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By Marler Clark

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

USA Today Reports Sweeping Changes in Beef Acquisition for School Lunches

Posted on February 05, 2010
Blake Morrison and Peter Eisler report in today's edition of the USA Today: The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced sweeping steps Thursday to "assure the safety and quality of food" purchased for the National School Lunch Program. The measures include tightening requirements on companies that supply ground beef to schools, testing the beef more often and more thoroughly, and improving communications within the USDA to "identify potential food safety issues" before children get sick...

Revisited: Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak linked to Alfalfa Sprouts

Posted on February 05, 2010
From February through May of 2009, the CDC counted 235 confirmed victims of a Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts. Here is the distribution of confirmed cases in the outbreak: Nebraska was the hardest hit state by far, with 111 confirmed illnesses, many of whom consumed alfalfa sprouts on sandwiches from Jimmy John's restaurants...

FDA Releases Update on Salmonella, Black Pepper, Salami

Posted on February 04, 2010
The FDA posted an update on the outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo related to salami and black pepper today, February 4, 2010. The update includes the newest CDC statistics on the outbreak: 207 people have been infected with a matching strain of Salmonella Montevideo in at least 42 states and the District of Columbia...

15 Washington Residents Sickened in Salami/Pepper Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on February 04, 2010
The CDC's February 2 update on the Salmonella outbreak linked to salami and black pepper indicates that Washington, with 15 victims, is among the hardest hit states in the outbreak. Only California and New York, with 30 and 16 victims respectively, have more sick residents...

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Marler Clark Files Second Salmonella-tainted Black Pepper Salami Case

Posted on February 03, 2010
A second victim of the nationwide outbreak of Salmonella linked to pepper in salami meats has come forward to file a lawsuit against Daniele International Inc., which produced the recalled salami, and against Wholesome Spice, which supplied the tainted pepper...

The slow flow of information about food outbreaks

Posted on February 03, 2010
Today, the Rhode Island Department of health announced that the pepper that Daniele Inc used to produce its salami--now the subject of a major recall and outbreak--was contaminated, not the meat itself Pepper has been suspected as the source of this outbreak since at least January 23, 2010, if not before...

More Salami/Pepper Salmonella News: Where is the contaminated pepper?

Posted on February 03, 2010
The Rhode Island Department of Health announced today that recent test results strongly suggest black pepper is the source of the Salmonella outbreak associated with Daniele Inc. salami. According to the CDC, the outbreak has sickened at least 207 people in 42 states...

Class I Beef Recall due to E. coli Contamination

Posted on February 03, 2010
West Missouri Beef, LLC has voluntarily recalled 14,000 pounds of boneless beef products due to potential contamination by E. coli O157:H7. USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced the Class I recall in a press release last night...

1,636,000 Pounds of Beef Recalled since November due to E. coli O157:H7

Posted on February 03, 2010
The unfortunate trend for E. coli and beef in late 2009 and 2010 continues. This evening, West MissourI Beef, LLC, a Rockville, Missouri beef company, recalled 14,000 pounds of boneless beef products due to potential E. coli O157:H7 contamination...

West Missouri Beef Recalls 14,000 pounds of Boneless Beef due to Potential E. coli Contamination

Posted on February 02, 2010
West Missouri Beef, LLC, a Rockville, Missouri establishment, is recalling approximately 14,000 pounds of fresh boneless 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 Salmonella Infections Final Nail For Nature's Fare Restaurant

Posted on February 02, 2010
Considered a local institution in Cicero, New York since its opening in 1974, the Nature's Fare Restaurant announced today that it is closing for good. According to the Post-Standard, the restaurant, which cooked and prepared between 100 and 200 fresh, raw turkeys each day, was recently notified that it had been linked to the Salmonella infections of at least two Plainview county residents...

A good point about the Salmonella salami/pepper outbreak

Posted on February 02, 2010
In response to my AM's blog post about the true scope of the Salmonella salami/pepper outbreak, a reader states as follows: Can't you read between the lines Drew. The contaminated pepper was sent to food plants all over the country, to supermarkets, restaurants etc...

The True Scope of the Salami/Pepper Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on February 02, 2010
The CDC reported yesterday that there are 203 confirmed "cases" (i.e. victims who's stool sample has tested positive for the outbreak strain of bacteria) in the recent Salmonella outbreak linked to recalled salami (Daniele, Inc.) and the ingredient pepper (Wholesome Spice)...

Consumer Reports: Packaged Salad Can Contain High Levels of Bacteria

Posted on February 02, 2010
Consumers Union Urges FDA to Set Performance Standards for Greens YONKERS, N.Y., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer Reports' latest tests of packaged leafy greens found bacteria that are common indicators of poor sanitation and fecal contamination, in some cases, at rather high levels...

Genetic Risk Factors for Post-Infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome Following a Waterborne Outbreak of Gastroenteritis

Posted on February 02, 2010
Abstrac: j.gastro.2009.12.049 Alexandra-Chloé Villani, Mathieu Lemire, Marroon Thabane, Alexandre Belisle, Geneviève Geneau, Amit X. Garg, William F. Clark, Paul Moayyedi, Stephen M. Collins, Denis Franchimont, John K. Marshall Background & Aims: Acute gastroenteritis is the strongest risk factor for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)...

Salmonella Montevideo Outbreak Linked to Daniele Pepper Salami Hits 203 in 42 States

Posted on February 02, 2010
CDC reports that a total of 203 individuals infected with a matching strain of Salmonella Montevideo have been reported from 42 states and District of Columbia since July 1, 2009. The number of ill persons identified in each state with this strain is as follows: AK (1), AL (2), AZ (5), CA (30), CO (4), CT (4), DC (1), DE (2), FL (3), GA (3), IA (1), ID (2), IL (11), IN (3), KS (3), LA (1), MA (12), MD (1), ME (1), MI (3), MN (4), MO (1), NC (9), ND (1), NE (1), NH (1), NJ (8), NM (2), NY (16), OH (9), OK (1), OR (9), PA (5), RI (2), SC (1), SD (3), TN (4), TX (7), UT (7), VA (1), WA (15), WV (1), and WY (2)...

Second Salami Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit to be Filed Tuesday

Posted on February 01, 2010
Tomorrow morning, we will file a second lawsuit in the Salmonella outbreak linked to recalled salami (Daniele, Inc.) and pepper (Wholesome Spice). The lawsuit will be filed on behalf of Lee Hanks, a resident of Lake Ozark, Missouri. Lee purchased the contaminated salami on January 17, 2010, at a WalMart store in Osage Beach, Missouri...

Marler Clark Salmonella Clients Share in $12 Million Bankruptcy Settlement against Peanut Corporation of America

Posted on February 01, 2010
According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution and AP, over 100 victims of last year's nationwide salmonella outbreak will split $12 million as part of a bankruptcy settlement with the insurer of the company linked to the illnesses. The attorney for the bankruptcy trustee, Atlanta attorney Alan Maxwell said Monday the money comes from an insurance policy that Lynchburg, Va...

Washington State Health Officials Discuss Salmonella Salami Outbreak

Posted on January 31, 2010
The size and breadth of the Salmonella outbreak linked to Daniele Salami - 202 people in 42 states since last July - is a big part of the reason the source of the illnesses has been pinpointed. The CDC has estimated that there are 75 million cases of food-poisoning in the U...

Bioniche E. coli O157:H7 Vaccine Recognized In Prestigious Scientific Journal

Posted on January 30, 2010
Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: BNC), a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, announced that Econiche(TM), the world's first vaccine developed to reduce the shedding by cattle of Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157, has been cited in the February, 2010 issue of Scientific American (Vol...

Study of Walkerton, Ont. Outbreak Provides Clues on Genetics and IBS

Posted on January 29, 2010
In 2000, the drinking water in the Ontario town of Walkerton was contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 and campylobacter. 7 people died, and roughly 2,300 suffered illness as a result. The large number of people involved in the outbreak has provided doctors and scientists an opportunity to look at the long term impacts of foodborne illness...

Salami/Pepper Salmonella outbreak: FSIS updated list of implicated retail locations

Posted on January 29, 2010
Updated list of retail locations who may have received Salmonella-contaminated sausage products, including salami/salame, from Daniele International, Inc.: 1. Albertsons: AZ, CO, ID, LA, MT, NM, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY 2. Beverages & More: CA 3...

Unanswered questions remain in the Salmonella salami/pepper outbreak

Posted on January 29, 2010
The Tremeloes got it wrong. Silence is far from golden when it comes to matters of public health. We now know that the salami Salmonella outbreak linked to Daniele Inc.'s pepper-coated salami occurred because of contaminated pepper, and that the pepper came from a company called (oh the irony) Wholesome Spice, a New York distributor...

Op-ed - Jeff Almer and Louis Tousignant: Food safety: What are we waiting for?

Posted on January 29, 2010
An antiquated system exposes Americans to unnecessary risks. By JEFF ALMER and LOUIS TOUSIGNANT Shirley Almer was a cancer survivor and a fighter who had twice defied her doctor's prediction by beating both lung and brain cancer. Clifford Tousignant was a fighter, too...

The FDA wakes-up - FDA Statement on the Investigation into the Salmonella Montevideo Outbreak

Posted on January 29, 2010
The Food and Drug Administration, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is working closely with the Rhode Island Department of Health and other states in the investigation of an outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo infection associated with certain salami products...

Salmonella Montevideo Outbreak Linked to Black Pepper Salami Sickens 202 in 42 States

Posted on January 29, 2010
The CDC reports that a total of 202 individuals infected with a matching strain of Salmonella Montevideo have been reported from 42 states and District of Columbia since July 1, 2009. The number of ill persons identified in each state with this strain is as follows: AK (1), AL (2), AZ (5), CA (30), CO (4), CT (4), DC (1), DE (2), FL (3), GA (3), IA (1), ID (2), IL (11), IN (3), KS (3), LA (1), MA (12), MD (1), ME (1), MI (3), MN (4), MO (1), NC (9), ND (1), NE (1), NH (1), NJ (7), NM (2), NY (16), OH (9), OK (1), OR (9), PA (5), RI (2), SC (1), SD (3), TN (4), TX (7), UT (7), VA (1), WA (15), WV (1), and WY (2)...

Salmonella, spices, and what Daniele and Wholesome should have known

Posted on January 29, 2010
A reader's comments about the journal post this morning titled "Unanswered questions remain in the Salmonella salami/pepper outbreak:" As a former owner of a spice company that did extensive work with food processors, I agree that the public has a right to know the information pertaining to this outbreak...

Salmonella Montevideo Outbreak Investigation Continues in WA

Posted on January 28, 2010
The Washington State Department of Health issued a press release today on its continuing investigation into the Salmonella Montevideo outbreak associated with salami manufactured by Daniele International. The salami has since been recalled and a list of retailers that may have received the implicated product can be found HERE...

Parkers Farm Resumes Operation After Listeria Recall

Posted on January 28, 2010
Three weeks ago, Parkers Farm of Coon Rapids, MN initiated a recall of some of its cheese and peanut products due to potential contamination with listeria monocytogenes. The recall was then expanded to cover all of the firm's products on shelves in many grocery chains nationwide...

FSIS List of Stores that May Have Received Recalled Salami

Posted on January 27, 2010
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) just published its current list of retailers who may have received recalled salami implicated in the national salmonella outbreak. 1. Costco--all stores nationwide 2. Fred Meyer--Stores in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington 3...

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