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Food Poison Blog

Surveillance and analysis on food poison news and outbreaks.
By Marler Clark

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Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 12:57:03

Illinois salmonella sprouts lawsuit filed against Jimmy Johns and Tiny Greens

Posted on January 06, 2011
Yesterday we filed a foodpoisoning lawsuit against Jimmy Johns and Tiny Greens Organic Farm, the two companies involved in the Salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 57 Illinois residents from 16 counties with confirmed Salmonella I 4,[5],12,:i- illnesses...

Salmonella sprouts outbreak: CDC's new numbers

Posted on January 06, 2011
Salmonella contaminated alfalfa sprouts produced by Tiny Greens Organic Farm of Urbana, Illinois, have been implicated in a big Salmonella outbreak that keeps getting bigger. The CDC updated its official case-count today, but still with the caveat that this is a common serotype and that some of the cases "may not be related to this outbreak"--in other words, some of the 112 confirmed cases may be part of the background incidence for this strain of Salmonella...

3 additional E. coli O45 cases linked to Zillman's Meat Market

Posted on January 05, 2011
Marathon County health officials, working in cooperation with the State of Wisconsin, have identified 3 additional cases of E. coli O45 infection linked to Zillman's Meat Market in Wassau Wisconsin. The original outbreak investigation revealed at least 4 cases of E...

Culture as a food safety tool

Posted on January 05, 2011
A new study by a Kansas State University and North Carolina State University professors Doug Powell and Ben Chapman, and their colleagues, finds how the culture of food safety is practiced within an organization can be a significant risk factor in foodborne illness...

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Laswuit Filed on Behalf of Widow in Texas Against Sangar Produce- Listeria

Posted on January 05, 2011
Late yesterday, Marler Clark filed a lawsuit in state court in Bexar County, Texas, against Sangar Produce, alleging that the death of Hermillo Castellano resulted from his consumption of celery produced by Sangar Produce. Last October 20, 2010, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) announced that it had determined chopped celery from Sangar Produce was the source of a Listeria outbreak among Texas residents...

Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Widow in Texas Against Sangar Produce- Listeria

Obama to Sign Food Safety Bill, Republicans Prepare to Reduce Funding

Posted on January 04, 2011
Food safety regulation is the battleground today for more partisan one step forward, nine-tenths of a step back governance. President Obama is due to sign the food safety bill which passed out of Congress last month with with bipartisan support...

Illinois Salmonella sprouts update

Posted on January 03, 2011
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has done an admirable job in the detection of illnesses in the Salmonella sprouts outbreak linked to Jimmy John's sandwiches, and to Tiny Greens alfalfa and spicy sprouts, and reporting them so that the public knows what's going on...

Another, Yes, Another Salmonella Sprout Outbreak

Posted on January 03, 2011
The ever vigilant folks at Oregon Department of Health just announced a new outbreak of Salmonella in Oregon and Washington linked to clover sprouts produced by Sprouters Northwest Inc., of Kent, Washington. The release states: To date, at least six people have been sickened: two in Oregon and four in Washington...

Bend, Oregon woman first sickened in latest Salmonella sprouts outbreak

Posted on January 03, 2011
Today Sprouters Northwest recalled clover a spicy sprouts (spicy sprouts are a blend) due to their implication in a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 2 Oregon and 4 Washington residents. The Oregon Department of Public Health announced the outbreak this afternoon...

Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, Pledges $10,000 to International Sprout Growers Association for Safe Seed Production, Asks Jimmy John's to Do the Same

Posted on December 31, 2010
Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, announced today that it is pledging $10,000 to the International Sprout Growers Association (ISGA) to assist in the development of a safer method for the production of sprouts. The contribution comes on the heels of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak caused by contaminated sprouts that has sickened almost 100 people...

First Class Foods recalls ground beef due to E. coli O157:H7 contamination

Posted on December 31, 2010
First Class Foods, Inc., a Hawthorne, California establishment, is recalling approximately 34,373 pounds of organic 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...

57 Illinois residents sickened in Salmonella sprouts outbreak

Posted on December 30, 2010
Salmonella contaminated sprouts on sandwiches served by Jimmy John's restaurants in 14 Illinois counties have sickened 57 Illinois residents, according to the Illinois Department of Health's update moments ago. The 14 counties with cases in the Salmonella sprouts outbreak are Adams, Bureau, Champaign, Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kankakee, Lake, Macon, McHenry, McLean, Peoria, Will and Winnebago...

Illinois food poisoning: good riddance to 2010

Posted on December 30, 2010
With another 50+ residents sickened in yet another Salmonella outbreak--this one linked to Jimmy John's alfalfa sprouts and Salmonella I, 4,[5],12, :i---Illinois residents can bid 2010 a fond . . . well, a farewell. The year, or maybe just the food, has treated them harshly: Illinois residents from as many as 12 different counties across the state have been sickened in the Salmonella outbreak linked to sprouts served on Jimmy Johns sandwiches...

West Virginia Hepatitis A Outbreak - 11 People Confirmed

Posted on December 29, 2010
Officials with the Cabell-Huntington County Health Department in West Virginia have increased the number of reported individuals infected with Hepatitis A to 11, including children and adults. Thus far the agency has vaccinated 236 people as part of two free vaccinations clinics...

What is it about Sprouts and E. coli and Salmonella Outbreaks?

Posted on December 29, 2010
We are presently living through yet another Alfalfa sprout outbreak. This time it is S. I 4,[5],12:i:- sickening 94 thus far. Here is a look at outbreaks from the U. S. and Canada over the last two decades: Year Type Pathogen Cases Year Type Pathogen Cases 1990 Alfalfa S...

Update on Salmonella sprouts outbreak: 94 ill in 16 states and Washington DC

Posted on December 28, 2010
The Salmonella outbreak linked to spicy sprouts and alfalfa sprouts from Tiny Greens has sickened 94 people with confirmed Salmonella infections in 16 states and Washington DC. The strain of Salmonella involved is called Salmonella I 4,[5], 12:i:-...

J&D Produce Announces Recall of "Little Bear" Brand Cilantro and Parsley for Salmonella Risk

Posted on December 28, 2010
Following confirmation from regulators of a positive test for Salmonella on curly parsley in Quebec and cilantro in Detroit, J&D Produce Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of its curly parsley and cilantro items packed between November 30 and December 6, and processed and branded under the "Little Bear" product line by the Edinburg, Texas-based company...

FDA Warns Against Consumption of Tiny Greens Brand Alfalfa and Spicy Sprouts - Salmonella

Posted on December 28, 2010
The FDA has announced a "preliminary" link between the recent multi-state Salmonella outbreak and Tiny Greens Brand Alfalfa Sprouts and Spicy Sprouts, and issued a warning to consumers advising them not to eat product sold by the Urbana, IL farm...

Illinois residents hardest hit in sprouts Salmonella outbreak

Posted on December 26, 2010
The Salmonella I 4,5,12, i- outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts has sickened at least 89 people nationally. Most of the illnesses (50) have occurred in illinois. Looking at the map below, it is obvious that the outbreak has occurred because of Salmonella contaminated alfalfa sprouts seeds that were then sprouted by multiple "sprouters" nationally...

Epi-curve in national Salmonella sprouts outbreak

Posted on December 26, 2010
To date, 89 people have suffered confirmed Salmonella illnesses in the multi-state Salmonella outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts. The biggest cluster of Salmonella illnesses in the outbreak is in Illinois, which has 50 confirmed cases. The onset dates for symptoms amongst the confirmed cases range from November 1 to mid-December...

Illinois food outbreaks continue: 4 outbreaks, at least 100 ill, from Rolf's bakery

Posted on December 24, 2010
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and other state health departments, is investigating several foodborne outbreaks in which people report becoming ill after consuming desserts from Rolf's Patisserie in Lincolnwood, Illinois...

Sally Jackson Cheese E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak and Recall - a study in good Epidemiology in Washington, Oregon, Minnesota and Vermont - Eight Sick

Posted on December 23, 2010
It is good that Lynn Terry, from the Oregonian, is back from vacation and that Bill Keene, Oregon Epidemiologist does not take them. In the past few weeks, scientific sleuths in Portland Oregon helped solve a mysterious outbreak of E. coli in a multi-state investigation that involved a wedding in Washington state, dumpster diving in Yamhill County and cheese samples at a gourmet store in Seattle...

4 People Sick With E. coli in Wisconsin From Zillman Meat Market

Posted on December 23, 2010
The Wisconsin Department of Health and Marathon County Health Department are investigating a cluster of four E. coli illnesses linked to consumption of meat processed at Zillman Meat Market in Wausau, Wisconsin. One of those sickened was hospitalized...

Jimmy John's Salmonella Illnesses in Illinois Tied to Multistate Outbreak - Sprouts

Posted on December 23, 2010
Last week, it was announced that Illinois health officals were investigating an outbreak of Salmonella linked to consumption of sprouts at Jimmy John's restaurants in that state. As was speculated here on Food Poison Journal, the outbreak has now been linked by the CDC to a multistate outbreak linked to sprouts...

FDA Finds Insanitary Conditions at Sally Jackson Cheese

Posted on December 23, 2010
The FDA has released their Form 483 (PDF), detailing several alarming and insanitary practices at Sally Jackson Cheese's manufacturing facility that likely contributed to the current raw cheese E. coli O157:H7 outbreak among Washington, Oregon, Vermont, and Minnesota residents...

Epilogue to The Hartmann Debacle

Posted on December 23, 2010
The judge's full opinion in Commisioner of Minnesota Dept. of Ag v. Mike Hartmann et al. is the kind of read that makes you wish that the feds and state governments took more seriously the notion of criminally prosecuting the worst offenders of food safety laws...

CDC Publishes Summary of Daniele Salami Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on December 23, 2010
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published a nice summary of the Salmonella Montevideo and Senftenberg outbreak associated with consumption of Daniele salami products. What is notable about this outbreak is the size (272 cases from 44 states and the District of Columbia) and scope (illness onset from July 1, 2009, to April 14, 2010), highlighting the importance of preventing post-processing contamination of ready-to-eat products with long shelf lives...

Whole Foods Recalls Cheese from Sally Jackson, Risk of E. coli O157:H7

Posted on December 23, 2010
Whole Foods has announced the recall of cheeses bearing its own brand label, that had been produced by Sally Jackson Cheese of Washington state, in connection to an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 illness in Oregon, Washington, Vermont and Minnesota...

Major Salmonella Outbreaks 2010: final installment

Posted on December 22, 2010
Salmonella contaminated sprouts on Jimmy Johns sandwiches in Illinois have prompted this final installment of major Salmonella outbreaks to hit the United States this year. If Marler Clark's clientele is any barometer for trends in food safety, we can certainly say that E...

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