Health Law

The August 2008 Locust Grove, OK Outbreak of E. coli 0111--One Year Later

Posted on August 24, 2009
  Kim Archer of the Tulsa World has done a great job of recalling the horrors of the United States' largest E. coli O111 outbreak.  • 341 were sickened • 70 people were hospitalized, including 22 children • 17 people received kidney dialysis, including eight children • 1 man died Excerpts from the Article about just one of the victims: His entire life, Kenneth Birkes has worked seven days a week from dawn to dark...

Organics Vrs. Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Study At Kansas State University Finds No Difference In E. coli Prevalence In Beef Cattle

Posted on August 24, 2009
 We must be pass the time when all the stories seemed to be about how organics would make you able to jump tall buildings in a single bound. At Kansas State University, researchers have found that "cattle production systems" do not affect E...

UK's Cooking Time & Temperature Rule Subject of Dispute Involving McDonald's And Victim's Rights Group

Posted on August 21, 2009
We've known since the 1993 Jack-in-the-Box outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7 that the big hamburger chains are concerned about cooking temperatures. Jack-in-the Box did not like Washington State's rule for cooking ground beef to 158 degrees Fahrenheit because customers complained about the hamburgers being too tough to eat...

JBS Swift & Company Sued In Federal Court By Wisconsin Family

Posted on August 19, 2009
    Three Family Members Sickened in Wisconsin, One Gravely. A Wisconsin family sickened in the JBS Swift Beef Company outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 will file suit against the company Wednesday. The lawsuit will be brought by the Seattle-based foodborne illness law firm Marler Clark in the Federal Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin...

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Wants To Control E. coli 0157:H7 At The Feedlot

Posted on August 19, 2009
Big Red is out to find a diet that limits E. coli 0157:H7 at the feedlot. Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are studying how nutrition of ruminants affects the colonization and growth of E coli 0157:H7. Nebraska's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources is focusing on how nutrition affects microbiology...

Small New Jersey Meat Market Recalls 128 Pounds Of Ground Beef For E. coli 0157:H7 Contamination

Posted on August 18, 2009
Vineland, NJ-based Pasha Halal Poultry, doing business as Marcacci Meats, a Vineland, N.J., recalled approximately 128 pounds of 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 late Monday...

Professor Pennington Comments on Llay Fish Bar Outbreak: E. coli 0157:H7 Confirmed

Posted on August 12, 2009
Infection from E. coli 0157:H7 has now been confirmed in four people from three families in Wrexham, England who made the mistake of dining at the Llay Fish Bar. E. coli 0157:H7 put 32-year old Karen Morrisroe-Clutton on life support and meant renal failure for three-year old Abigail Hennessey...

Epidemiological Data On Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough Overwhelming Linked to E. coli O157:H7 Illnesses

Posted on August 07, 2009
I am starting to get Epidemiological outbreak responses from states. I found the below page in the Arizona State Health Department records. It is a CDC generated document that was sent to participating states in an outbreak conference call. The page above shows data obtained from the case-control study conducted as part of the outbreak investigation...

12-Year Old HUS Victim Rebecca Gosla Reaches Settlement With United Foods

Posted on August 01, 2009
  A confidential settlement was reached July 30th on behalf of twelve-year-old Rebecca Gosla, who was sickened in a 2007 E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to contaminated ground beef that were manufactured by United Foods. Rebecca's illness stands apart from most E...

E. S. Miller Packing Company Recalls Ground Beef Products Due To Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination

Posted on July 13, 2009
Recall Release CLASS I RECALL FSIS-RC-038-2009 HEALTH RISK: HIGH E. S. Miller Packing Co., a Montgomery, Ill., establishment is recalling approximately 219 pounds of 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...

Latest Inspection Report For Danville, VA Nestle Cookie Dough Plant Released To Public

Posted on July 11, 2009
After inspecting the Danville Plant on 06/18/2009, 06/19/2009, 06/22/2009, 06/23/2009, 06/24/2009, 06/25/2009, 06/26/2009, 07/07/2009, 07/08/2009, and 07/09/2009, the FDA posted the following observations.  The full report can be found by clicking on image to left...

Nestle Restarts Cookie Dough Production After E. coli Outbreak

Posted on July 10, 2009
Fresh on the heels of revelations by ABC news that three different E. coli strains have been linked to the nationwide outbreak of E. coli in cookie dough, the Wall Street Journal reports that Nestle is restarting production.  The Danville, Virginia plant was closed on June 19, when E...

New E. Coli Cluster Reported In Colorado; Is FDA Giving Up On Nestle Investigation? Who Are We Going To Call?

Posted on July 10, 2009
The Mountain Mail in Salida, CO reported on a cluster of E coli victims in the small Rocky Mountain community.   Two cases are confirmed and three others have symptoms that are consistent with E. coli 0157:H7 infections. Both the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Chaffee County Public Health District are investigating, but neither has connected the Salida illnesses with a specific source...

One Year Old Isaiah Romero Of Sioux Center, Iowa Fighting Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

Posted on July 08, 2009
One year old Isaiah Romero of Sioux Center, Iowa finds himself in Sanford Children's Hospital tonight, fighting back against Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS). KSFY Action News in Sioux Falls, South Dakota  where Sanford Children's is located reports its possible Isaiah is a victim of the the E...

Science Writer Carl Zimmer Speculates About "Cow to Cookie" Mystery

Posted on July 08, 2009
The 'cow to cookie' mystery has yet to be solved. We speak of course about how E. coli O157:H7, which usually originates in the hindgut of cows, made its way into raw refrigerated cookie dough made at the Nestle plant in Danville, VA. While you are waiting for the answer, you might want to read the paperback edition of  Microcosm: E...

First Lawsuit Filed Against JBS Swift Beef By 14-Year Old Boy Visiting Colorado

Posted on July 06, 2009
The first lawsuit stemming from the current E. coli O157:H7 (E. coli) recall by JBS Swift Beef Company of Greeley, Colorado that has been linked to 23 E. coli illnesses in California, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York and Wisconsin was filed today on behalf of an Albuquerque-area child who was infected with E...

Official List Of Retailers Who Got Tainted Beef From JBS Swift USA's Greeley Beef Plant Grows To 82 Pages!

Posted on July 04, 2009
 Good to see USDA/FSIS and JBS Swift USA are working on the 4th.  The list of retailers is now is 82 pages long.  The E. coli O157:H7 Illnesses are at least 23 in nine states.

Retail Outlets named in E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak Linked to JBS Swift

Posted on July 03, 2009
The Following outlets were identified today by JBS Swift and FSIS: Price Chopper Hannaford Stop & Shop Food 4 Less Fry's Smith's Costco Sams Club Kroger SAV a Lot Knight Super Foods #4 Weldon's Meat Market Jasper Mercantile Keeney's Food Mart Sweetbay All DAY AM PM MART Hobby's Hoagies Produce SHRTN HTL Produce Giant Full List.

Multistate Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Infections Associated with Beef from JBS Swift Beef Company

Posted on July 02, 2009
Several state health departments, CDC, and the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. On June 24, FSIS issued a notice about a recall of 41,280 pounds of beef products from JBS Swift Beef Company that may be contaminated with E...

More Retailers Come Forward To Say They Are Involved In JBS Recall: Canada Issues Its List

Posted on July 02, 2009
The JBS Swift USA recall of 380,000 pounds of beef contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 also involves these retailers: Bloom and Food Lion Stores in Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia – beef cuts and ground beef CostCo – steaks, ribs, ground beef Hannaford Bros...

Here (At Last) Is The List of Retailers Who Got Meat From JBS Swift USA's Greeley Beef Plant

Posted on July 02, 2009
 A few days before many of us light up the barbeque, JBS Swift and the FSIS finally publish the list of retailers who received the tainted-meat (click on below). Frankly, the retailer names had trickled out over the last few days as responsible stores alerted thier customers...

JBS Brings Investments To Greeley And Some E. coli To Beef Eaters

Posted on June 30, 2009
The world's largest beef producer is now responsible for the year's largest E. coli O157:H7 beef-related outbreak to date in America.   The entry of JBS into a dominant position in the U.S. beef industry has been both recent and quick. Dick and Charlie Monfort, who today together lead the group that owns the Colorado Rockies baseball team, would still probably have no trouble finding their way around the meat packing plant they once owned in Greeley, CO, 60 miles north of Denver...

Kroger Stores, Including Fry's, Smith's And Food 4 Less All Come Forward In JBS Beef Recall

Posted on June 30, 2009
Looks like JBS Swift USA has one customer coming forward on its own. The Kroger Co. and its Fry's, Smith's, and Food 4 Less stores are all asking customers to check their freezers and return any beef with April 27-June 1 sell-by dates.  The Smith's website has a good summary...

JBS Blames Its Wholesale Customers; Public Still Has No List of Retailers From FSIS

Posted on June 30, 2009
E. coli O157:H7 originates in the intestines of cattle. Cattle, as many as 6,000 a day, are killed, processed and packed at the Greeley Beef Plant owned by JBS Swift USA. Yet JBS says the beef products it has recalled were contaminated outside their Colorado slaughtering plant because it was their customers that through trimming and grinding turned whole muscle cuts into ground beef...

FDA CONFIRMS E. COLI O157:H7 IN PREPACKAGED NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE REFRIGERATED COOKIE DOUGH

Posted on June 29, 2009
 This just came in from your federal government: Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has found E. coli O157:H7 (a bacterium that can cause serious food borne illness) in a sample of prepackaged Nestlé Toll House refrigerated cookie dough currently under recall by the manufacturer and marketer, Nestlé USA...

Is FSIS Going To Let JBS Hide Its List of Processors and Stores From Public?

Posted on June 28, 2009
At least when Nestles USA announced that it was recalling all its Toll House cookie products, the public knew which retailers were involved. Every retail grocery in the country provides generous space for Nestle products. Nestle is currently at the center of the largest E...

JBS Swift Expands E. coli O157:H7 Recall of Beef Primals to Over 210 Tons Due to Link to 18 to 24 Illnesses

Posted on June 28, 2009
Recall Release CLASS I RECALL FSIS-RC-034-2009 HEALTH RISK: HIGH This recall release is being reissued to expand the June 24 recall to include approximately 380,000 pounds of assorted beef primal products. JBS Swift Beef Company, a Greeley, Colo., establishment is voluntarily expanding its June 24 recall to include approximately 380,000 pounds of assorted beef primal products that may be contaminated with E...

Brazil's JBS Swift Beef Company Issues Recall For E. coli-tainted Beef In 13 States

Posted on June 25, 2009
Beef products produced in Colorado by the Brazilian-owned JBS Swift Beef Company on April 21 and 22, 2009, and then shipped to distributors and retail establishments in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin are now being recalled...

Sixth Ground Beef Recall Announced By FSIS, So Far In This E. Coli Season

Posted on June 23, 2009
The sixth beef recall over possible E. coli 0157:H7 contamination this season occurred Monday when Chicago's International Meat Company Inc. called back a total of 6,152 of ground beef products. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) scored the recall as a Class I event with high health risk...

Second Lawsuit Filed, This One In Colorado, As E. Coli Cookie Outbreak Spreads Across Country

Posted on June 23, 2009
 We borrow this from the Marler Blog, where it was filed earlier today: An E. coli lawsuit was filed today on behalf of a Denver-area child who became gravely ill with E. coli O157:H7 after eating refrigerated Nestle Toll House cookie dough.  The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the family of Madison Sedbrook by her attorneys, William Marler of the Seattle-based foodborne illness law firm Marler Clark and Kara Knowles of the Denver firm Montgomery, Little, Soran, & Murray...

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