Personal Injury Law

Salmonella Paratyphi B Linked to Frozen Raw Ahi Tuna

Posted on April 22, 2010
The Hawaii Department of Health today confirmed 10 cases of salmonella infection on Oahu related to eating previously frozen internationally imported raw ahi.  The people who became ill with Salmonella Paratyphi B reported eating raw ahi, often prepared as poke, that was purchased or served at various locations on Oahu...

FSIS Petition for Ruling on Declaring all enterohemorrhagic Shiga Toxin-producing E. coli to be Adulterants - UPDATE

Posted on April 21, 2010
I received yet another letter from my recent pen pal, Dr. Derfler, at the USDA's FSIS. (click on image below): For those interested in the retail hamburger testing for non-O157 that prompted the Petition, click here.  That Abstract was based upon about 1,000 samples...

Off to Shanghai - China International Food Safety & Quality Conference + Expo

Posted on April 21, 2010
I look forward to being a sponsor at this years event (for the 4th time).  Food safety is crucial to both public health and the prosperity of the food trade. Governments and industry alike face major challenges in their quest to improve food safety and better protect consumers...

E. coli O157:H7 Recall in Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin - Beltex Corporation Recalls 135,500 Pounds of Beef Trim

Posted on April 21, 2010
Beltex Corporation, a Fort Worth, Texas, establishment, is recalling approximately 135,500 pounds of beef trim 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...

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The Time has come to pass S 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (a.k.a. the Linda Rivera Act)

Posted on April 21, 2010
Senators, Reid, Durbin and Harkin have all promised to move this bill (Reid with a direct call to Linda Rivera), but Wall Street financial reform has moved in front over the last week.  Come on!  The time has come to pass S 510.  Yes, the bill is not perfect...

As a Mars PA man is on life support, Sally Fallon spins her tales (actually lies)

Posted on April 20, 2010
According to WPXI, James Orchard, a 67-year-old man from Mars, Pa., is on life support at UPMC Presbyterian because of the raw milk he consumed more than a month ago. James Orchard was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system...

E. coli O157:H7 - Yet another client story

Posted on April 20, 2010
As we tend to do frequently, we have been in the process of updating our 'about' sites (today if you "google" e. coli, the site is No 2).  I must admit updating several "about" sites yearly is an ongoing project involving several experts in the field as well as the lawyers and staff in our office...

As a Mars PA man is on life support, Sally Fallon spins her tales UPDATE

Posted on April 20, 2010
According to WPXI, James Orchard, a 67-year-old man from Mars, Pa., is on life support at UPMC Presbyterian because of the raw milk he consumed more than a month ago. James Orchard was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system...

Peekskill Dunkin Donuts, Baskin Robbins customers warned of Hepatitis A exposure

Posted on April 19, 2010
The Westchester County Department of Health is offering free post-exposure treatment for hepatitis A for any customers of the Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins at 422 Washington Street in Peekskill who consumed drinks containing ice between April 1 and April 6...

Marler Clark sponsored E. coli tests prompt recall of Ground Beef

Posted on April 19, 2010
The AP and New York Times reported this evening that 'a ground beef recall that has expanded to WinCo Foods stores in six Western states was prompted by a law firm's investigation of contaminated beef products. '  No illnesses have been reported...

Jim Orchard in Pittsburgh Hospital with Guillain-Barre Syndrome caused by Campylobacter-tainted Raw Milk

Posted on April 19, 2010
Team 4 investigator Jim Parsons reports tonight that 67-year old Jim Orchard drank a bottle of raw milk and is now in intensive care, unable to move. "They were saying the health benefits, and it was a healthy thing to do, and we like the taste of it," said Orchard's wife, Maureen...

Awards for lawyering, blogging and just surviving

Posted on April 19, 2010

E. coli Outbreak in Washtenaw County - Source Unknown

Posted on April 19, 2010
Tina Reed of AnnArbor.com reports this afternoon that Washtenaw County officials are warning county residents about a suspected outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 cases among local residents. Ten cases have been reported to public health officials and other cases are being investigated, according to a release...

Winco Expands Hamburger Recall to Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada and Utah

Posted on April 18, 2010
WinCo Foods on Saturday expanded its hamburger recall to include ground beef sold at its stores Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada and Utah. The original recall, announced a week ago, was for ground beef purchased at its Modesto, Calif., store from April 3-9...

WinCo Foods Expands Recall of Fresh Ground Beef Purchased Between March 26, 2010 and April 9, 2010 to all WinCo Foods Stores Due to E. coli O157:H7 Risk

Posted on April 17, 2010
Well done WinCo! Yesterday, WinCo Foods announced that it was issuing an expansion of the Class 1 recall on all fresh ground beef products sold at all WinCo Foods stores: The original recall issued on April 10, 2010 was for ground beef sold from it's Modesto store only...

Food Safety News Refrigerator Magnet

Posted on April 16, 2010
If you want a free Food Safety News safe cooking temperature magnet, please subscribe to Marler Blog and email me your address and I will send one to you.  

KCTS 9 Series April 16, 2010 Lead Story - How Safe is your Burger?

Posted on April 16, 2010
If you are not fortunate enough to live in viewing range of KCTS 9 TV for tonight's show, here is the online version (click on image)

An Outbreak of Acute Bacterial Gastroenteritis Is Associated With an Increased Incidence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Children

Posted on April 16, 2010
Am J Gastroenterol advance online publication 23 February 2010; doi: 10.1038/ajg.2010.74 - Marroon Thabane MSc1,2, Marko Simunovic MD, MSc, FRCPC2,3, Noori Akhtar-Danesh PhD2,4, Amit X Garg MD, PhD, FRCPC2,5, William F Clark MD, FRCPC5, Stephen M Collins MD, FRCPC1, Marina Salvadori MD, FRCPC5 and John K Marshall MD, MSc, FRCPC, AGAF1,2 OBJECTIVES: Acute bacterial gastroenteritis is associated with subsequent post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS) in adults...

KCTS 9 Series April 16, 2010 Lead Story - How Safe is your Burger? A look at food safety since the Jack-in-the Box E-coli outbreaks

Posted on April 15, 2010
  This is a great program from the epicenter of the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak.  This will air tomorrow night 7:30 PM on KCTS Channel 9.  Here is the show:  The above will air Friday night at 7:30 PM on KCTS 9 - Seattle's Public Television Station...

Is E. coli O157:H7 really down since 2004, or is it "Fuzzy Math?"

Posted on April 15, 2010
Where is George Bush when you really need him? I was pleasantly surprised this morning reading the 2009 CDC FoodNet data from MMWR (Yes, Morbidity, Mortality Weekly Review – Seriously) on the plane back from Washington D.C - perhaps. Along with the FDA, FSIS, and 10 state health departments, the CDC has been tracking illnesses caused by nine food-borne pathogens since 1996 (three years post Jack-in-the-Box) through the FoodNet program...

CDC Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food

Posted on April 15, 2010
The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) of CDC's Emerging Infections Program conducts active, population-based surveillance in 10 U.S. states for all laboratory-confirmed infections with select enteric pathogens transmitted commonly through food...

Real Raw Milk Facts dot com

Posted on April 14, 2010
In 2009, two important public health sessions sponsored by the American Veterinary Medical Association and the International Association for Food Protection were held to discuss emerging issues surrounding the increasing popularity of raw (unpasteurized, unprocessed milk)...

FOOD SAFETY premieres on KCTS this Friday night

Posted on April 13, 2010
 I had the honor of talking extensively with KCTS producer Terry Murphy about food safety.  I'm looking forward to seeing the piece, which airs this Friday in the Seattle area, and will then be online. On Friday, April 16, Seattle's public television station, KCTS 9, will premiere an original report on food safety...

Peter Hurley, Father and Food Safety Advocate, Appears Today on NPR's THE STORY

Posted on April 13, 2010
Peter Hurley, Oregon policeman and father of three, was introduced to how serious foodborne illness can be when his son Jacob fell ill.  Jacob was sick for 11 days, and later the family found out that during his illness, they had unknowingly been feeding him exactly what made him ill - his favorite food, peanut butter crackers...

NSF announces 2010 Food Safety Leadership Award winners

Posted on April 13, 2010
NSF International, a global leader in food safety solutions, has announced the recipients of the 2010 Food Safety Leadership Awards. The winners will receive their awards at the 2010 Food Safety Summit in Washington, D.C. (Award ceremony is 9:45 a.m. EST, Wednesday, April 14th in Washington D...

Daycare E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak Leaves One Dead and Several Sickened

Posted on April 12, 2010
      The real question remains is how did the E. coli bacteria get into the Daycare in the first place?  Was is a food item or animal contact shared by some of the children and/or adults and then brought into the Daycare and spread via cross-contamination...

S 510 - FDA Food Safety Modernization Act - a.k.a., "Linda Rivera Act" - will go to Senate Floor next week for vote

Posted on April 12, 2010
After being in the hospital since May of 2009, after $2,500,000 in medical bills and lost wages, after losing a portion of her large intestine, after suffering kidney and liver failure and being ventilator dependent for months, Linda is out of the hospital and heading to rehabilitation...

Michael Moss, the New York Times and Stephanie Smith win the 2010 Pulitzer Prize

Posted on April 12, 2010
Michael Moss of the New York Times told the story, Pioneer Press' Ben Garvin took the photo, but Stephanie Smith still suffers from Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome brought on by E. coli O157:H7. From the New York Times: Mr. Moss took that most pedestrian of American delicacies, the hamburger, and subjected it to probing reporting to figure out why, 16 years after an E...

WinCo Foods Recalls E. coli O157:H7 Ground Beef Purchased at its Modesto, California Store

Posted on April 10, 2010
WinCo Foods announced a few moments ago that it is issuing a voluntary Class I recall on all ground beef products sold at its Modesto, California store between the dates of Saturday, April 3, 2010 and Friday, April 9, 2010. The store is located at 2200 Plaza Parkway in Modesto...

2010 Pulitzer Prize winners will be announced April 12 - If I had a vote it would be Michael Moss's story on Stephanie Smith's battle with E. coli O157:H7 and Cargill

Posted on April 10, 2010
The 2010 Pulitzer Prize winners and Nominated Finalists in all categories will be announced on April 12, 2010 at 3 p.m. Eastern daylight time. Finalists are not announced in advance. Winners' names, photos and bios will be posted on this Website at 3 p...

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