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Covers news, issues and developments in food safety law.
By Pritzker, Ruohonen & Associates

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Last Entry: November 15, 2009 at 09:12:07

E. coli Cookie Dough: "Old Bacteria In A New Place"

Posted on September 09, 2009
Two experienced microbiologists who work for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) say they were as surprised as anyone to find E. coli O157:H7 in Nestle cookie dough this year. Writing in a new Public Health Matters blog for the CDC, Gerry Gomez and Mike Humphrys said the lab work they did at the CDC was examined in conjunction with similar work by 13 public health laboratories around the country...

Listeria Prompts Recall of Kids' Meal Kits

Posted on September 03, 2009
A finding of Listeria monocytogenes in kids' ready-to-eat meal kits has prompted the recall of certain Dinolunch and Lunch Buddies brand food packages. The recall affects 39,514 pounds of product made by Big Boy Food Group of Warren, Michigan. The positive test for Listeria was made by the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service...

Eggo Waffle Recall Due to Positive Listeria Test

Posted on September 03, 2009
Kellogg Company has temporarily shut down a frozen foods plant in Atlanta after the Georgia Department of Health detected Listeria monocytogenes in a sample of buttermilk Eggo waffles at the plant. While no illnesses have been reported, the company recalled certain packs of Eggo Cinnamon Toast waffles (10 count) and Eggo Toaster Swirlz Cinnamon Roll Minis (eight count)...

Mi Ranchito Carbonic Acid Poison Closes Restaurant

Posted on September 02, 2009
Managers of a Mexican style restaurant in Lenexa, Kansas, are blaming a sudden outbreak of food poisoning illness among its customers to a backflow problem with the restaurant's soda machine. The restaurant, Mi Ranchito, is closed under an emergency license suspension, by health officials...

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Salmonella Cantaloupe Recall by Melon Acres

Posted on August 30, 2009
An Indiana melon grower has recalled 27 bins of cantaloupe after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found Salmonella in a sample batch. The melons were shipped through Farm-Wey Produce of Lakeland, Florida, to Aldi's in Greenwood, Indiana; and Meijer stores in Lansing, Michigan; Newport, Michigan and Tipp City, Ohio...

WI Raw Milk Outbreak: Campylobacter Flashback

Posted on August 29, 2009
Wisconsin's last big Campylobacter outbreak caused by raw milk occurred in 2001 and warranted special attention from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the current WI raw milk outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni, officials are investigating where the unpasteurized milk came from that sickened at least 13 people...

Wisconsin Campylobacter Outbreak Due to Raw Milk

Posted on August 29, 2009
The state of Wisconsin is investigating to find the source of raw milk that has led to 13 confirmed cases of Campylobacter jejuni, a pathogen that has the potential to cause serious illness and even death. More cases are expected to be confirmed soon, as there are other people sick in households where people are confirmed victims of the Campylobacter food poisoning...

Zicam Lawsuit

Posted on August 26, 2009

Beef Brisket Listeria Recall at Texas Company

Posted on August 25, 2009
A Texas company has recalled 207 pounds of smoked and fully cooked beef brisket that was distributed to Department of Defense commissaries in Oklahoma and New Mexico. The product was made August 11 by Lone Star Brisket Co. of Thorndale, Texas. Routine testing by the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) detected Listeria monocytogenes, which prompted the recall...

Another Soft Cheese Listeria Warning

Posted on August 22, 2009
There have been numerous warnings lately about Mexican-style soft cheeses that may be contaminated with various different food bugs -- none of which should be taken lightly. The latest caution is a recall notice citing the possibility of Listeria monocytogenes in a Quesos Mi Pueblito product made in Passiac, N...

Los Angeles Warns of Soft Cheese Contamination

Posted on August 20, 2009
The director of public health in Los Angeles County is warning consumers in Southern California not to eat Latin-American style cheeses from street vendors or unlicensed manufacturers. Bacteria such as E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, Listeria, bovine Tuberculosis or Brucella may contaminate the products, which often are made from unpasteurized dairy products, may have been made under insanitary conditions or haven't been properly refrigerated...

Produce Group Hosts Food Safety Lawyer Elliot Olsen

Posted on August 19, 2009
Top executives from U.S. produce companies gathered in Austin, Texas, today to hear national food safety lawyer Elliot Olsen tell them how an outbreak of foodborne illness could put them out of business in 24 hours. It's happened before and likely will happen again, but Olsen's central message to the industry had an unexpected twist...

Food Poisoning Victims Face Long-Term Health Risk

Posted on August 15, 2009
Getting poisoned by Salmonella or Campylobacter is not just a short-term health concern. That's what a medical team in Denmark has concluded in a study that found these pathogens to increase the risk of inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease, for 15 years or more after a person suffers from an initial infection of either diarrheal illness...

McDonald's Hepatitis A Outbreak Hits 30 cases

Posted on August 13, 2009
Health officials in the Quad City Region of Illinois say the McDonald's Hepatitis A outbreak has grown to include 30 cases. To contact Pritzker Olsen about a a McDonald's hepatitis A lawsuit, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit the free consultation form for review by Attorney Fred Pritzker...

Inspectors Saw Cattle Being Pulled into Cargill Plant

Posted on August 12, 2009
The Cargill-owned beef processor in California that recently recalled 826,000 pounds of ground beef products out of concern it might be tied to a ground beef Salmonella outbreak was caught last year stunning cattle and dragging them into the plant unconscious...

Nestle E. coli Outbreak Hospitalized 35 People

Posted on August 11, 2009
There's still a chance that more people will become infected in the Nestle E. coli outbreak, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued its final update on the cookie dough outbreak that has sickened at least 80 individuals -- mostly young women -- since early March...

Safeway Was Big Distributor of Recalled Cargill Beef

Posted on August 07, 2009
Safeway, Von's and Sam's Club are among retailers in nine states warning consumers that ground beef involved in a massive Cargill beef recall could be contaminated with a drug-resistant strain of Salmonella Newport. Colorado has been hardest hit by the outbreak...

New outbreak highlights overuse of antibiotics and underuse of traceback and notification systems

Posted on August 06, 2009
By FOOD SAFETY ATTORNEY FRED PRITZKER A new Salmonella outbreak was announced today: over 825,000 pounds of ground beef products processed by Fresno, CA-based Beef Packer, Inc. and distributed to retail distribution centers in Arizona, California, Colorado and Utah...

Colo. Soopers Salmonella Beef Warning Repeated

Posted on August 01, 2009
Colorado health officials are worried that ground beef contaminated with Salmonella is still contributing to an outbreak associated with King Soopers Inc. The Denver-based King Soopers recalled nearly half a million pounds of ground beef on July 23 after evidence showed contamination with Salmonella typhimurium DT104 -- a microorganism that is resistant to many antibiotics prescribed for treatment of Salmonella infection...

Pritzker Files Suit in Memphis Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on August 01, 2009
Pritzker Olsen attorneys, one of the nation's leading food safety law firms, has filed a Memphis Salmonella lawsuit in Shelby County Circuit Court in Tennessee on behalf of a husband and wife who ate food catered from A&R Bar-B-Q restaurant of Hickory Hill Road...

More Than 24 Victims in Memphis Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on July 31, 2009
Public health officials in Memphis say that preliminary tests show that more than two dozen people were infected with Salmonella after eating food served by a local barbecue restaurant. The Memphis Salmonella outbreak spiked when more than 150 people from throughout the region and different parts of the country gathered for a picnic July 10 at Shelby Farms as part of the three day 2009 Harston Family Reunion...

Attorney Fred Pritzker Representing Victim of Salmonella Outbreak Associated with A&E Bar-B-Q in Memphis

Posted on July 30, 2009
FOX13 out of Memphis interviewed Attorney Fred Pritzker for their story on the Salmonella outbreak associated with the A&E Bar-B-Q located at 3721 Hickory Hill, Memphis, Tennessee. Mr. Pritzker is representing a victim of the outbreak. (There is a short commercial before the news report because we have embedded the video in the form required by FOX13...

Salmonella Outbreak in Memphis, TN

Posted on July 29, 2009
Pritzker Olsen law firm has been retained to represent victims of a Salmonella outbreak in Memphis, TN that started on or after July 10, 2009. The matter is currently being investigated by the Tennessee Department of Health. The outbreak victims were attending the 2009 Harston Family Reunion in Memphis...

Officials Investigate Memphis Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on July 29, 2009
The Memphis and Shelby County Health Department is conducting an active investigation into the Hickory Hill location of A&R Bar-B-Q restaurant in Memphis. The announcement was made in conjunction with the Tennessee Department of Health shortly after national food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen issued a press release about a Memphis Salmonella outbreak ...

McDonald's Outbreak: Last Chance for Hepatitis Shots

Posted on July 28, 2009
Tuesday is the last day for free hepatitis A shots through the Rock Island County Health Department. The county has administered more than 5,200 shots of vaccine or a drug called immune globulin since investigators associated an outbreak of hepatitis A in western Illinois to the McDonald's restaurant in Milan...

Health Department Had Issues with Illinois McDonald's

Posted on July 25, 2009
The McDonald's hepatitis outbreak in western Illinois could have been a product of shortcomings at a local medical center and the restaurant itself in Milan, Illinois. The Illinois McDonald's outbreak of hepatitis A has sickened at least 24 people, including 11 who were hospitalized...

Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Colorado Beef

Posted on July 23, 2009
A Colorado company is recalling 466,236 pounds of ground beef products that may be linked to a Colorado Salmonella outbreak of at least 14 matching Salmonella illnesses reported in the state. The firm is called King Soopers Inc. of Denver. The Salmonella type -- as confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment -- is Salmonella Typhimurium DT104...

Shots Given in Illinois McDonald's Hepatitis Outbreak

Posted on July 22, 2009
More than a thousand people in northwestern Illinois have been vaccinated to help contain the McDonald's hepatitis outbreak that health officials suspect was caused by two McDonald's employees who were sick with hepatitis A in Milan, Illinois, and continued to work...

Milan McDonald's Outbreak "Utterly Preventable''

Posted on July 22, 2009
An employee at the Milan, Illinois, McDonald's restaurant has gone public with her story that she told a manager at the restaurant in late June that she had been diagnosed with hepatitis A. But the restaurant remained open until last week, when it was ordered closed by the Rock Island County Health Department in connection with a possible McDonald's hepatitis A outbreak...

Vaccine Given in Illinois McDonald's Hepatitis Outbreak

Posted on July 19, 2009
State and county health officials in western Illinois are preparing to provide hepatitis A vaccinations and an immune drug called globulin to portions of the population in connection with a possible McDonald's hepatitis A outbreak. Jim Bohnsack, county board chairman in Rock Island County, told Quad Cities Times health reporter Dierdre Cox Baker that the county health department ordered the McDonald's in Milan, Illinois, to be closed in connection with the outbreak investigation...

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