Health Law

National Western Stock Show Is Focus Of Colorado Report On Front Range E. Coli Outbreak Due Out Soon

Posted on March 28, 2009
 Colorado's state government, from the Legislature on down, was closed Friday due to a spring snowstorm that dumped up to a couple of feet of snow on parts of metro Denver.   Most state workers were sent home around 1 p.m. Thursday and won't be returning until Monday morning...

Chicken lawyers Want To Depose Oklahoma's Attorney General

Posted on March 24, 2009
Now let's get this straight.   The State of Oklahoma has sued the poultry industry led by Tyson Foods in federal court to stop the application of poultry litter as fertilizer in the Illinois River watershed. Then when Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson suggests poultry litter pollution could be the cause of last summer's  unsolved E coli 0111 outbreak in Locust Grove, which is well outside the IR watershed, Tyson's pr operation charges the AG with trying to influence potential jurors in the IR case...

UK Issues Report of Official Inquiry On 2005 E Coli Outbreak In Wales

Posted on March 19, 2009
The United Kingdom has  finished the inquiry into the island nation's second worst E. coil outbreak in its history. In the 2005 outbreak,  there were 157 cases of E.coli at 44 schools, with 31 children needing hospital treatment. And five-year old Mason Jones, of the Deri Primary School, near Bargoed, South Wales, died...

CDC Finds No E Coli 0111 In Oklahoma Well Tests

Posted on March 11, 2009
The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  found plenty of E. coli bacteria in the test samples from private wells in the Locust Grove, OK area.   CDC found E coli  0141, E coli 0179 and E coli 0113.   All are types of bacteria that can cause illness in humans But CDC found no E coli 0111, the rare strain that killed a man and made 313 others sick last year after they dined at the Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove...

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More E. Coli Found In Locust Grove, OK Water Wells

Posted on March 06, 2009
The testing of private water wells in and around Locust Grove, OK continues with the number testing positive for E. coli has increasing to 20. Three additional drinking water wells were found positive for E. coli. The well testing has also found total coliform bacteria contamination in some wells...

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) Victims From 2007 E. coli 0157:H7 Outbreak

Posted on March 01, 2009

Water Tests Positive For E coli; Locust Grove Is Contaminated

Posted on February 25, 2009
 With this report out of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, there are two questions that need answers.   First, can DEQ be specific about the strain of E. coli?   And, second, can DEQ provide a map of the locations with positive results...

E Coli Outbreak Hits Day Care In Cook County

Posted on February 25, 2009
E. coli at a Lemont, IL day care is responsible for making 21 children and one adult ill in an outbreak that began in early February. The Cook County Health Department has ordered tests for all children and adults at the KinderCare Learning Center, 12404 Archer Ave...

We Call It Political Courage--Kudos To Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson

Posted on February 20, 2009
 For a company with a corporate rap sheet that's longer than most, you have to admire the brash spokesman for Tyson Foods.  We are talking about the one who wrote an email to the media stating that: "There has never been a single, documented instance of a water-borne bacteriological disease being caused by the use of poultry litter...

Oklahoma's AG Says Poultry Litter May Be Responsible For Country Cottage Outbreak

Posted on February 16, 2009
Last summer a man was killed and 300 people became ill with an unusual strain of E coli  0111.  All were connected to people who were customers of the Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove, OK. But no definite water or food source was found for the E...

Front Range Children Down With E. coli After Visiting National Western Stock Show

Posted on February 05, 2009
Twenty people, including 17 children, from up and down Colorado's Front Range are suffering from confirmed cases of E. coli, Denver Public Health officials said today. The common thread -- all attended the National Western Stock Show held in late January in the Mile High City...

Settlement Reached in 2006 E. coli Case Involving Nebraska Beef

Posted on February 02, 2009
I’ve been waiting a long time to make this post – more than two years. Today we settled a lawsuit against Nebraska Beef Inc. on behalf of two Longville, Minnesota families, those of Ellie Wheeler and Carolyn Hawkinson. We have been litigating for a long, long, time, and today a settlement was reached (for an undisclosed sum)...

Girl Gets E. Coli And Then HUS--All From 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...

E. Coli Recalls Slowed Some In 2008; But We Are Still Talking About MILLIONS OF POUNDS

Posted on January 02, 2009
Okay, so 2008 was NOT as big a year for E. coli recalls as was 2007. Total amount of beef recalled last year was around seven million pounds; far less than the 29 million pounds recalled during 2007. Still, we are talking about measurements in the MILLIONS OF POUNDS, something that we could not even get our heads around two years ago when there were just six recalls...

Mystery In Dixon And No Plans To Solve It--But Hey You Are OK!

Posted on December 28, 2008
It's hard to believe, but there is a county in the big, rich state of California where an E. coli death does not even get a full ten days worth of investigation before the case is closed without finding a source. Oh, but public health officials involved can assure the public that the county's restaurant food and water is all safe...

9-Year Old Girl Has To Take Ag Giant Cargill To Court To Get Justice

Posted on December 24, 2008
When the Minnesota-based Agricultural giant Cargill dumps on you...well it is not a pretty site.  The privately-owned company still 85 percent controlled by the descendants of the MacMillan and Cargill families.  It clicks off $1 billion in profits a quarter and its $120 billion in annual revenues would put it in the top 20 if it were publicly traded and eligible for the Fortune 500...

Dixon, CA Child Dies From E Coli Infection

Posted on December 20, 2008
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Dixon, CA Child Dies From E Coli Infection

Posted on December 20, 2008
A  Dixon, CA child died of an E. coli infection late Thursday, according to Solano County Public Health officials.  They were investigating the death along with testing on a second Dixon child  who displayed some symptoms but is now home and "doing well...

R&S Meats Is Defendant In E. Coli Lawsuit Filed On Behalf of Two Children

Posted on December 15, 2008
 Two separate lawsuits were filed against R & S Meats, Inc. in New York State today: one in Brooklyn, at the U. S. District Court, Eastern District, and the second in Riverhead, at the New York State Supreme Court. The lawsuits were filed on behalf of children infected with E...

Ontario E Coli Outbreak Over; Source Was NOT Confirmed

Posted on December 09, 2008
The E. coli outbreak up in Ontario that dates back to October has officially been declared over.  It impacted the hammer-head southeast area of Ontario that is closest to the United States. Health officials tied the outbreak to romaine lettuce, but could not nail down the precise source...

Family Says Their Mother Died From E Coli

Posted on December 05, 2008
Deaths of elderly people suffering from other illnesses that are ultimately struck down by E. coli or Salmonella often end up with a confused death certificate being issued.   We saw that during the recent Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak when the two men who died were recovering from un-related diseases when what they ate proved fatal...

44th Recall of the Year Is A Small One

Posted on November 25, 2008
Long Branch, NJ-based Dutch Prime Foods Inc. yesterday recalled 345 pounds of ground beef due to contamination from E coli 0157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service reported. The Class 1, High Health Risk Recall involves ground beef products were produced on Nov...

Site of Largest E Coli 0111 Outbreak in History Re-Opens In Oklahoma

Posted on November 23, 2008
 Just a couple days short of three months of being closed after being cited  as the source of the largest E. coli 0111 outbreak in modern history, the Country Cottage In Locus Grove, OK re-opened this weekend. The restaurant located 50 miles east of Tulsa off the Cherokee Turnpike was allowed to re-open after reaching an agreement with state health officials...

The Topps Story Continues As Some Cases Are Settled

Posted on November 14, 2008
 After two days of mediation in New York City earlier this week, our own Bill Marler was able to resolve several cases. However, a number were left unresolved. As readers recall, on August 31, 2007 a consumer complaint was filed with the USDA after a Florida resident fell ill after consuming a hamburger patty produced by Topps Meat Company (“Topps”) on July 12, 2007...

Yep, You Can Get E. coli 0157:H7 From Getting Too Friendly With Wild Elk

Posted on November 12, 2008
  Unless you reside in the Rocky Mountains where wild Elk come every winter looking for food and warmth, you probably do not have to worry about this one. However, if you or your kids go to someplace like Evergreen High School southwest of Denver, chances are Elk many times have rested on your football field or golf course...

Two E. Coli 0157:H7 Cases Confirmed in Fayetteville, TN

Posted on November 11, 2008
Tennessee has two laboratory-confirmed cases of E.coli 0157 from the Fayetteville-Lincoln County area with an ongoing investigation into what made as many as 180 people sick. At this point, the Tennessee Department of Health is clueless about the source of the contamination...

U.S.-Canadian Outbreaks May Be Linked

Posted on November 10, 2008
  E. coli outbreaks in Halton, Niagara and Waterloo that have sickened hundreds have been linked by DNA tests showing they share the same rare genetic makeup. Public health officials are also investigating whether E. coli cases at the University of Guelph have the same DNA fingerprint...

Apple Cider Suspected in Tri State E coli Outbreak

Posted on October 30, 2008
Apple cider is suspected as a the cause of E coli poisonings in Iowa and Illinois.   There are now a half dozen E coli cases in the area.  According to WKOW-TV in Madison,Wisconsin: There are now six confirmed cases of E coli in the Tri-States, and a source might have been discovered among the ones in Southeast Iowa...

Third Restaurant Closes Due to E Coli Outbreak in Ontario

Posted on October 30, 2008
There are fewer restaurants open in Ontario due to E coli outbreaks.   Add M.T. Bellies in Welland to the list that already includes the Little Red Rooster restaurant in Niagara-on-the-Lake and Harvey's in North Bay--all closed because they are associated with ongoing E coli outbreaks...

Second Ontario Restaurant Making Its Customers Sick With E Coli

Posted on October 28, 2008
There are almost 400 miles between the Harvey's restaurant in North Bay and the Little Red Rooster restaurant in Niagara-on-the-Lake, but the two Ontario restaurants may be sharing a E. coli outbreak. In North Bay, the number of confirmed E. Coli cases was up to 229...

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