Personal Injury Law

Will E. coli Lightening Strike Twice for Applebee's Steaks?

Posted on December 26, 2009
In September 2004, Quantum Foods, a beef processor based in Illinois, voluntarily recalled 406,000 pounds of hamburger patties and steak after public health officials linked the meat to four E. coil illnesses among customers of Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar locations in Colorado...

Will E. coli Lightning Strike Twice for Applebee's Steaks?

Posted on December 26, 2009
In September 2004, Quantum Foods, a beef processor based in Illinois, voluntarily recalled 406,000 pounds of hamburger patties and steak after public health officials linked the meat to four E. coil illnesses among customers of Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar locations in Colorado...

UPDATED - People in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota and Washington got "E. coli" in their Stockings for Christmas - Why does the FSIS, CDC and National Steak and Poultry not tell us which Restaurants received the Needle Tenderized Products?

Posted on December 25, 2009
How many of you had a steak in a restaurant since September of this year? Did anyone who ate that steak know that the steak came from National Steak and Poultry? Did anyone see that on the box the steak came in that it was labeled ''EST. 6010T?' Did anyone realize that the steak might have been a 'non-intact steak … (blade tenderized prior to further processing)?' My guess is that you could not answer any of those questions unless you worked in the kitchen that served the steak, and maybe not even then...

There is a long, too long, history of E. coli O157:H7-tainted needle tenderized steaks

Posted on December 24, 2009
The Christmas Eve Recall of E. coli-tainted steaks by National Steak and Poultry, that have sickened people in several states in yet as unnamed restaurants, made me think a bit more about the problems the meat industry and the FSIS has had over the last sixteen years (post JITB) in dealing with E...

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Check Your Grocery List Twice for Listeria Ham if you live in Maine or New Hampshire

Posted on December 24, 2009
Associated Grocers of Maine, importing firm, a Gardiner, Maine, establishment, is recalling approximately 312 pounds of ham products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today...

"Twas the Night Before Christmas," when no one is watchin', National Steak and Poultry Recalls 248,000 Pounds of Steak After Sickening People in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota and Washington

Posted on December 24, 2009
According to an FSIS Press Release, National Steak and Poultry, an Owasso, Okla., establishment, is recalling approximately 248,000 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today...

USA Today says, "Safety of food at airports spotty." I might use a different word - "shitty"

Posted on December 24, 2009
I travel an awful lot, domestically and internationally, both suing companies who poison their customers and speaking of food safety, so I suppose Alison Young's article should not have come as much of a surprise that "[a]irport restaurants ...

Food Safety Nice List Follows Yesterday's Naughty Entries

Posted on December 24, 2009
Food Safety News, the web-based newspaper that covers all things food safety, today released the second part of its 2009 Food Safety Naughty and Nice list. The web-based newspaper's 'Naughty' list was published yesterday and included food safety missteps, missed opportunities, and downright dirty deeds...

Science and Eggnog, Raw Eggs and Alcohol - can a favorite Holiday drink be made safe?

Posted on December 24, 2009
A follower over on Twitter sent me this video.  Perhaps science can make Eggnog safe? Or, at least the alcohol will.  I wonder what would have happened if the milk used in the recipe was raw?

Food Safety News Naughty List 2009

Posted on December 23, 2009
After much thought and consideration, here is the Food Safety News Naughty list for 2009:?? Stewart Parnell, President of Peanut Corporation of America, for asking for nearly $1 million from his bankrupt business for his own criminal defense fund after shipping peanuts his own tests showed were contaminated with Salmonella that sickened over 700 and killed at least nine...

2009's Top Ten Food Safety Stories Coming to Food Safety News

Posted on December 22, 2009
Like my Santa's Naughty and Nice List, I asked the folks at Food Safety News to wade through the top food safety stories from 2009.  They will go up just after Christmas.  Here was my Top 10 (err, 9) from 2008: 1. Melamine in Chinese food products – where to start? With the kids, of course...

Food Safety Naughty and Nice List at Food Safety News

Posted on December 22, 2009
Well, it is that time of the year again, but this year I turned over the responsibility of putting together Santa's list to my friends over at Food Safety News.  Apparently, the list became so long that it is being divided into two lists - one naughty and one nice...

Harrington and Sons Recalls E. coli O157:H7 Hamburger

Posted on December 21, 2009
According to an FSIS release, Harrington and Sons, a Williston, Vt., establishment, is recalling approximately 68 pounds of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today...

All I got for Christmas were two cans of Virginia peanuts

Posted on December 21, 2009
Given my past Salmonella lawsuits against ConAgra in 2007 and Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) in 2009 for poisoning about 700 each - with PCA killing at least nine, it might come as somewhat of a surprise that I would receive today two cans of peanuts from Virginia...

Simple Good and Tasty - Bill Marler: Taking on E. coli, Big Ag, Raw Milk, Conspiracy Theorists, and the USDA - Continued

Posted on December 18, 2009
I had a great time chatting with Shari for her post today - "Simple Good and Tasty - Bill Marler: Taking on E. coli, Big Ag, Raw Milk, Conspiracy Theorists, and the USDA - Continued."  I wish we all had more opportunity to talk about the issues of food safety and sustainability...

It Could Only Happen at a Marler Clark Holiday Party

Posted on December 18, 2009
It is pretty rare that we are able to get the whole Marler Clark and Food Safety News staff together in one city, much less one room.  Today, in Seattle we were able to pull most people together at one Seattle high-class restaurant - some 26 people coming in from as far away from Washington DC and Denver...

A Conversation with Bill Marler: Taking on E. coli, Big Ag, Raw Milk, Conspiracy Theorists, and the USDA."

Posted on December 17, 2009
I had a great time chatting with Shari Danielson of the blog, Simple Good and Tasty, for what is going to be a two-part expose into the inner workings of the mind of trial lawyer/wannabe politician/food safety advocate/blogger – 'A Conversation with Bill Marler: Taking on E...

Tiger Woods, Golf and Food Poisoning

Posted on December 17, 2009
Seems like everyone is dumping on Tiger - for good reason I might add.  I, however, am not a golfer and frankly do not care much about golfers.  So, trying to get into the act myself, I have been attempting to make Tiger relevant (somewhat) to what I do daily or is that Daly?  So, as I puttered around for ideas, I "googled" "Tiger Woods and Food Poisoning...

2008 Raw Goat Milk E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak linked to Dairy and Retail

Posted on December 16, 2009
On May 12, 2008 the Lawrence County Health Department (LCHD) was notified of a case of HUS in a child with a history of bloody diarrhea. The health care provider reported that the child had consumed unpasteurized goat's milk obtained from a local store, the Herb Depot, in Barry County, Missouri...

2009 Top 10 Food Stories

Posted on December 16, 2009
Well, it is that time of the year.  Here is one perspective: I suppose I need to do a recap of 2009 and a look forward into 2010.  I will focus on the food safety side of the equation.  Any ideas?

Bye Bye Bites? No Way - Let's NOT Loose this Food Safety Resource

Posted on December 15, 2009
Folks, don't know if you all where aware that Doug Powell (father of the food safety internet) has canned Bites. I find this unacceptable. Although Doug is a bit prickly, Bites and his multiple emails a day of food safety, is a useful tool for all those interested in Food Safety...

Hello, My Name is _________ and I Stopped Selling Raw Milk in 2006

Posted on December 15, 2009
I just got the below email tonight.  I deleted identifying information to protect the dairyman's identification. I've been following your blog ever since our unfortunate involvement in the raw milk business in 2006. I've found it to be an excellent information source...

Whole Foods and Town Farm Dairy Raw Milk E. coli O157:NM Outbreak - For this Young Mother any Raw Milk Benefits were not Worth the Risks.

Posted on December 15, 2009
On July 16, 2008, the Connecticut Department of Public Health (CDPH) was investigating two cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome HUS as part of its routine surveillance. Interviews conducted in these investigations revealed that both children had consumed raw milk in the week before the onset of their illnesses...

Bye Bye Bites? No Way - Let's NOT Lose this Food Safety Resource

Posted on December 15, 2009
Folks, don't know if you all where aware that Doug Powell (father of the food safety internet) has canned Bites. I find this unacceptable. Although Doug is a bit prickly, Bites and his multiple emails a day of food safety, is a useful tool for all those interested in Food Safety...

Seattle Times - Hungry for food that's safe to swallow

Posted on December 14, 2009
This morning I was reading Jerry Large's column this morning 'Hungry for food that's safe to swallow,' and was struck by how often I hear the same level of frustration at the safety of our food supply and what our government is or is not doing to help...

USA vs Organic Pastures and Mark McAfee - More Raw Milk Litigation

Posted on December 14, 2009
In perhaps what seems a bit like trying to pound a square peg into a round hole (or would that be a round peg into a square hole if Mark were the peg) with a sledge hammer, the US Government in a Civil Action against Organic Pastures and Mark McAfee has asked for a permanent injunction stopping all interstate sales of raw milk for human consumption - whether labeled for human or pet consumption (knowing it will be sold for human consumption)...

USDA/FSIS - I am not going away - Time to respond

Posted on December 14, 2009
Several weeks ago I served on the USDA/FSIS Petition Number 09-03: Petition for an Interpretive Rule Declaring all enterohemorrhagic Shiga Toxin-producing Serotypes of Escherichia coli (E. coli), including Non-O157 Serotypes, to be Adulterants Within the Meaning of 21 U...

Food Safety in the United States - We have a long, long way to go,

Posted on December 12, 2009
More than 50% of food manufacturers don't know that they are supposed to provide the FDA with updated contact information in the case of emergencies, such as Salmonella or other forms of food contamination,  See it here in the federal report to be released yesterday by the Health and Human Services Inspector General's office...

Execution, as a food safety "kill step," does not seem to be much of a deterrence

Posted on December 12, 2009
Just a few weeks ago, the New York Times reported '2 Executed in China for Selling Tainted Milk:' China executed two milk producers on Tuesday for selling more than three million pounds of contaminated milk products in connection with a food-safety scandal that killed six infants, shocking the country last year...

Food Safety in the United States - We have a long, long way to go

Posted on December 12, 2009
More than 50% of food manufacturers don't know that they are supposed to provide the FDA with updated contact information in the case of emergencies, such as Salmonella or other forms of food contamination,  See it here in the federal report to be released yesterday by the Health and Human Services Inspector General's office...

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