Health Law

Bix Wants Out of Taco John's Lawsuit

Posted on February 01, 2008
The e coli-tained lettuce that Taco Johns served to its customers in 2006 continues to be thrown about like a hot potato among those who were involved.   Taco Johns sued Bix Produce , Roma, Pacific Marketing and the Wegis Family Limited Partnership in federal court...

Florida Takes 3 Weeks To Recall Cheese With E coli

Posted on January 16, 2008
The states and even the federal government generally use the "voluntary recall" method when they discover contaminated food is making its way to consumers.   That system is being tested in Florida  where the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has stepped in to recall Santa Rosa Cheese, Naturally Aged White Cheese...

Tennessee family recovering from E. coli

Posted on January 16, 2008
Marti Davis of the Knoxville News Sentinel spoke with the McDonald family, whose two children became ill with E. coli infections last fall after eating Cargill ground beef patties.  Davis noted that only John McDonald, the children's father, has eaten ground beef since his children's illness...

Marler Demands Agencies Name Names in Recall

Posted on January 15, 2008
Since last Saturday night when the federal Food Safety & Inspection Service went public with the recall of 188,000 pounds of ground beef from the Minnesota-based Rochester Meat Co., not much has happened.Well, the profile of the California victim became known...

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E coli making people sick prompts Recall

Posted on January 12, 2008
Remember the old advertising slogan: "Weekends are Made for Michelob?"  But who can kick back and relax on another weekend with a nationwide beef recall due to e coli contamination?   This Saturday night special from our friends at the federal Food Safety & Inspection Service is a recall of 188,000 pounds of ground beef produced by the Rochester Meat Company and distributed all across the good Ole USA...

Beef With E coli Sold On Streets of Dallas

Posted on January 09, 2008
Health officials in "The Big D" city of Dallas now say they confiscated beef sold off the street to owners of the Chicken Shack, which is located in the 6000 block of Lamar Street, before it could be cooked or sold to anyone else.The suspected source of the beef is the stolen trailer, which was taken from the parking lot of  the Texas American Food Service on Dec...

Was A Beef Deal Made to Barber Shop Employee?

Posted on January 08, 2008
Have you ever been approached in a Barber Shop by someone offering to sell you some beef-on-the cheap?  It happened in North Dallas, according to a Texas health department division manager.Dallas Business Journal is reporting that the health department has fanned out across North Dallas to speak with businesses and inspect restaurants in the aftermath of the still missing 14,800 pounds of e coli-contaminated beef that was stolen from a Texas American Food Service truck...

Michigan Firm, Mark's Quality Meats, Inc., Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination

Posted on January 05, 2008
Mark's Quality Meats, Inc., a Detroit, Michigan firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 13,150 pounds of various cuts of steaks and ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.  The steak and ground beef products subject to recall were produced on Dec...

Food Safety Infosheet Focus: E. coli O157:H7

Posted on January 03, 2008
This week's Food Safety Infosheet from the International Food Safety Network (iFSN) out of Kansas State University and the University of Guelph addresses concerns about E. coli O157:H7 - a potentially deadly foodborne pathogen.  From the infosheet: E...

E. coli victim out of coma, recovering

Posted on January 02, 2008
20-year-old Stephanie Smith awoke from nine weeks in a medically-induced coma shortly before Christmas.  Smith became ill with an E. coli infection in September after eating a contaminated hamburger, and has since been hospitalized with hemolytic uremic syndrome...

2007 E. coli recalls total more than 33.3 million pounds

Posted on December 24, 2007
The year 2007 is going to be remembered for the big beef recalls due to E. coli returning with a vengeance. All totaled meat producers were forced to recall over 33.3 million pounds of beef products. Topping the list was the 21.7 million pound recall due to E...

FSIS ALERT: Public Health Alert for Ground Beef Products Due To Salmonella Contamination in Safeway supermarkets in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and New Mexico - 38 sickened.

Posted on December 23, 2007
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert due to illnesses from Salmonella Newport associated with fresh ground beef products contaminated with multi-drug resistant Salmonella that may have been ground and sold at Safeway supermarkets in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and New Mexico between Sept...

Another E. coli Recall

Posted on December 18, 2007
The USDA announced yesterday that Snapps Ferry Packing is recalling hamburger patties and bulk ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.  No illnesses have been reported - the problem was discovered through routine testing.  According to USDA: The products subject to recall are: * 4-pound packages of "GROUND BEEF PATTIES...

Lawyers negotiate spinach E. coli cases

Posted on December 13, 2007
Lawyers for parties involved in claims that arose from the 2006 E. coli outbreak traced to contaminated spinach from California's Salinas Valley are meeting this week in the hopes of resolving claims brought by several Marler Clark clients.  Dawn Withers, a reporter with the Salinas Californian, interviewed attorney Bill Marler about the cases he is negotiating this week in a story that appeared in today's paper...

Leafy Green Safety Generates Discussion

Posted on December 12, 2007
The safety of our leafy green food supply - mainly lettuce and spinach - has received significant attention since the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service published a request for comments regarding proposed national leafy greens handling regulations in October...

The effects of a cow's diet on E. coli levels

Posted on December 10, 2007
Researchers from Kansas State University have concluded that feedlots containing cattle that are fed distiller's grain, a byproduct of ethanol production, have an increased incidence of E. coli O157:H7 - a toxic form of E. coli that causes human illness...

Kansas 5-year-old released from hospital

Posted on December 03, 2007
A five-year-old from Hutchinson, Kansas, was released from Wesley Medical Center after being hospitalized for a month with hemolytic uremic syndrome.  Aubrey Anderson's kidneys failed after she became ill with an E. coli infection in October.  According to the Hutchinson News, Aubrey was released from the hospital to recover at home because her mother is a registered nurse...

Kentucky Woman Dies from E. coli Infection

Posted on December 03, 2007
The Times-Tribune reported over the weekend that Vickie Shelton, a Knox County resident, passed away on Monday, November 26th at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington after being admitted.  According to the story, Ms. Shelton had eaten ground beef before becoming ill, and public health officials are conducting tests to determine whether that ground beef was contaminated with E...

USDA regulation for leafy green industries?

Posted on November 29, 2007
Jane Liaw from the Santa Cruz Sentinel reported today on USDA's proposal to ask the public about whether the leafy green industry should be further regulated.  More regulation would be USDA's response to several E. coli outbreaks that have been the result of consumption of contaminated produce...

Spinach E. coli lawsuit settled

Posted on November 28, 2007
The Associated Press broke the story yesterday that a Wisconsin family's E. coli lawsuit - one stemming from the 2006 spinach E. coli outbreak - had been resolved without going to trial.  Dinesh Ramde, AP business writer, wrote: The agreement was reached in October but not filed in federal court until last week...

E. coli victim still hospitalized

Posted on November 27, 2007
Sharon Smith, the mother of Stephanie Smith, a Minnesota resident who has been hospitalized for months after eating a hamburger and becoming ill with E. coli poisoning, spoke with Kirsti Marohn of the St. Cloud Times for an article that appeared in today's paper...

AFG recalls E. coli-contaminated meat after outbreak in Illinois

Posted on November 26, 2007
Saturday, American Foods Group (AFG) of Green Bay, Wisconsin, recalled over 95,000 pounds of ground beef products for E. coli contamination after the Illinois Department of Health confirmed consumers in that state had become ill with E. coli infections after eating AFG ground beef products...

Indiana, Utah residents fight E. coli infections

Posted on November 21, 2007
In September, an E. coli outbreak among students at Galena Elementary School perplexed health officials.  Several children became ill with E. coli and a source of the outbreak was elusive.  The sibling of two students at Galena Elementary battled an E...

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