Personal Injury Law

Multistate Outbreak of Human Salmonella Infections Caused by Contaminated Dry Dog Food --- United States, 2006--2007

Posted on May 15, 2008
This is a first.   Dry dog food did cause a Salmonella outbreak in humans.  That according to today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Further,  dry dog food may be an under-recognized source of illness in people, especially small children, according to the CDC report...

Numbers Grow In Princeton University Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on May 07, 2008
"Salmonella outbreak plagues University" headlines today's story by Jack Ackerman in The Daily Princetonian.  Since we first reported on students and staff getting sick at Princeton Univesity, the only thing that has changed is the rising numbers...

Ten Salmonella Illnesses Traced in Norwalk Ohio Casa Fiesta

Posted on May 03, 2008
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...

Princeton University Is Dealing With Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on May 01, 2008
We hear there's been some salmonella activity on PulseNet during the last few days, and now comes this report of an outbreak at Princeton University where everyone who needs an excuse for delaying a final exam probably now has one.The University reports that up to 60 students have come down with some sort of stomach flu, while three students and an employee have tested positive for salmonella...

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Pennsylvania Testing Of Raw Milk Turns Up Salmonella

Posted on April 29, 2008
Raw milk from a dairy in Berks County near Allentown, PA  has tested positive for Salmonella. The Pennsylvania Agriculture Department is warning anyone who bought raw milk from the Norman Sauder dairy farm in Maxatawny Township anytime after March 31st to throw it away...

Death Linked to Alamosa Salmonella Water

Posted on April 18, 2008
As of early this week, Alamosa has reported 389 cases of Salmonella, 107 of which have been confirmed by laboratory testing. Sixteen people have been hospitalized. It now appears that there may be a death related to the consumption of Salmonella-tainted water...

Common Misspellings of Salmonella - Salmonela, Samonella, Salmenella, Salmonilla, Salmanella, Salmoella, Salmnella, Salminella, Salmonellae

Posted on April 18, 2008
Salmonella is one of the most common enteric (intestinal) infections in the United States. Salmonellosis (the disease caused by Salmonella) is the second most common foodborne illness after Campylobacter infection. It is estimated that 1.4 million cases of salmonellosis occur each year in the U...

Updated Numbers On Malt-O-Meal Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on April 16, 2008
The Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota reports revised numbers in the Malt-O-Meal salmonella outbreak.   The Food & Drug Administration originally said the outbreak involved 23 cases in 14 states...

Massachusetts Becomes Fourth State With Salmonella Cases

Posted on April 15, 2008
Add Massachusetts to the list of states with confirmed cases of salmonella linked to the Malt-O-Meal recall. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health says a 73-year old woman and 18-month old toddler are among the 23 people in 14 states stricken with salmonella...

1998 and 2008 Salmonella Outbreaks At Malt-O-Meal Are Looking A Lot ALike!

Posted on April 14, 2008
The talking heads are really chatting up the big Malt-O-Meal recall because they cannot understand how dry wheat or dry rice out of a bag can give somebody salmonella. Bill Marler, the managing partner of the law firm that sponsors this site, is not surprised about that...

State Gives OK To Drinking Alamosa Water

Posted on April 12, 2008
It's safe to again drink tap water in Alamosa, Colorado.The Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment officially lifted the "boil water" order at 2:30 pm, Friday, April 11, 2008.  It was in effect for 23 days.The water will not taste the same as it is now treated with chlorine...

Taylor Joins The Big Honduran Cantaloupe Recall

Posted on April 04, 2008
Taylor Fresh Foods has added its name and brands to the big recall of Honduran cantaloupes.  Here's what the Salinas, CA grower said via a press release issued through the FDA yesterday (04/03/08):Taylor Fresh Foods, of Salinas, California is voluntarily recalling selected fresh cut fruit products which may contain cantaloupe from the Honduran grower Agropecuaria Montelibano identified by FDA to have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, Taylor Fresh Foods had previously begun to recover this product on March 22, based on a notice published by the U...

How Do You Make Cantaloupes Drip, Drip, Drip

Posted on April 01, 2008
We have to wonder if the food industry and its regulators are in cahoots with one another to make recalls as confusing as possible in order to get the public to just stop paying attention. In the last week, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has put out company press releases for Charlie’s Produce, T...

Alamosa Joins Walkerton In The Tainted Water Experience

Posted on March 28, 2008
Alamosa, Colorado and Walkerton, Ontario have something in common now.  Both cities have in their history the experience of seeing their public water contaminated with tragic consequences.  In Alamosa the water is tainted with salmonella...

More Recalls Of Honduran Melons By US Importers

Posted on March 26, 2008
Recalls of Honduran cantaloupes continued today (3/26/08),  and the latest company caught  with salmonella-tainted cantaloupes usually imports fruits from Costa Rica.The U.S. Food & Drug Administration put out two company press releases announcing voluntarily recalls of Central America-grown cantaloupes...

Jefferson County Response Team Lands In Alamosa

Posted on March 23, 2008
The Columbine is a colorful Rocky Mountain flower so favored by First Lady Mame Eisenhower that Ike adopted it as the name for "Air Force One" before anyone had a name for the President's airplane.More recently, Columbine High School in Jefferson County, west of Denver, was the site of the most tragic high school killing spree in U...

Recall of Honduran Melons Turning Into International Incident

Posted on March 23, 2008
Honduras is not happy with Uncle Sam.   The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) is telling people to toss cantaloupes from Agropecuaria Montelibano in Honduras.At least 50 people in 16 states have become sick with salmonella from eating the Honduran cantaloupes...

Big Flush Begins Tuesday In Alamosa

Posted on March 22, 2008
FROM ALAMOSA, CO --- Residents woke up this morning to learn they have about 72 hours before the town begins flushing a high amount of chlorine through its public water system.When that begins, boiling water will no longer make it fit for cooking or drinking...

Gov. Ritter Declares State of Emergency

Posted on March 21, 2008
FROM ALAMOSA, CO---This town of 9,000, including Colorado's Adams State College, was declared to  in a state of emergency today (3/21/08) by Gov. Bill Ritter due to the salmonella outbreak that may be related to the public water supply.The emergency came as 139 Alamosa residents were said to be sick with salmonella...

Salmonella-tainted Sprouts Pulled From Market

Posted on March 20, 2008
Kowalke Family Sprouts Inc., which distributes through Farmer's Markets, Whole Foods and Gelson's Supermarkets,  is recalling all its alfalfa sprout products because the seeds used to grow them were found to be contaminated with Salmonella.No illnesses have yet been associated with the Kowalke sprouts...

Is Salmonella Really In Town's Water? Answer Is Week Away

Posted on March 20, 2008
Hew Hallock and Ruth Heide, reporters for the Valley Courier in Alamosa, CO are reporting that it will be "about a week" before state and federal laboratories will be able to tell the town if its water truly was tainted with salmonella.A single water  test, out of 20 samples taken, was positive for coliform bacterial contamination...

Colorado Blames Alamosa Water For Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on March 19, 2008
Here's the officials world from the State of Colorado issued Wednesday (3/19/08):DENVER--The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Wednesday has ordered the city of Alamosa to issue a bottled water advisory for Alamosa residents due to an outbreak of Salmonella in the community...

Bottle Water Order Empties Store Shelves In Alamosa

Posted on March 19, 2008
9NEWS in Denver tonight (3/19/08) is reporting on what happens when an isolated town on a high mountain plain learns its public water is no good due to a salmonella outbreak.  There's been a run on bottle water in Alamosa, Colorado that has its store shelves looking like those in Venezuela or Cuba...

Salmonella Outbreak Hits Colorado Town

Posted on March 17, 2008
KUSA-TV in Denver tonight (3/17/08) is reporting a salmonella outbreak is occurring in Alamosa, Colorado.  The town of about 8,500 is reporting 18 confirmed cases of salmonella and 21 other cases that are still pending test results.Alamosa is located immediately south of the Great Sand Dunes National Monument,  and just north of the Colorado/New Mexico border at an elevation of just over 7,600 feet...

Spielberg's Cast and Crew Sucking Up in Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on March 09, 2008
You Yangs, the dual peaks rising up down under, are experiencing a flash back to World War II thanks to a $200 million HBO mini series project under the careful direction of Steven Spielberg.An outbreak of salmonella is also being experienced by cast and crew...

Aunt Jemima Recalls Big Boxes Due to Salmonella

Posted on March 05, 2008
Some two and five pound boxes of Aunt Jemima Pancake & Waffle Mix are being recalled by the Quaker Oats Co.    Aunt Jemima Pancake & Waffle Mix: Original, Original Complete and Buttermilk Complete  may have potential salmonella contamination...

California Recalls Sprouts Carrying Salmonella Bacteria

Posted on March 03, 2008
When San Francisco area Vegans opened their newspapers this morning (3/3), they could not have liked reading that the California Department of Public Health was warning  consumers not to eat certain brands of alfalfa sprouts because they may be contaminated with Salmonella...

Tri Tips Give Yuma Folks Salmonella

Posted on February 22, 2008
You have to admire a city like Yuma, AZ.   They do not waste food, especially when it comes to something like beef tri tip cuts.  It was served at the Hospice of Yuma roping roundup, barbecue and western dance at the Yuma County Fairgrounds...

Salmonella Paratyphi B Strikes Islands Again

Posted on February 18, 2008
 The Honolulu Advertiser reported over the weekend that health officials in Hawaii have confirmed an additional case of illness on the island of O'ahu caused by Salmonella Paratyphi B.   The person who became sick ate raw ahi poke after purchasing it from a local market...

Peter Pan Is BACK!!

Posted on February 14, 2008
For several weeks we've been observing the return of Peter Pan peanut butter to store shelves.  We've noted two things.   One,  incredible price cutting.   A jar of peanut butter that normally goes for around $3 is available for under a dollar...

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