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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

Agencies To Meet With Public on Listeria

Posted on June 07, 2009
Little is known about how Listeria monocytogenes occurs in retail facilities. That's why the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is teaming up with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a risk assessment of the problem...

E. coli Victim Still Suffering One Year Later

Posted on June 06, 2009
Foodborne outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7 happen year-round in the United States, but summer is clearly the high season for frequency of the infectious disease. It was one year ago this month when a client of PritzkerOlsen, P.A., consumed the potentially deadly bacteria on beef cooked at a popular restaurant in Moultrie, Georgia...

Salmonella Hits School Children in Missouri

Posted on June 05, 2009
An elementary school in Lee's Summit, Missouri, is working with health department officials there to determine what caused a Salmonella outbreak at the very end of the school year. Mary Naudet, principal of Richardson Elementary School, told the Lee's Summit Journal newspaper that at least two students in the Kids' Country program became ill from the outbreak strain of Salmonella...

E. coli O157:H7 Found In Oregon Company's Beef

Posted on June 03, 2009
SP Provisions, an Oregon beef processor, announced a recall today of 39,973 pounds of bagged ground beef, bagged "chili grind'' ground beef and 15-pound packages of hamburger patties. The recall announced that the meat may be contaminated with E...

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E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak Emerging in Maine

Posted on June 03, 2009
Maine's Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has increased its surveillance of E. coli O157:H7 infections now that seven cases have been confirmed in the state since April 17. According to a public health alert written by Dr. Dora Anne Mills, director of the Maine CDC, four of the seven cases are "considered part of a national cluster'' of genetically related infections...

FDA Laboratory Grants Will Help Fight E. coli O157:H7

Posted on June 02, 2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded $1.05 million in grants to three states to increase laboratory testing capacity, including capacity for analyzing food and bacteria during outbreaks of foodborne illness. The agreement enhances federal and state cooperation and is designed to strengthen our national response to food emergencies, including outbreaks of E...

Food Safety Report Card Worse Than Meets The Eye

Posted on May 31, 2009
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Emerging Infections Program collects data annually from 10 states on diseases caused by pathogens in food. The preliminary report covering 2008 showed no improvement on curbing foodborne illness, but national food safety lawyer Fred Pritzker says a closer look at the data shows the problem runs deeper...

FDA Sets Zero Tolerance for E. coli in Bottled Water

Posted on May 29, 2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published its final rule in the Federal Register today establishing a zero tolerance for E. coli in bottled water. The new federal code makes it illegal to sell bottled water containing E. coli. The FDA's new rule requires bottlers to conduct tests at least once a week for total coliform in source water if it comes from any source other than a public water supply -- which already is regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency to have zero E...

E. coli Lawyer Says Devastating Loss Was Preventable

Posted on May 28, 2009
Fred Pritzker, founder and president of national food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen Attorneys, has no mercy for food manufacturers and restaurants that distribute and serve food contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 or other lethal pathogens...

Triathletes in Oklahoma Suffer Possible E coli Infections

Posted on May 27, 2009
A high E. coli count in the Oklahoma River didn't stop organizers of the Boathouse International Triathlon from staging the event May 16-17 in Oklahoma City. Now public health officials are investigating what caused at least 20 of the athletes who swam in the river to suffer harsh gastrointestinal illnesses...

A Night For Abby -- Ohio's Child Victim of E. coli

Posted on May 27, 2009
Abby Fenstermaker was a healthy and happy little girl from the Cleveland area who turned 7 years old on April 25. Less than four weeks later, she was dead from complications of an E. coli O157:H7 infection that may have come from hamburger contaminated by the manufacturer...

Girl's Death Prompts Call for Strong Food Safety Law

Posted on May 23, 2009
Food safety bills in Washinton are regularly introduced with much fanfare and then sent to committee, where they languish and die. With high-season for food poisoning already upon us, national food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen Attorneys issued a press release Friday asking Congress to get moving...

Two Restaurants Named in Ohio E. coli Outbreak

Posted on May 23, 2009
Health officials have named the two Cleveland area restaurants that were investigated as part of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak , that hospitalized two people, sickened a third and may be linked to the death of a 7-year-old Cleveland girl...

E coli Infection Kills Cleveland Girl - New Food Safety Laws Needed

Posted on May 22, 2009
On Sunday, a seven-year-old girl died from an E. coli infection that may be linked to an E. coli outbreak associated with consuming ground beef produced by Valley Meats LLC. In response to this outbreak, the company recalled over 95,000 pounds of ground beef products that had been sold to restaurants and food service accounts...

Ohio Plant Has History With E coli Recall

Posted on May 22, 2009
It appears as though the processing plant belonging to Valley Meats LLC of Coal Valley, Illinois, has prior experience in a recall of ground beef related to an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7. Valley Meats LLC is the USDA-licensed meat processing plant that on Thursday recalled 48 tons of frozen beef patties and refrigerated ground beef as part of an investigation into an E...

Sticking Up For Valley Meats E. coli Victims

Posted on May 22, 2009
An E. coli outbreak associated with ground beef has sickened people in Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania and may have killed a seven-year-old girl in Cleveland, Ohio. One day after the outbreak was announced, national food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen Attorneys issued a press release calling on the meat processor and any restaurants involved in the outbreak to agree to pay medical bills and lost wages for victims and their families...

Web Has Changed Disease Detection For The Better

Posted on May 21, 2009
More than a month before the peanut butter Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak was ever publicly announced , computer programs at Google were tracking clearly defined spikes in consumer searches for information about "Salmonella," "Diarrhea,'' "Recall'' and "Peanut Butter...

E coli Death of Girl May Be Linked to Recalled Beef

Posted on May 21, 2009
A 7-year-old Cleveland girl has died from an E. coli O157:H7 infection that may have stemmed from contaminated ground beef recalled Thursday by an Illinois company. The recall of 48 tons of frozen patties and refrigerated ground beef applies to meat produced March 10 by Valley Meats LLC of Coal Valley, Illinois...

E. coli Food Poisoning Increases in Summer Months

Posted on May 20, 2009
If you are someone who senses that E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella and other food poisoning outbreaks spike upwards during the summer months, it's not your imagination. The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) says quite simply: Yes. Foodborne illnesses do increase after Memorial Day...

Investigating Possible Lettuce E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak

Posted on May 19, 2009
Pritzker Olsen, P.A., one of the nation's leading food poisoning and food safety law firms, is investigating a possible E. coli O157:H7 outbreak involving lettuce. If you or a loved one has been affected by this outbreak, please contact us immediately...

Addressing Lettuce E. coli Outbreaks Through Grants

Posted on May 17, 2009
Lettuce E. coli outbreaks have been a documented health hazard for more than 15 years and the leafy green vegetable industry has provided at least lip service for the need to diminish the threat of human disease coming from its crops. The latest pronouncement is a "Partners in Research'' grant program awarding a total of $500,000 to seven scientific projects with the stated goal of lowering the risk and producing a safer product throughout the food chain...

Time Line of the Pepper Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on May 16, 2009
National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen Attorneys is representing victims in the pepper and spice Salmonella outbreak that first came to light in late March. The outbreak, associated with bulk white and black pepper, other dry spices and oil-based seasonings manufactured by Union International Food Co,...

E. coli in Cantaloupe: It Has Happened Before

Posted on May 16, 2009
If current claims being investigated by national food safety law firm Prtizker Olsen Attorneys are confirmed, it won't be the first time a multi-state outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 is associated with cantaloupe. The cantalope's rough skin makes a natural breeding ground for foodborne pathogens...

Food Safety Law Firm Investigating E. coli Claims

Posted on May 15, 2009
National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen Attorneys is investigating claims related to a possible multi-state outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 related to cantalope. Please contact us as soon as possible if you or someone you know has been diagnosed with an E...

New Food Safety Program is "Tinkering on the Margins''

Posted on May 15, 2009
Fred Pritzker, the founder and president of national food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen Attorneys, has seen private sector food safety programs come and go during many years of representing people injured or killed by E. coli O157:H7, Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Listeria, botulism, Shigella and other types of food poisoning...

Food Companies Try Shifting The Onus For Safety

Posted on May 15, 2009
Reporter Michael Moss of The New York Times has written a compelling story highlighting a sickening trend in the food industry: Shifting the onus for food safety onto consumers with cooking instructions and warnings on product packaging. As Mr. Moss illustrates, it has started with frozen pot pies...

E. coli 0157:H7 Found in Retailer's Ground Beef

Posted on May 13, 2009
Random testing by the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) found evidence of E. coli 0157:H7 in ground beef sold at a retail store in Hot Springs, Arkansas, leading to a consumer product recall. The FSIS announced Tuesday that Hot Springs retailer Bob's Food City is recalling 375 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E...

U.S. Justice Dept. Joins Suit Against Slaughterhouse

Posted on May 13, 2009
The U.S. Department of Justice has intervened on the side of the Humane Society of the United States in litigation against a southern California beef slaughterhouse that was caught on tape abusing cattle. The lawsuit claims that the Westland/Hallmark Meat Co...

Raw Milk Dairy Reopens After Campylobacter Outbreak

Posted on May 13, 2009
A raw milk dairy in Montrose, Colorado, has been allowed to reopen under enhanced sanitation requirements and new testing protocols. The Kinikin Corner Dairy was ordered to halt distribution April 7 after at least 11 people in the area became ill with Campylobacter, a foodborne illness that carries risks of nerve cell damage...

CDC Still Telling Consumers Not to Eat Sprouts

Posted on May 08, 2009
Officials investigating a widely dispersed outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul first focused on a single grower of alfalfa sprouts in Nebraska before fanning out and finding matching Salmonella contamination at sprout growers in Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin...

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