Personal Injury Law

Rocky Mountain Natural Meats Recalls Buffalo Due to E. coli Illnesses in Colorado and New York

Posted on July 03, 2010
Rocky Mountain Natural Meats, a Henderson, Colo. establishment, is recalling approximately 66,000 pounds of ground and tenderized steak bison products.  FSIS became aware of the problem during the course of an on-going investigation into a cluster of E...

Colorado Raw Milk E. coli O157:H7 and Campylobacter Outbreak Rises to 24

Posted on July 02, 2010
Even in London, I cannot seem to get away from Raw Milk. Not only was my discussion with Raw Milk Guru, David Gumpert, published at Simple, Good and Tasty today, but an intrepid reporter from Boulder called my cell phone at midnight London time to tell me that 'Boulder County Public Health officials said Thursday that they have identified eight new cases of illness linked to raw goat's milk from the Billy Goat Dairy, bringing the total to 24...

Another E. coli Daycare Outbreak and the Risk of Secondary Infections

Posted on June 30, 2010
Two day cares in Ellensburg, Washington have been closed after one confirmed E. coli O157:H7 illness and two suspected ones were reported to county officials. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports that the Kittitas County Public Health Department temporarily shut down Creative Kids Learning Center and Little Tot Town after the cases were reported this past week...

Salmonella Outbreak at Skokie Country Club Hits 29 and Expected to Rise

Posted on June 30, 2010
According to news reports, Cook County public health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak at the Skokie Country Club in Glencoe, Illinois. So far, 29 people have been sickened with confirmed salmonella, including seven hospitalizations. Officials say they're also checking on more than 50 additional reports of salmonella-like symptoms in people who ate at the club...

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Longmont Colorado Billy Goat Raw Milk Dairy Sickens 16 with Campylobacter and E. coli O157:H7

Posted on June 30, 2010
I was about to board a plane to London for a well-deserved break, when I received a call from a Colorado reporter about yet another raw milk outbreak. This one (I think it is the 10th or 11th raw milk outbreak this year) is a Longmont, Colorado goat dairy that has been ordered to stop distributing raw milk products after 16 people became ill after drinking milk...

Parent Food Safety Guide for Norovirus

Posted on June 30, 2010
Noroviruses are estimated to cause 23 million cases of acute gastroenteritis (commonly called the "stomach flu") in the U.S. each year, and are the leading cause of gastroenteritis. Of viruses, only the common cold is reported more often than viral gastroenteritis (norovirus)...

A Day off from being a Lawyer and Blogger

Posted on June 28, 2010
I received a few emails from readers who did not get their daily quota of Marler Blog wondering what happened.  Well, I went fishing in the Florida Keys. And, actually caught something (catch and release) - 125 pound Tarpon - which took me over two and a half hours to bring along side the boat...

ConAgra's Marie Callender's Cheesy Chicken & Rice Frozen Dinner Toll now 37

Posted on June 26, 2010
According to the CDC, a total of 37 individuals infected with a matching strain of Salmonella Chester have been reported from 18 states since April 11, 2010. The number of ill people identified in each state with this strain is as follows: AK (1), CA (5), CO (2), GA (7), IL (1), KY (1), MA (2), MN (2), MO (1), NC (1), OK (1), OR (2), SC (2), TN (1), TX (1), UT (2), VA (4), and WA (1)...

Salmonella Outbreak at Skokie Country Club in Glencoe Illinois

Posted on June 26, 2010
Health officials were investigating an outbreak of salmonella poisoning at the Skokie Country Club in Glencoe. As of this morning, there have been seven laboratory-confirmed cases of the bacteria originating from the north suburban country club since June 10, officials said...

Marler Clark Files Second Salmonella Lawsuit In Marie Callender's Outbreak

Posted on June 25, 2010
A second lawsuit was filed in Oregon District Court today against food giant ConAgra. The lawsuit arises from the nationwide Salmonella outbreak linked to the Marie Callender's brand frozen Cheesy Chicken and Rice dinners. Food safety law firm Marler Clark filed the lawsuit on behalf of Oregon resident Kevin Taylor, Jr...

Some Salmonella good news for Subway

Posted on June 24, 2010
From the Illinois Department of Health: Confirmed cases of Salmonella serotype Hvittingfoss – 97 (case total unchanged from June 21) Age range of confirmed cases: 2 to 79 Cases have reported eating at Subway restaurants located in 28 counties -- Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, Dekalb, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton, Henry, Knox, LaSalle, Livingston, Macon, Marshall, McLean, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Rock Island, Sangamon, Schuyler, Shelby, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren, Will and Winnebago...

The Last Topp's Brand Hamburger E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak 2007 Case

Posted on June 24, 2010
I am heading to what appears to be the last case (this one a hemolytic uremic syndrome case) mediation stemming from the 2007 Topp's Brand Hamburger E. coli O157:H7 outbreak (assuming that my flight to Los Angeles and then to Miami actually leaves). According to the CDC, in the Fall of 2007 health officials in several states who were investigating reports of E...

If I were a CEO of a food manufacturing company at the beginning of a food poisoning outbreak what would I do?

Posted on June 24, 2010
Imagine that the phone call comes or an email pops into your inbox--"Sir, we have been contacted by (you pick: CDC, FDA, USDA, or a state or local health department), and they say your product (lettuce, raw milk, or a frozen dinner) has been linked to illnesses...

ConAgra - Is the issue really that your customers are dumb or is it that you product has shit in it?

Posted on June 23, 2010
Please remember, Salmonella is a fecal bacterium, and seriously, do any of us really expect to have a fecal bacterium in a product like this? Also, remember, it is not like I do not know ConAgra, or respect some of the people that run the organization...

Just in time for grilling season - 35,000 pounds of E. coli O157:H7-tainted Hamburger Recalled

Posted on June 23, 2010
South Gate Meat Co., a South Gate, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 35,000 pounds of ground 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...

ConAgra - Is the issue really that your customers are dumb or is it that your product has shit in it?

Posted on June 23, 2010
Please remember, Salmonella is a fecal bacterium, and seriously, do any of us really expect to have a fecal bacterium in a product like this? Also, remember, it is not like I do not know ConAgra, or respect some of the people that run the organization...

Recalls do not mean much IMHO

Posted on June 23, 2010
Really, I do not mean to beat up on Con Agra just because they are in the middle of yet another product outbreak and recall, however, Con Agra's past recalls raise some interesting issues with respect to the effectiveness, or lack thereof, of recalls...

E. coli O157:H7 Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Case Settled

Posted on June 22, 2010
A confidential settlement was reach yesterday in mediation between Nebraska Beef, Ltd., an Omaha-area beef processor, and a young child severely sickened with hemolytic uremic syndrome by E. coli O157:H7. On June 30, 2008 recalled approximately 531,707 pounds of ground beef products because the meat was potentially contaminated by E...

First Salmonella Lawsuit Filed Against Illinois Subway

Posted on June 22, 2010
As of yesterday the number of confirmed cases of Salmonella serotype Hvittingfoss stands at 97.  Illnesses have reported eating at Subway restaurants located in 28 counties -- Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, Dekalb, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton, Henry, Knox, LaSalle, Livingston, Macon, Marshall, McLean, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Rock Island, Sangamon, Schuyler, Shelby, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren, Will and Winnebago...

Crown I Enterprises Recalls 3,700 Pound of E. coli Burgers

Posted on June 22, 2010
Crown I Enterprises, Inc., a Bay Shore, N.Y., establishment, is recalling approximately 3,700 pounds of ground 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...

Chris Martin Raw Milk E. coli Victim Sports a www.realrawmilkfacts.com T-shirt

Posted on June 21, 2010
Chris Martin, then age seven, developed an E. coli O157:H7 infection in September 2006 following consumption of raw milk. He was hospitalized beginning on September 8, suffering from severe gastrointestinal symptoms, including bloody diarrhea. Shortly thereafter, he developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)...

First Salmonella Chester Lawsuit to be filed against ConAgra's Marie Callender's brand Cheesy Chicken and Rice Frozen Dinner

Posted on June 21, 2010
To date, according to the CDC, a total of 30 individuals infected with a matching strain of Salmonella Chester have been reported from 15 states. The number of ill people identified in each state with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Chester are as follows: CA (4), CO (2), GA (6), IL (1), KY (1), MA (2), MN (2), MO (1), NC (1), OK (1), OR (2), SC (2), TN (1), UT (1), and VA (3)...

Illinois Subway Salmonella Hvittingfoss Hit 97

Posted on June 21, 2010
Confirmed cases of Salmonella serotype Hvittingfoss – 97. Age range of confirmed cases: 2 to 79. Cases have reported eating at Subway restaurants located in 28 counties -- Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, Dekalb, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton, Henry, Knox, LaSalle, Livingston, Macon, Marshall, McLean, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Rock Island, Sangamon, Schuyler, Shelby, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren, Will and Winnebago...

Stewart Parnell, happy damn Father's Day - You should be in Jail

Posted on June 20, 2010
On January 29, 2009, the Untied States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implicated Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) of Blakely Georgia as the source of a massive Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that sickened over 700 and sent about a dozen to early graves...

Salmonella Chester Outbreak in California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia

Posted on June 19, 2010
CDC is collaborating with public health officials in many states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella serotype Chester infections...

Illinois Subway Salmonella Hvittingfoss Outbreak Hits 90 confirmed with concern for Secondary Cases

Posted on June 19, 2010
The 90 victims of the Salmonella outbreak, who range in age from two to 79, 25 who have been hospitalized, reported eating at Subway locations in 28 counties, including Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeKalb, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton, Henry, Knox, LaSalle, Livingston, Macon, Marshall, McLean, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Rock Island, Sangamon, Schuyler, Shelby, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren, Will and Winnebago...

S. 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act - Santa does not exist and neither does bi-partisanship

Posted on June 19, 2010
I was reading Carl Hulse's article 'Legislative Hurdles in an Era of Conflict' in the New York Times this morning and had one of those moments like when I first learned that Santa Claus was in fact not real. Yes, perhaps I should have figured it out before I entered 7th grade, but I was a late bloomer...

Salmonella Chester Outbreak Linked to ConAgra's Marie Callender's Cheesy Chicken and Rice Frozen Meals - 29 Ill in 14 States

Posted on June 18, 2010
ConAgra Foods Packaged Foods, LLC, a Council Bluffs, Iowa establishment is recalling Marie Callender's brand Cheesy Chicken and Rice frozen meals, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The company is recalling all Marie Callender's brand Cheesy Chicken and Rice frozen meals in commerce, regardless of production date...

Do recalls really work for frozen meals? For a few hundred sickened by ConAgra's last outbreak, apparently not!

Posted on June 18, 2010
I was directed this morning to reread the CDC's report on the 'Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Associated with Frozen Pot Pies --- United States, 2007,' involving ConAgra pot pies and Salmonella I 4,5,12:i:-*. Although we represented dozens of those sickened from that outbreak, I was frankly unaware how many people became ill AFTER the recall was announced on October 11, 2007...

Oh Oh SpaghettiOs - Under-processing risk is Botulism risk

Posted on June 18, 2010
Campbell Soup Supply Company, LLC, a Paris, Texas, establishment is recalling approximately 15,000,000 pounds of "SpaghettiOs with Meatballs" canned products due to possible under-processing, which creates a Botulism risk. The following products are subject to recall: • 14...

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