The CDC reports: Shigellosis is a nationally notifiable diarrheal illness caused by gram-negative bacteria. Shigella infection is spread through fecal-oral transmission and sexual contact. Although most infections are self-limited, antibiotics are indicated for severe illness or to reduce transmission in settings with high risk for spread. Since 2015, a growing proportion of cases has been caused by […]
Annys Shin, Washington Post Staff Writer, weighed in an article she authored a few days ago – Beef’s Wake-Up Recall – A Year of Problems Has USDA Rethinking Safety Rules. And, here, in part is why the concern: USDA officials did not learn that Topps had begun testing its ground beef less frequently until the […]
According to the CDC, An estimated 1.4 million cases of Salmonellosis occur annually in the United States. Salmonella Newport is the third most common Salmonella serotype in the United States. During 1997–2001, the number of laboratory-confirmed Salmonella Newport infections reported to CDC increased from 1,584 (5%) of 34,608 reported Salmonella infections to 3,152 (10%) of […]
This is a view from the back of the ferry commuting to Seattle this morning. The snow-covered mountains you see are the Olympics – height – 7,500 feet.
Great headline from Amy Derby (a.k.a “The FoodSnark”). With 76,000,000 Americans being poisoned by food each year in the United States, it is surprising that more blogs on the topic have not surfaced – especially good blogs with original content. So, Amy, welcome aboard. So, food snark? Snark, noun – Combination of "snide" and "remark". […]
Bill Tomson writer for the Wall Street Journal wrote in yesterday’s WSJ – “U.S. Agency to Focus Efforts On Reducing E. coli Threat.” According to Mr. Tomson, we can all expect “just as many beef recalls, if not more, in 2008 as they did this year….” According to USDA officials: It took one of the […]
I spoke with Larry Parsons of the Monterey Herald about the status of the settlements of the victims of the 2006 Spinach cases and the status of the safety of the leafy green industry. So far, we have settled 56 of the 72 cases of people we represent. As you recall, the E. coli-tainted spinach […]
Snapps Ferry Packing, an Afton, Tenn., firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 102 pounds of hamburger patties and bulk ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. The products subject to recall are: * 4-pound packages of "GROUND BEEF PATTIES." * Various […]
The Courier reported on a federal lawsuit that was settled out of court that had been brought on behalf of two of our clients who became ill after eating at Taco John’s restaurants in November 2006. They were two of about 80 people who reported illness after eating at Taco John’s restaurants in Iowa and […]
Well after spending most of last week in Salt Lake City mediating, and resolving, spinach-related E. coli O157:H7 cases, I find myself heading back to Salt Lake City Sunday afternoon to work on a little-reported Wendy’s E. coli outbreak, this time E. coli O121:H19. Here is the very sad story: In early August 2006, public […]
According to the Salinas Californian, six lawsuits stemming from the September 2006 E. coli outbreak linked to Central Coast spinach were settled with Dole, Natural Selection Foods and Mission Organics on Thursday in Salt Lake City, according to Seattle-based attorney Bill Marler, who is representing dozens of people sickened from the Dole-brand spinach. Fifty-one cases […]
As Dawn Withers of the Salinas Californian wrote this morning, “E. coli cases at talk stage,” I am actually in Salt Lake City meeting with representatives from Dole, Natural Selection Foods and Mission Organic and their insurers to talk about resolving several cases involving Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. As Dawn wrote: Bill Marler, a Seattle-based attorney […]
I recently did an interview with Don Riggs, the host of Introspect Northwest, which airs on KMPS-FM 94.1 at 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, and on KPTK-AM 1090 at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday. Don and I talked about food poisoning lawsuits during our interview. You can listen in on Sunday at 9 a.m. here: radiotime.com
Dinesh Ramde of Minneapolis Associated Press reported in "Man sues ConAgra over pot pie tainted with salmonella," on our client Eric J. Mand of Malone of Fond du Lac County who bought a ConAgra Banquet pot pie in mid-September. A few days after eating one, he became so sick with severe gastrointestinal symptoms that he […]
I read this morning that China and the United States have signed an agreement that aims to ensure Chinese food, drugs and other exports meet US standards – now I’m worried. What concerns me is not that Chinese producers of the affected products must register with local authorities and submit to annual inspections, but the […]
We have been having problems today with our firm’s spam filter – it is down. Between emails from lawyers, Nigerian chain mail and male enhancement medication sales, I thought about the other SPAM. According to Wikipedia, SPAM luncheon meat is a canned precooked meat product made by the Hormel Foods Corporation. The labeled ingredients in […]