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 […]
Next week I (www.billmarler.com) will be speaking at the University of Minnesota College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences on Tuesday, May 6 at 3:00 PM. (PowerPoint). I am a guest lecturer in the Food: Safety, Risk, and Technology class taught by distinguished professor Dr. Ted Labuza. As those who frequent my blog, I travel […]
Salad Recall Gourmet Boutique of Jamaica, N.Y., is recalling 35 types of fresh and frozen products, which were distributed nationwide. It includes various salads and other products. It is voluntarily recalling 286,320 pounds of meat products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Safety Inspection Service. […]
Ohio Health officials are working to identify the source of a salmonella scare that sent 10 people to the hospital last week in Norwalk. However, The common thread linking the 10 victims together is that they all ate at Casa Fiesta, 196 Milan Avenue in Norwalk on April 24. That restaurant voluntarily closed its doors […]
There are now eight confirmed cases of salmonella at Princeton University and health officials are investigating whether they are related to 80 other cases of stomach problems at the school. A Princeton spokeswoman said those who tested positive for the salmonella bacteria had more severe symptoms than the others, who may have caught an unrelated […]
San Diego County health officials reported today another person who contracted hepatitis A from eating at a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant in La Mesa. The new case brings to 19, eight women and 11 men, the total number of patients sickened by the outbreak, according to the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency. […]
Thank you Governor Locke and thank you WSTLA for this honor. For those who know me well, know that this honor is not mine alone. It is an honor shared with my law partners, Bruce Clark, Denis Stearns and Andy Weisbecker and associates and staff who have all long suffered in my presence. Thanks to […]
You might recall a post I made several months back about Nebraska Beef suing the Salem Lutheran Church of Longville, Minnesota claiming, among other things: That, upon information and belief, an environmental assessment of the church kitchen and food preparation procedures by the Minnesota Department of Health indicated that there was a high potential of […]
William Marler, managing partner of Seattle-based Marler Clark, has been selected for a prestigious law award recognizing his work on behalf of a safer food supply. The Washington State Trial Lawyers Association (WSTLA) has selected him for the 2008 Public Justice Award, which is bestowed upon "an individual or organization whose efforts, courage, litigation, or […]
CDC is collaborating with public health officials in multiple states across the United States and with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Agona infections. An investigation that includes interviews of persons with Salmonella Agona infections and comparison of the DNA fingerprints suggests that cereal from Malt-O-Meal unsweetened […]
A day after I listened to Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico, give a great speech in Seattle, restaurant workers in New Mexico are diagnosed with hepatitis A. Two Albuquerque I-HOP restaurants are under the microscope after two of its workers were diagnosed with hepatitis A. According to the New Mexico Department of Health, the […]
Four more hepatitis A cases have been linked to a Chipotle restaurant in La Mesa, California, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 18. Local Health and Human Services officials said no employees at the Chipotle restaurant tested positive for hepatitis A. Health officials are recommending that anyone who ate at the restaurant […]
Illnesses as of a few moments ago are holding at 14. However, San Diego Health officials have advised people who ate at the restaurant, at 8005 Fletcher Parkway, between March 1 and April 22 to see a doctor if they are experiencing symptoms of the viral infection. Hepatitis A is one of five human hepatitis […]
Outbreak supports the rationale for expanding E. coli O157:H7 as an adulterant on all meats, including those formerly considered “intact.” According to Nebraska State health officials, an E. coli outbreak in Sarpy County has sickened 14 people — including a 7-year-old — and sent four people to the hospital. The E. coli outbreak was caused […]
Those sickened include six women and eight men, ranging in age from 23 to 55. The concern is over anyone who dined at the restaurant located at 8005 Fletcher Parkway between March 1 and April 22. Anyone who is symptomatic for Hepatitis A should immediately see his or her doctor to be screened for the […]
E. coli illnesses seem to be a part of nearly every news cycle. This week stories of illnesses have come from Colorado and Nebraska. The Omaha World-Herald reports – “Sarpy County E. coli outbreak investigated” State health officials are continuing to investigate an E. coli outbreak in Sarpy County that sickened 14 people — including […]