Recently at the 93rd annual meeting for the International Association for Food Protection in Calgary, Alberta, Canada I spoke on: “Making Foods Safer: How Outbreaks Can Influence Change,” on the topic of whether litigation helps food safety in the United States. I also spoke on the topic of raw milk consumption and sale, addressing legal […]