Personal Injury Law

Why People Question the Civil Justice System - A "Fowl" Case

Posted on January 09, 2009
We work so hard to bring forward legitimate case, and we have sued ConAgra more the a few times, however, the article by Adam Silverman of the Free Press he wrote this morning “Judge hears foul fowl case” made me cringe. The case of the allegedly foul fowl went before a federal judge Thursday in Burlington...

Minnesota Death Linked to Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak

Posted on January 09, 2009
The nationwide salmonella outbreak may have killed a person in Minnesota.  A health department spokesman in Minnesota says an elderly woman had the infection when she died, but it's not clear that salmonella was the cause. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the outbreak has struck 42 states and made nearly 400 people ill...

Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak started Labor Day and it is now almost Inauguration Day - Are we waiting for "Change to Come?"

Posted on January 09, 2009
According to the CDC, as of Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 388 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 42 states. Among the 372 persons with dates available, illnesses began between September 3 and December 29, 2008, with most illnesses beginning after October 1, 2008...

Nothing to do with food safety - Just being a proud Papa

Posted on January 09, 2009
My 16-year-old daughter Morgan traveled to Thailand last summer and took several photos that she has now won awards for.  Here are three of my favorites: And a local one:

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It has been a long day with salmonella peanut butter - Hey, have you seen more of my kid's photos?

Posted on January 09, 2009

The CDC's List of States with Salmonella Cases Linked to King Nut

Posted on January 09, 2009
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a breakdown on Friday of the number of cases in each of 42 states involved in a nationwide outbreak of salmonella poisoning that has stricken at least 399 people: California, 55, Ohio, 53, Massachusetts, 39, Minnesota, 30, Michigan 20, New Jersey 13, New York, 12, Pennsylvania 12, Virginia 12, Washington 11, Idaho, 10, North Dakota, 10, New Hampshire, 10, Colorado, 9, Tennessee, 9, Arizona, 8, Missouri, 8, Maryland, 7, Connecticut, 6, Nevada, 6, Georgia, 5, Oregon, 5, Texas, 5, Illinois, 4, Vermont, 4, Arkansas, 3, Indiana, 3, Kentucky, 3, Maine, 3, Rhode Island, 3, Utah, 3, Wisconsin, 3, Kansas, 2, Oklahoma, 2, South Dakota, 2, West Virginia, 2, Wyoming, 2, Alabama, 1, Hawaii, 1, Iowa, 1, Nebraska, 1, North Carolina, 1.

Marler Clark: Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Peanut Butter - Again

Posted on January 09, 2009
The source of the outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium that has sickened at least 400 and may have contributed to one death has been identified in Minnesota as King Nut peanut butter. Peanut butter tainted with the genetic fingerprint matching the outbreak was tested by the Minnesota Health Department...

Agriculture, Health officials issue product advisory for King Nut peanut butter Product contaminated with Salmonella bacteria was shipped to institutions in Minnesota

Posted on January 09, 2009
From "Team Diarrhea" about "King Nut:" Officials from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) today issued a product advisory after MDA’s preliminary laboratory testing indicated the presence of Salmonella bacteria in a 5-pound container of King Nut brand creamy peanut butter...

eFoodAlert.com - Your dependable, independent source for food safety news and information releases updated data on Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on January 09, 2009
From the pages of efoodalert - Based on information posted by the three states, and on media reports across the United States, the following 29 states have reported confirmed cases of Salmonella Typhimurium that are linked genetically to the national outbreak...

Hey FDA - Recall King Nut's 5-pound Containers of Creamy Peanut Butter with Salmonella Typhimurium

Posted on January 09, 2009
Officials from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) today issued a product advisory after MDA’s preliminary laboratory testing indicated the presence of Salmonella bacteria in a 5-pound container of King Nut brand creamy peanut butter...

Is Hope and Reform on the way to FDA? Tom Daschle thinks so.

Posted on January 08, 2009
During Congressional testimony today, former Senator Tom Daschle said regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which regulates one out of every four products consumed by Americans, vowed that the FDA would make decisions based on science not politics under his leadership...

CDC - Investigation of Outbreak of Infections Caused by Salmonella Typhimurium 2008-2009 - Could it be Peanut Butter - Again?

Posted on January 08, 2009
CDC is collaborating with public health officials in many states, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate an ongoing multistate outbreak of human infections due to Salmonella serotype Typhimurium...

Since October 2008 Salmonella Typhimurium Has Sickened Hundreds in 42 States - What If It Was Intentional?

Posted on January 08, 2009
Surely within the next few days will come the announcement that the CDC, local and state health departments, the FDA, USDA and FSIS have narrowed in on the source of the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak - right now it is down to chicken, eggs or cheese - or will they?  Why has it taken three months to get even this far?  And, what if this is not some manufacturer's error that poisoned customers in 42 states?  What if it was like what I wrote about last Summer?  What if it was like this: At 10:00 PM last May 30th, on the same day New Mexico asked for help from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U...

Patrick Cudahy Recalls Bacon Bit Products For Possible Listeria Contamination

Posted on January 07, 2009
Patrick Cudahy, a Cudahy, Wisc., firm, is recalling approximately 3,590 pounds of bacon bit products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. The following products are subject to recall: * 10-pound cases of "Golden Crisp APPLEWOOD SMOKED PRECOOKED BACON TOPPINGS...

FSIS Notice 05-09 MEASURES TO ADDRESS E. coli O157:H7 AT ESTABLISHMENT THAT RECEIVE, GRIND, OR OTHERWISE PROCESS RAW BEEF PRODUCTS

Posted on January 07, 2009
Now, that is a mouthful. It is a cold and rainy day in Seattle and I had some time to catch up on some of my reading and stumbled upon FSIS notice 05-09.  What was most fascinating was the honesty: I. PURPOSE E. coli O157:H7 is hazard that establishments that receive, grind, or otherwise process raw beef products need to address in their hazard analysis...

Nearly 400 Sickened, Many Hospitalized, with Salmonella Typhimurium Linked to Poultry, Eggs or Cheese

Posted on January 07, 2009
The CDC reports that an outbreak of Salmonella food poisoning has made 388 people sick across 42 states, sending 18 percent of them to the hospital, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday.  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to trace the source of the outbreak, which began in September...

Girl gets E. coli after touching deer meat

Posted on January 06, 2009
You can’t even trust Bambi anymore. Doug Powell, from Barfblog, emailed me the story of a young girl who suffered HUS after contracting an E. coli infection from handling deer meat. Beverly said the only other thing she could think of was that her husband, Red, had shot a deer the Friday after Thanksgiving...

Sanjay Gupta tapped as U.S. Surgeon General

Posted on January 06, 2009
In somewhat of a surprise, but brilliant appointment, Obama has tapped Sanjay Gupta as U.S. Surgeon General.  When I was “hangin’ with Sajay” during the filming of “Danger-Poisoned Food,”  I was impressed with his smarts, savvy and good sense of humor - all qualities that he can well use in dealing with the “Body America...

At Least 336 Sick in Multi-State Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak

Posted on January 06, 2009
A multi-state investigation with over two dozen states and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has yet to identify the source of an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium. Cases, some of which date back to October 2008, match each other by their DNA fingerprint (PFGE) and appear to have a common origin, the CDC said...

GMA Food Claims and Litigation Conference

Posted on January 05, 2009
Between snowstorms here in Seattle, I worked on my presentation to the GMA Food Claims and Litigation Conference - Palm Springs in February sounds very nice.

Raw Milk, Irradiation, Grain or Grass-fed Meat and Food Safety

Posted on January 05, 2009
In the "blog-o-sphere" a lot of heat, but not much light is generated in the "foodie space" talking passionately about these issues.  Here are several articles that have been posted on Marler Blog over the last year.  I hope they are helpful in a lighter debate...

Father of Melamine-Poisoned Child Arrested

Posted on January 02, 2009
Foreign Press announced today that Chinese police detained the father of a child sickened by tainted milk apparently to prevent him and other parents from holding a news conference to complain that proposed compensation for their ill children is too low, a lawyer said Friday...

Unpasteurized milk and unpasteurized (raw) milk products should not be consumed to prevent milk-borne infections, U.S. federal health officials say

Posted on December 31, 2008
Eating fresh cheese at a fair in Kansas was the only recent exposure associated with illness. Of 101 persons who ate the cheese, 66 percent became ill, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report said.  On October 26, 2007, a family health clinic nurse informed the Kansas Department of Health and Environment that Campylobacter jejuni had been isolated from two ill persons from different families who were members of a closed community in a rural Kansas county...

Compensation arrangements in China milk crisis do not ensure improved product safety

Posted on December 31, 2008
"According to the latest news reports, the 22 companies implicated in the Chinese powdered milk crisis are likely to pay 1.1 billion yuan ($160 million) in compensation to the families of the over 294,000 children sickened by tainted milk products...

Michelle & Barack Obama's Kids Will Get Organic Lunches at School; Your Kids Will Get Bad Chicken From a Bailout You Never Heard About - Guest Blog - Eddie Gehman Kohan - Obamafoodorama

Posted on December 31, 2008
From Obamafoodorama: When Malia and Sasha Obama start school next week at Sidwell Friends in Washington, they'll enjoy a lunch program that relies on organic foods, with menus that are well planned and highly nutritious. It's all of a piece with Sidewell's lovely program of environmental stewardship, which teaches ethical and green values with concrete things like locally grown veggie stew...

Marler's Ten Top Food Safety Challenges for 2009

Posted on December 30, 2008
Our food supply seems so challenged, that it was hard to narrow it down to only 10. 1. Globalization: More international recalls and outbreaks due to expanding globalalization of the food supply and the challenges of oversight/infrastructure in developing countries...

Chinese Dairies to Compensate Sickened Babies - 1.1 billion yuan ($160 million)

Posted on December 30, 2008
AP and the Haphazard Gourmet Girls report that the companies whose tainted milk products sickened nearly 300,000 children and were blamed in the deaths of six will likely pay 1.1 billion yuan ($160 million) in compensation to victims' families.  Details of the compensation plan came shortly after trials began for 15 people on charges related to the production and sale of melamine, an industrial chemical added to milk to falsely boost protein readings in quality tests...

Pros and Cons of Commercial Irradiation of Fresh Iceberg Lettuce and Fresh Spinach: A Literature Review - Part IV. Consumers and Costs.

Posted on December 30, 2008
Parts I, II, and III of this series provided a literature review and commentary on the history, technology, food safety, and food quality aspects relating to the use of ionizing radiation in fresh iceberg lettuce and spinach processing. To finish the analysis, a review of the literature on potential consumer and industry acceptance of food irradiation relative to its costs and benefits is presented...

Antibiotic-tainted honey from China tops FDA watch list

Posted on December 30, 2008
Lovely, something else to worry about.  What would Pooh do? According to Andrew Schneider of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the United States imports most of its honey and for years China was the biggest supplier. But in 1997, a contagious bacterial epidemic raced through hundreds of thousands of Chinese hives, infecting bee larvae and slashing the country's honey production by two-thirds...

Mexico suspends meat purchases from thirty US meat plants

Posted on December 29, 2008
Last week I warned, “A safer food supply cannot wait.”   Here is yet another reason, according to news reports this morning, Mexico has now suspended meat imports from 30 processing plants in 14 states, including some of the nation's largest (and ones I have sued), on Wednesday and Friday, according to a list posted on the U...

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