Personal Injury Law

Raw Milk Cheese - Is Aging 60 Days enough to make it safe to enjoy?

Posted on November 14, 2010
Raw milk-based cheeses must be aged for a minimum of 60 days. The requirement appears at Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 58.439. Recent recalls and outbreaks, along with a host of other recent raw milk-based cheese contamination events, makes you wonder whether 60 days is really enough aging time to make raw milk cheese safe to enjoy...

CDC raises to 37 the number of E. coli O157:H7 victims linked to Bravo Raw Milk Cheese

Posted on November 14, 2010
The CDC has issued an alert to consumers and health professionals about an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in five states: Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada. Based on current information, there is a link with the consumption of one of several cheeses offered for sampling and sale at the 'cheese road show' that was held at Costco Warehouses in these states...

The Raw Truth about Milk and Cheese in 2010

Posted on November 13, 2010
It has been a busy year for E. coli, Listeria, Salmonella and Campylobacter in milk and cheese (mostly raw) and it is not over yet - recalls, outbreaks or the year.  You can download the entire chart with links.

Liability of Private Outside Food Safety Auditors for Injuries to Consumers

Posted on November 13, 2010
In the news much have been the apparent failures of private outside food safety auditors to find problems that seem more than apparent after the foodborne illness outbreak happens – the Peanut Corporation of American and the Wright County Egg Outbreaks are just two of the most recent examples...

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Food Safety from the Jet Stream

Posted on November 13, 2010
I am finally sitting on a plane (an hour and a half late) heading home from Atlanta to Seattle nearly two weeks after leaving Seattle to Los Angeles, then Los Angeles to Fayetteville, Arkansas, then Fayetteville to Shanghai, China and then to Savannah, Georgia...

Major Article - Clinical Infectious Diseases - Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 Associated with Raw Milk, Connecticut, 2008

Posted on November 12, 2010
MAJOR ARTICLE - Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 Associated with Raw Milk, Connecticut, 2008 Alice Guh,1,2 Quyen Phan,2 Randall Nelson,2 Katherine Purviance,2 Elaine Milardo,4 Stacey Kinney,2 Patricia Mshar,2 Wayne Kasacek,3 and Matthew Cartter2 1Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; 2Connecticut Department of Public Health and 3Connecticut Department of Agriculture, Hartford, and 4Farmington Valley Health District, Avon, Connecticut Background...

Alaska orders recall of Listeria contaminated salmon

Posted on November 11, 2010
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has requested the recall of a batch of smoked salmon from a Fairbanks producer after it found a shipment contaminated with Listeria.  The department has targeted half-pound bags of Santas Smokehouse Cajun-Style Smoked Keta Salmon sold between Aug...

FDA: Lot of Mauri Gorgonzola cheese positive for E. coli O157:H7 - Cheese was sold in Colorado Costco stores

Posted on November 11, 2010
* Mauri Gorgonzola cheese with sell-by dates of 01/13/11 and 01/14/11 is being recalled because of a positive test for E. coli O157:H7. DPI Specialty Foods of Tualatin, Ore., cut, packaged and distributed the cheese to Costco Wholesale Corporation (Costco) stores in Colorado...

Video - Marler Clark - The Food Safety Law Firm

Posted on November 11, 2010
We have been doing a series of videos to help explain why and how we do what we do.  Here is the next installment:

River Ranch Recalls Salmonella Romaine Lettuce

Posted on November 11, 2010
River Ranch Fresh Foods of Salinas, Calif., issued a voluntary recall of romaine lettuce heads Nov. 4 as a precaution against salmonella contamination. The bulk-packed, 24-count cartons bore the lot code 13816291, according to a news release by the California Department of Public Health...

CDC - Now 33 in in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada with E. coli O157:H7 linked to Bravo Raw Milk Gouda Cheese

Posted on November 10, 2010
The number of ill are keeping just ahead of the lawsuits we are filing. The numbers have increased in Arizona, California and Colorado. The CDC reports that thirty-three persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from five states...

Brokenhearted and Disappointed in Shanghai

Posted on November 10, 2010
I am sitting in the magnificent Shanghai Airport about to leave on a flight to the US East Coast in a few hours – yes, it is Thursday here. This is my fourth trip to China in as many years as one of the lead sponsor's to what has proven to be one of the best food safety conferences on the planet...

Second E. coli O157:H7 lawsuit filed against Bravo Farms Raw Milk Dutch Style Gouda Cheese Linked to Outbreak in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada - more to follow

Posted on November 10, 2010
From our Complaint filed in Arizona moments ago - On or about October 17 or 18, 2010, Shannon Miller consumed a sample of Bravo Farms' Dutch Style Gouda Cheese at the Costco Warehouse located at 1703 West Bethany Home Road in Phoenix, Arizona. The sample was contaminated by E...

"A Lawsuit a Day, keeps E. coli Away" Suit filed against Baugher's Orchard

Posted on November 10, 2010
An E. coli lawsuit was filed today against Baugher's Orchard and Farm, the Westminster, Maryland farm that recalled its unpasteurized apple cider products after they were identified by Maryland public health authorities as the source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak among at least 7 state residents...

DeCoster again linked to Salmonella enteritidis egg recall - Why is this "habitual violator" not closed?

Posted on November 09, 2010
P.J. Huffstutter of the Los Angeles Times reported this morning the 'Eggs from Ohio farm recalled from 8 states over Salmonella.' Cal-Maine Foods Inc., the nation's leading egg seller and distributor, said Monday that it was recalling 288,000 eggs [due to Salmonella enteritidis] that the Jackson, Mississippi, firm had bought from Ohio Fresh Eggs...

Video - Food Safety Attorney, Bill Marler, Explains E. coli O157:H7 Infection

Posted on November 09, 2010
With E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks linked to Bravo Raw Milk Gouda Cheese and Baugher's Apple Cider, I thought it might be helpful to explain an E. coli O157:H7 infections and its complication, Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome or HUS:

Cilantro recalled due to Salmonella risk

Posted on November 09, 2010
A shipment of fresh cilantro, produced and distributed by EpicVeg Inc., which is based in Lompoc, California, is causing a wave of product recalls. The shipment may be contaminated with Salmonella. No illnesses have been reported Among EpicVeg Inc.'s customers is Field Fresh Foods, a produce supplier that in turn supplies Orval Kent, a maker of refrigerated prepared foods...

A Food Safety walk through Shanghai - What would the FDA and FSIS have to say?

Posted on November 08, 2010
I had a long walk through the streets of Shanghai this morning and kept thinking about how I get dozens of comments when I take on raw dairy poisoning people, but seldom get a word when I take on big ag for being responsible for the same - go figure.  Although some of the commentators to my blog are clearly more than a bit paranoid - especially when it comes to raw milk and raw milk cheeses...

First E. coli O157:H7 Lawsuit against Bravo Farms

Posted on November 08, 2010
Maricopa County, Arizona resident Annette Sutfin filed an E. coli lawsuit today against Bravo Farms Cheese, LLC, the cheese manufacturer that produced and distributed Gouda cheese that has been identified as the source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak among Costco Wholesale customers in the southwestern United States...

E. coli O157:H7 Tests Confirm Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda Cheese Linked to Outbreak

Posted on November 07, 2010
CDC is collaborating with public health officials in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to investigate a multistate outbreak of human infections due to E...

Hello from Sunday Morning from Shanghai

Posted on November 07, 2010
After a bit of a delay from Arkansas to Detroit and Detroit to Shanghai, I landed safely at my hotel, where after a long walk, I am working in my room (with a view) on my speech on food safety to the students at East China University on Monday and then the China Food Safety Conference Wednesday...

What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)?

Posted on November 07, 2010
Our new "about" site went live last week about Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). IBS is one disorder in a spectrum of common functional gastrointestinal disorders. The observation that the onset of IBS symptoms can be precipitated by gastrointestinal infection dates to the 1950s...

Cilantro recall prompts APPA Fine Foods to recall chicken pasta salad

Posted on November 06, 2010
APPA Fine Foods, a Corona, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 7,325 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken pasta salad products because they contain cilantro that may be contaminated with Salmonella, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today...

Baugher's Unpasteurized Apple Cider Linked to E. coli Illnesses in Maryland

Posted on November 05, 2010
Maryland public health officials said a Westminster company has voluntarily recalled call of its apple cider because of its potential to contain the E. coli bacteria. The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said Thursday that it was investigating a cluster of seven E...

Costco Recalls Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda Cheese Linked to E. coli O157:H7 Illnesses in Five States

Posted on November 05, 2010
FDA, CDC, and Costco warn consumers to avoid Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda cheese * Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda cheese, (Costco item 40654) offered for sale and in cheese sampling events at Costco Wholesale Corporation (Costco) locations is preliminarily linked with an outbreak of E...

Costco "Cheese Road Show" Linked to Dozens of E. coli Illnesses in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada and California

Posted on November 05, 2010
FDA, CDC, and Costco is warning consumers to avoid Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda cheese due to possible E. coli contamination. According to breaking press reports, Arizona has confirmed 11 E. coli cases likely tied to cheese sold or tasted at Costco stores in October...

Costco, say it isn't so - The E. coli - tainted Bravo Dutch Style Gouda Cheese was not Raw, was it?

Posted on November 05, 2010
According to the FDA and CDC, as of Thursday, November 4, 2010, 25 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from five states since mid-October. The number of ill persons identified in each state with this strain is as follows: AZ (11), CA (1), CO (8), NM (3) and NV (2)...

E. coli and Listeria in Raw Milk and Cheese - Growth Sectors at Marler Clark

Posted on November 05, 2010
I am having a hard time keeping up on the outbreaks and recalls related to raw milk products. Estrella in the last week and Bravo Farms this week.  I certainly need to update our table of outbreaks and recalls related to both raw and pasteurized milk products, but I am about to board a plane to China...

FDA 483 Inspection Report Sinks SanGar - Multiple Problems and Positive Tests Results in Texas Plant Likely Cause of Celery Listeria Outbreak

Posted on November 04, 2010
For a Company that sells (or used to sell) vegetables to our kids and grandparents, the below is not a good FDA 483 Inspection Report.  This of course also follows positive Listeria tests within the plant and the linking of SanGar celery to nearly a dozen illnesses and as many as five deaths...

FDA finds Listeria monocytogenes at SanGar Fresh Cut Produce in Texas

Posted on November 03, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in processed celery at the SanGar Fresh Cut Produce facility in San Antonio. The results matched the initial testing done by Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), which had closed down the facility on Oct...

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