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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

Freshway lettuce E. coli outbreak: more grist for the S 510 mill

Posted on May 06, 2010
Today, Freshway Foods announced a recall of romaine lettuce products that have been implicated as the source of a large E. coli O145 outbreak that has sickened more than 60 people in New York, Michigan, and Ohio. The victims of this outbreak appear to be primarily college students at The Ohio State University, the University of Michigan, and Daemen College in Buffalo...

Help wanted: time for government to act on food safety

Posted on May 05, 2010
Circumstances have long been ripe for calling all shiga-toxin producing strains of Escherichia coli (E. coli) 'adulterants' in our food supply. The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service, which is the entity that has the regulatory capacity to do just this, currently has in its possession two citizen petitions to take this action...

Another recall to report: prosciutto due to listeria contamination

Posted on May 05, 2010
Good timing on the release today of the Marler Clark food safety guide for parents on listeria monocytogenes. Today, Orlando Greco and Son Imports, an Illinois company, recalled 822 pounds of prosciutto products due to potential contamination by listeria monocytogenes...

60 reported foodpoisoning illnesses in New York, Michigan, Ohio E. coli O145 Outbreak

Posted on May 04, 2010
As many as 60 people are now thought to be ill from infection by E. coli O145 in New York, Michigan, and Ohio. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with local and state health and agriculture departments from the involved states, are investigating the outbreak to determine what specific food item caused all the illnesses...

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Marler Clark - Parent Food Safety Guide for Listeria

Posted on May 04, 2010
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NARMS Releases 2007 Executive Report

Posted on May 04, 2010
It was brought to my attention today that the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) released its 2007 Executive Report (pdf). The report summarizes data collected on non-typhoidal Salmonella and Campylobacter isolates recovered in 2007 from food animals at federally inspected plants, retail meats, and humans, as well as susceptibility data on Escherichia coli isolates recovered from retail meats and chickens in 2007...

Non-E. coli O157:H7 Bacteria, like E. coli O145, have been at issue for some time

Posted on May 04, 2010
Non-O157 Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli Infections in the United States, 1983–2002

Foodborne Illness Outbreak Database Still Being Upgraded

Posted on May 03, 2010
We have continued to upgrade and improve www.outbreakdatabase.com and nearly are ready for launch. We have a few "bugs" to work out and we are going to link to the CDC and CSPI databases too. We would still love any input, advise or criticism...

E. coli O145 and foodpoisoning lawsuits

Posted on May 03, 2010
The country became conscious of E. coli in 1993 after an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak struck West Coast Jack in the Box restaurants. 700 people were sickened; many people developed hemolytic uremic syndrome; and at least 4 kids died. In direct response to the outbreak, the USDA deemed E...

Food Safety and Oil Spills

Posted on May 03, 2010
With so much on our plates currently wirh regard to food safety (E. coli O145 outbreak in Michigan, Ohio, and New York; ongoing raw milk debate; and pending debate on S 510 "Food Safety Modernization Act"), even seemingly disparate current events, like the oil spill, matter to us in the outbreak and food safety business...

NOAA closes fisheries in oil spill area to ensure safety of seafood

Posted on May 02, 2010
NOAA is restricting fishing for a minimum of ten days in federal waters most affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, largely between Louisiana state waters at the mouth of the Mississippi River to waters off Florida's Pensacola Bay (see map). The closure is effective immediately...

CDC to become involved in E. coli outbreak in Ohio, Michigan, and New York

Posted on May 01, 2010
Misti Crane of the Columbus Dispatch, who keeps us all up-to-speed on the E. coli O145 outbreak in Ohio, Michigan, and New York, reported early this morning that the CDC is headed to Columbus. Their purpose: to help identify the food item that has caused at least 47 people to become infected by E...

More meat recalls: pork sausage due to listeria contamination

Posted on May 01, 2010
Custom Corned Beef, Inc., a Denver, Colo., establishment, is recalling approximately 460 pounds of fully cooked crumbled pork sausage products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today...

E. coli O145 Outbreak in Ohio, Michigan and New York - It is not the first time

Posted on May 01, 2010
E. coli STEC O145 has caused human illness in the past and has been found in our animals and food. As many as 50 people are now sickened by E. coli O145 in an outbreak in Ohio, Michigan and New York. The Michigan E. coli O145 cases have occurred in Washtenaw County, which includes Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan...

Michigan, Ohio, and New York E. coli Outbreak Update

Posted on April 30, 2010
Not much new to report: as many as 47 people sickened by E. coli O145 in an outbreak with recognized foodpoisoning cases in Michigan, Ohio, and New York. There are 15 lab-confirmed cases of E. coli O145 in the three states, and 32 people whose illnesses are thought to be related to the outbreak, but whose stool tests are still pending...

As outbreaks abound, where is S 510 (a/k/a Food Safety Modernization Act)?

Posted on April 29, 2010
1. Salmonella outbreak linked to Daniele Inc salami products, and, ultimately, to contaminated red and black pepper from Wholesome Spice Company and Overseas Mincing Spice Company. 252 people sickened in 44 states and the District of Columbia...

Columbus Dispatch on Ohio Michigan E. coli outbreak: New York resident sickened in the outbreak too.

Posted on April 29, 2010
Today, Misti Crane of the Columbus Dispatch reported as follows on the growing outbreak of E. coli illnesses in Ohio and Michigan: Health officials in New York have linked a person's illness there to the E. coli outbreak in Columbus and Ann Arbor, Mich...

47 E. coli O145 illnesses now thought to be part of Ohio/Michigan E. coli outbreak

Posted on April 29, 2010
The E. coli O145 outbreak that has sickened as many as 47 people in Michigan and Ohio continues to evolve. Misti Crane of the Columbus Dispatch today reported that the State of New York has confirmed that one of its residents was infected with a genetically indistinguishable strain of E...

William Marler, Food Safety Lawyer - "It is well past time for the USDA to declare that all shiga-toxin producing strains of E. coli are adulterants and ban them from our food supply."

Posted on April 29, 2010
'It is a shame that, in 2010, after years and years of outbreaks, there are still lethal strains of E. coli that some parts of our government do not regulate in the food supply. E. coli O157:H7 has been considered an adulterant in food since 1994 by USDA/FSIS, but non–O157 strains, which can be just as devastating, are not,' says food safety lawyer, William Marler...

Wal-Mart imposes more stringent standards on beef suppliers

Posted on April 29, 2010
Cattlenetwork just reported that Wal-Mart, the biggest food retailer in the country, has taken a good step toward acheiving a significant reduction in E. coli contamination in the beef supply. Cattlenetwork reports as follows: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc...

Carolina foodpoisoning outbreaks past: Western Sizzlin (2002) and Old South (2005)

Posted on April 28, 2010
Today' a foodpoisoning outbreak was announced in Durham, NC at a restaurant called "Bullock's Barbecue." Though lab tests have not yet confirmed the organism responsible for sickening at least 15 people, health officials suspect that Salmonella is to blame...

Foodpoisoning outbreak at Durham's "Bullock's Barbeque" (Salmonella?)

Posted on April 28, 2010
NBC 17 just reported on a possible Salmonella outbreak linked to a well-known Durham, NC area barbeque restaurant called "Bullock's Barbeque." At least 15 customers became sick. The Durham County Health department says all the illnesses were reported after April 20 from people who had dined at the restaurant...

Michigan/Ohio E. coli Outbreak Update

Posted on April 28, 2010
To update, two clusters of non-O157:H7 E. coli illnesses in Michigan and Ohio share the same genetic pattern and appear to be linked to a common food item. 10 Washtenaw County (MI) residents have suffered culture confirmed E. coli O145 infections, and the health department is awaiting stool test results on another 14...

Los Dos Amigos Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on April 28, 2010
Los Dos Amigos, a Mexican restaurant located in Roseburg, Oregon, may be the site of a Salmonella outbreak that sickened a number of people in mid-April. Douglas County Public Health officials and the Oregon Department of Human Services are investigating the outbreak, which was originally discovered based on the reports of local medical providers...

NY Senator Gillibrand to Secretary Vilsack: high time to regulate non-O157 E. coli

Posted on April 27, 2010
Is it mere coincidence that the Marler Clark firm's petition to FSIS asking it to declare non-O157 strains of E. coli as adulterants in meat (submitted October 2009) is being considered in the midst of at least two outbreaks of non-O157 E. coli (O111 and O145)? Or is it proof that there is actually a problem with non-O157 in our food supply...

Salmonella Risk? Judge Orders FDA to Reconsider Turtle Ban

Posted on April 26, 2010
A Federal District Court Judge has ordered that the FDA must reconsider its ban on selling small turtles, according to this AP report. Sales of turtles with shells less than 4 inches long have been banned by the FDA since 1975. The turtles have reportedly been connected to outbreaks of Salmonella...

E. coli outbreak in Ohio and Michigan: what's the common link?

Posted on April 26, 2010
A week ago, we reported on a developing E. coli outbreak in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Notably, the outbreak is not attributable to E. coli O157:H7--the most notorious of all E. coli strains--but it does appear to be a shiga-toxin producing strain of E...

The time is ripe to regulate non-O157 strains of STEC E. coli

Posted on April 26, 2010
Currently, there are at least two outbreaks nationally that involve dangerous strains of E. coli that are not E. coli O157:H7. Michigan and Ohio are investigating at least 13 illnesses that occurred in mid-April, all of which are genetically indistinguishable strains of E...

Michigan, Ohio no strangers to E. coli

Posted on April 26, 2010
The ongoing E. coli outbreak in Michigan and Ohio is reminiscent of several other outbreaks, resulting in lots of illnesses, that have occurred in those states in the past several years: --Of course, residents of both states were sickened by E...

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