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Food Poison Blog

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By Marler Clark

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Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 12:57:03

Cookie Dough E. coli Outbreak Remains Mystery

Posted on August 10, 2009
According to a CDC update on the multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 linked to Nestle cookie dough, the agency is working with public health officials in several states and collaborating with the FDA and FSIS to investigate the outbreak. Preliminary results of the investigation 'indicate a strong association with eating raw prepackaged cookie dough,' though the agency is still trying to figure out the exact cause of the contamination...

Devastation of E. coli O157:H7 "Across the Pond" as Well

Posted on August 09, 2009
BBC news is reporting that a 32 year old woman who suffered an E. coli O157:H7 infection is "improving." Still, her current condition is testimony to the level of risk associated with the bacteria. The woman's mother provided this update: "They have lightened the sedation and are hoping to bring her off the ventilator...

Milford, Massachusetts Under Boil Order, Tap Water Positive for E. coli

Posted on August 09, 2009
Residents of Milford, Massachusetts are under a boil order after two tests of tap water showed high levels of fecal matter, with one of the tests returning positive for E. coli. E. coli is the term for a family of fecal bacteria that includes E...

Colorado at the Epicenter of Ground Beef Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on August 09, 2009
Whether its just extremely competent public health officials, or that this particular state just got more of the bad meat than everybody else, Colorado is currently at the epicenter of a national outbreak of antibiotic resistant Salmonella Newport linked to ground beef...

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Antibiotic Resistant Salmonella Newport Hamburger Recalled After 28 Reported Ill in Arizona, California, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Illinois, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming and Texas

Posted on August 08, 2009
Health officials in three Western states said Friday at least 40 people have reported illnesses tied to recalled ground beef that may be tainted with salmonella. On Thursday, Fresno-based Beef Packers Inc. (a.k.a. Cargill) recalled nearly 826,000 pounds (over 400 tons) of ground beef produced from June 5-23...

Strict Liability and Food Safety

Posted on August 08, 2009
Dr. Douglas Powell, associate food safety professor at Kansas State University, posted yesterday on www.barfblog.com about the recent announcement by the Dept of Ag and the FDA regarding their plans to increase testing of beef trim for E. coli O157:H7 (why are other shiga-toxin producing strains of E...

Salmonella Newport in Ground Beef: It's not the first time

Posted on August 08, 2009
In 1999, several states reported clusters of Salmonella Newport, an antibiotic resistant strain of the bug, with an indistinguishable PFGE pattern and the same anti-microbial resistance pattern. The states reported to PulseNet, the national database for foodborne disease surveillance, which prompted an investigation into the cause of the outbreak...

Huge Ground Beef Recall Returns Attention To USDA's Role In Food Safety

Posted on August 07, 2009
Beef Packers Inc.'s recall of 825,769 pounds of ground beef possibly contaminated with antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Newport draws attention to the United States Department of Agriculture's role in the federal food safety system after last week's legislative battle over Food and Drug Administration's reforms...

Salmonella Everywhere in 2009

Posted on August 07, 2009
Safeway today announced a nine state recall of ground beef (825,769 pounds) due to fears that the meat may be contaminated with Salmonella Newport. The recalled product was produced by Beef Packers Inc. (aka "Cargill"). This is just another outbreak/recall in what has turned into a year dominated by Salmonella woes...

An Unforgettable Salmonella Illness

Posted on August 07, 2009
This post is about a brutal illness caused by Salmonella. It happened to one of our clients several years ago. Don't stop reading just because you think you've seen, or heard about, every varient of a Salmonella illness. I assure you that you've never seen one quite like this before...

Foodpoisoning Cases: the good and the ugly

Posted on August 06, 2009
Over the past decade, Marler Clark has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for people grievously injured, or even killed, as a result of foodpoisoning. And not a penny of what these people--the worst of the worst illnesses--recovered was undeserved...

Law School 101: the wireless paper chase

Posted on August 06, 2009
I was trying to find a parking spot in our overcrowded garage yesterday when I got an abject lesson in what certain folks think us lawyers do. I was behind an elderly lady who was going far too slow for my tastes. Nevertheless, rounding a corner in the garage, this woman broke suddenly to allow a roughly 30-year-old woman, who was walking, to get out of the middle of the driving lane...

Two Million Pounds Of Bad Beef Recalled So Far In 2009: More For Salmonella Than E Coli

Posted on August 06, 2009
More than two million pounds of ground beef has been recalled since spring and unlike past years the major cause is not the deadly E. coli 0157:H7. Instead it is two drug resistant strains of Salmonella that are said to be responsible for almost 1.3 million of the total of 2...

Salmonella Newport Illnesses in Colorado Linked Beef Packers in California

Posted on August 06, 2009
Beef Packers, Inc., a Fresno, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 825,769 pounds of ground beef products that may be linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today...

BPI Ground Beef Salmonella Recall: Will the Meat Industry Sue, and Who Will the USDA stand up for?

Posted on August 06, 2009
Today the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced a recall of ground beef products due to possible Salmonella contamination. According to the press release, 'Beef Packers, Inc. [BPI]…is recalling approximately 825,769 pounds of ground beef products that may be linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis...

Increased Short and Long-Term Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease After Salmonella or Campylobacter Gastroenteritis

Posted on August 06, 2009
Kim O. Gradel, Hans L. Nielsen, Henrik C. Schønheyder, Tove Ejlertsen, Brian Kristensen, Henrik Nielsen, Received 12 December 2008; accepted 2 April 2009. published online 09 April 2009. Gastroenterology August 2009 (Vol. 137, Issue 2, Pages 415-418) Background Various commensal enteric and potentially pathogenic bacteria may be involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)...

Ohio Officials Investigating Possible Link Between Day-Care Center and Shigella Illnesses

Posted on August 05, 2009
Two children in Zanesville, Ohio that both attend the same daycare have tested positive for Shigella. The Zanesville Times Recorder reports: Health officials are investigating a shigella outbreak after two children who attend Rufus Putnam Daycare tested positive for the infectious disease...

More Products Involved in Plainview Milk Products Recall

Posted on August 05, 2009
United Food Group announced several days ago that a number of its products contained instant non-fat dried milk subject to the already massive recall of food products made with instnat non-fat dried milk from Plainview Milk Products Cooperative...

More antibiotic-resistant Salmonella cases reported in Colorado

Posted on August 04, 2009
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) issued an updated Salmonella outbreak alert on Juy 31. In it, CDPHE announced that 21 cases of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Newport have been reported in Colorado. Most ill individuals sick with Salmonella Newport reported experiencing symptoms of Salmonella infection beginning in late June or early July, and while CDPHE did not announce that a second ground beef recall had been issued, the agency did warn consumers about the possibility that ground beef they have in their freezers could be contaminated with antibiotic-resistant strains of Salmonella...

Milan McDonalds Hepatitis A Outbreak: where will the numbers go?

Posted on August 03, 2009
Unfortunately, those who dined at the Milan, Illinois McDonalds restaurant located at 400 West 1st Street during the month of July, and maybe even June, and are still not yet sick are not yet out of the woods. Hepatitis A has an incubation period--i...

Foodborne Hepatitis and Catastrophic Liver Failure

Posted on August 02, 2009
The recent hepatitis A outbreak at a McDonalds in Milan, Illinois, has claimed at least 26 victims, and has caused the local health departments to innoculate 5,366 people, hopefully catching these folks in the modest window of time to prevent an infected person from becoming ill...

Pork Skins recalled from Salinas manufacturer

Posted on August 02, 2009
Much has been said, and some would say done, about the problem of contaminated food, primarily lettuce and other leafy greens, coming out of the Salinas Valley, CA. It is estimated that the 2006 spinach outbreak cost the leafy greens industry over 175 million, to say nothing of the hundreds sickened, and five dead, as a result of the outbreak...

Colorado Health Officials Identify Wal-Mart as One Retailer of Recalled Cilantro

Posted on August 02, 2009
The FDA announced several days ago that Frontera Produce of Texas was recalling cilantro due to potential contamination with Salmonella. Neither the FDA nor Frontera, however, provided the identities of the retailers where the cilantro in question had been sold...

Op-ed William D. Marler - Job Wanted - Food Poisoning Lawyer Looking for Work

Posted on July 31, 2009
Today, after a bit of drama yesterday, HR 2749 - The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 - passed overwhelmingly and with serious bi-partisan support. It is now headed to the Senate with a likely stop over at a Conference Committee before it lands on the President's desk...

Statement by the President on House Passage of the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009

Posted on July 31, 2009
From the Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release "Today the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, legislation that will raise food safety standards, allow the FDA to issue mandatory recalls of harmful products,and enhance our oversight of imported food...

The Congressional Master John Dingell Will Get Food Safety Bill Adopted--You Can Count On It!

Posted on July 30, 2009
Congress today knocked H.R. 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, off the fast track. It fell six votes short of achieving the two-thirds necessary to pass without amendments under a suspension of House rules. In the next couple of days, it will come up under regular order, meaning it can be adopted with a simple majority after being subjected to amendments on the floor...

U.S. House Again Takes Up H.B. 2749 On The Floor; Later Afternoon Vote Scheduled

Posted on July 30, 2009
The U.S. House of Representatives at 2:41 p.m. EDT began debating the rule under which H.B. 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 will be considered later today. Debate on the rule is scheduled to take one hour and debate on the bill is scheduled for another hour...

House Ready To Resume Consideration of H.R. 2749, The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009

Posted on July 30, 2009
Here is what is going to happen today on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to get H.R. 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, passed: After the House gets through with the Defense Appropriations Act of 2010, it will turn to House Resolution 691, the rule for consideration of H...

Frontera Produce Recalls Cilantro Due to Possible Salmonella Contamination

Posted on July 30, 2009
Frontera Produce, of Texas, is recalling a lot of cilantro that may be contaminated with Salmonella, according to The Packer. Frontera is not, however, releasing to the public the names of the retailers that received the recalled lot...

Food Safety Enhancement Act HR 2749 Passes on Second Try, Consumer Advocates Relieved

Posted on July 30, 2009
Consumer advocates breathed a sigh of relief today as the House took a major step towards FDA reform by passing H.R. 2749, The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009. After the provision fell just short of the supermajority needed under a suspension of the rules yesterday, the bill passed easily (283-142) under a closed rule...

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