Health Law

Colorado and Wyoming Stores Want Bad Nebraska Beef Back

Posted on August 20, 2008
Two units of the Kroger grocery store empire, King Soopers and City Markets, who are unfortunate enough to be big customers of Nebraska Beef Limited are asking their own customers for help recovering E. coli tainted beef. The Denver-based King Soopers and City Market stores are asking customers to check for the following recalled frozen ground beef patties: Kroger Ground Beef Patties - 73% Lean / 27% Fat in 3-pound packages with a "sell by" date of 11/06/08 and the following UPC code: 11110 97981...

USDA Policies Questioned By Attorney Denis W. Stearns

Posted on August 18, 2008
Guest Blog by Denis W. Stearns: On October 3, 2002 I submitted a petition to the USDA in which I asked the agency to explicitly clarify whether a USDA policy that appeared to allow the deadly pathogen E. coli O157:H7 on so-called “intact meat” applied to meat sold to retail outlets like grocery stores and restaurants...

Marler Blog Hot With E. coli News: Here's The Rundown

Posted on August 14, 2008
Here's a quick rundown on the E. coli posts filed on the Marler blog in recent days:   Nebraska Beef Recalls More E. coli Contaminated Beef Product   More Companies Joining the 2007-2008 E. coli Recall Club   Topps Meat and Nebraska Beef - What's in Common?   Whole Foods, Fred Meyer, City Market, King Soopers and Dorothy Lane Markets have one thing in common - Nebraska Beef and/or Coleman Natural Meats E...

Renna's Meat Market In Fresno Recalls Ground Beef

Posted on August 13, 2008
Renna's Meat Market at First Street and Ashlan Avenue in Fresno, CA, is recalling 780 pounds of ground beef due to possible contamination with E. coli 0157:H7. According to the Food Safety & Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture: These ground beef products were distributed to restaurants and sold to consumers in the Fresno, Calif...

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Pay E. Coli Boy Scouts' Medical Bills and Parents Lost Wages, Marler Clark Urges S&S Foods

Posted on August 10, 2008
"Blog Release"Bill Marler, food safety advocate and E. coli attorney, whose Seattle law firm, Marler Clark, has been contacted by victims of the E. coli outbreak traced to the S&S’s hamburger recall and outbreak that has sickened at least 80 Boy Scouts, called today on S&S to pay the medical bills and lost wages of all individuals who became ill with E...

Nebraska Beef Recalls 1.2 million Pounds

Posted on August 09, 2008
USDA – FSIS Recall Release FSIS-RC-029-2008CLASS I RECALLHEALTH RISK: HIGH WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2008 – Nebraska Beef, Ltd., an Omaha, Neb., establishment is recalling approximately 1.2 million pounds of primal cuts, subprimal cuts and boxed beef that may be contaminated with E...

84 Boy Scouts With Symptoms of E. coli 0157:H7

Posted on August 08, 2008
Lisa Crutchfield of the Times-Dispatch reported this morning that about 84 people who attended the camp at the reservation between July 20 and Aug. 2 have shown symptoms of the E. coli O157:H7 infection.  Twenty-five children in Northern Virginia have been lab-confirmed with the E...

Beef Industry Food Safety System "Clearly Broken," Marler Says As FSIS Announces Yet Another Recall

Posted on August 07, 2008
Bill Marler, writing on the Marler Blog, earlier today not only had the worldwide exclusive on the beef recall connected to the Northern Virginia Boy Scout camp, but he has also declared an "E coli crisis" in America. Bill reported the recall in: S&S Foods LLC of California Linked to Boy Scout E...

E. coli O157:H7 Tainted Hamburger Linked to Boy Scout Illnesses in Virginia

Posted on August 04, 2008
One would think that it is a really bad idea to poison boy scouts a few hours outside of Washington DC with E. coli-tainted hamburger, but apparently not.According to press reports, Virginia Health officials confirmed today that beef taken from the Boy Scout camp in Goshen tested positive for the E...

Are Massachusetts E. coli Cases Linked To Multi-State Outbreak?

Posted on August 04, 2008
Outbreaks of E. coli 0157:H7 continue around the country with the latest coming in Massachusetts where at least six people are sick and beef is the suspected source of the illness. Both the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the United States Department of Agriculture investigated over the weekend...

As Many as 78 Goshen Reservation Scouts Sickened - 10 Hospitalized - Possibly Due to E. coli Contaminated Beef and Vegetables

Posted on August 03, 2008
I must admit I was a Boy Scout – many years ago.  I too went to scout camp, but never became ill – certainly not with E. coli O157:H7.  Now at least 18 people have fallen ill with E. coli O157:H7 infections after visiting a Scout camp in Virginia...

E coli

Posted on July 28, 2008
E. coli bacteria: what are they, where did they come from, and why are some so dangerous? Escherichia coli (E. coli) are members of a large group of bacterial germs that inhabit the intestinal tract of humans and other warm blooded animals (mammals, birds)...

Cargill Meat Subject to Recall for E. coli O157:H7 Contamination

Posted on July 24, 2008
Not exactly a big one, but still a Class I, High health risk recall of 1,560 pounds of beef cheek products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 was announced late today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS)...

E. coli O157:H7 is a powerful and deadly bacterium

Posted on July 19, 2008
You cannot see it, taste it, or smell it. 250,000 E. coli O157:H7 (E. coli) bacteria will fit on the head of a pin.  Ten to 50 will kill your child or your grandmother.More likely due the expertise of Children’s Hospitals, and other top medical centers around the country, deaths at times are avoided, however, often not before Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) nearly kills...

Georgia E. coli Case Now Officially Linked To Nebraska Beef Multi-State Outbreak

Posted on July 17, 2008
Official release from the Southwest Public Health District (in Georgia).The National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are now citing a Colquitt County case as part of a multi-state outbreak linked to beef infected with E. coli 0157.“This is not a new case...

Multistate Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections - Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, and Ohio

Posted on July 15, 2008
The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today issued a report on the multi-state E. coli outbreak.  It was silent on the ten cases in Georgia that remain under investigation.  Here's most of what was said in the report with a link at the end for the rest, which was mostly about consumer food safety...

Eight Confirmed E. coli Cases In Georgia; Four Pending -- Nebraska Beef Moved Too Slow For USDA

Posted on July 08, 2008
Here are two things that come as no surprise.  First,  Nebraska Beef Limited (some would say very limited) is not playing nice with the United States Department of Agriculture.   Second, the number of confirmed E. coli 0157:H7 cases in southern Georgia continues to increase...

Nine Georgians and Moultrie Barbecue Pit Latest Victims of Nebraska Beef E. coli - Including Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) Cases

Posted on July 05, 2008
The Moultrie Observer reported on the link between ill people in Ohio and Michigan to at least nine in Georgia – “E. coli: Ground beef may be culprit.”  The common denominator here is Nebraska Beef Ltd. (Remember, the guys who sue a church)...

Nebraska Beef Expands Recall To FIVE POINT THREE MILLION POUNDS!

Posted on July 03, 2008
Scratch Nebraska Beef from your July 4th menu. The notorious Omaha slaughterhouse today expanded its June 30th recall to FIVE POINT THREE MILLION POUNDS! The recall now includes all beef trimmings and other products intended for use in raw ground beef processed between May 16 and June 26, 2008...

Kroger Expands Recall To Fry's; Ralph's; Smith's;Baker's;King Soopers: & City Markets

Posted on July 02, 2008
It is always at this point in a Big Beef recall that some corporate suit makes a statement that sounds like it was given after they were worked over by a homicide detective: "It's on ground beef products in a Styrofoam tray with clear cellophane over it," Kroger spokeswoman Meghan Glynn said this morning...

Ohio/Michigan E. coli Outbreak Linked To Nebraska Beef; Big Recall In the Works; We Are Shocked!

Posted on July 01, 2008
Omaha's notorious Nebraska Beef is responsible for a new Class 1, High Health risk recall of 531,707 pounds of "ground beef components" that may be contaminated with E. coli 0157:H7. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service made the announcement late Monday...

First E. coli Lawsuit filed in Kroger Tainted Ground Beef Recall

Posted on June 30, 2008
The first E. coli lawsuit in the Ohio and Michigan E. coli outbreak was filed today in the Court of Common Pleas in Franklin County, Ohio against Kroger and its as yet unidentified meat supplier (“John Doe”).  The complaint was filed by Marler Clark attorneys on behalf of a New Albany resident who was infected with the toxic E...

Michigan and Ohio E. coli Cases Hit at Least 39

Posted on June 27, 2008
As of 4 pm on June 27, the Michigan Department of Community Health has confirmed 17 E. coli O157:H7 cases that are genetically linked and over half of those cases have either prepared or consumed hamburger meat from Kroger. 11 of these cases required hospitalization...

Ohio/Michigan E. coli Outbreak Spurs Kroger To Recall Ground Beef

Posted on June 25, 2008
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is out tonight with a Class 1, High Health Risk recall of ground beef products sold by the Ohio-based Kroger grocery store chain. The ground beef products may be contaminated with E...

Kroger, Recall Your E. coli Contaminated Meat and Tell The Public Who Supplied It, Says William D. Marler, Food Safety Attorney

Posted on June 25, 2008
With the Michigan State Health Department linking Kroger ground beef to many of the illnesses in Michigan (which have also been linked to illnesses in Ohio), Kroger must recall all possibly contaminated ground beef said Seattle food safety attorney William D...

E. coli strikes in Michigan and in Ohio - Kroger Common Link? What Happened to New Jersey Meat Producer? Why no recall?

Posted on June 25, 2008
Recall, Recall, where is the recall? We know that dozens of people are sickened in Michigan in Ohio, but FSIS/USDA has not issued a recall? I can not imagine why there would not be, perhaps they thought since we are focused on tomatoes no one would notice? We have also been contacted by victims in other states who may be linked to a nationwide E...

E coli Found In Meat At Kroger's Store In Ohio

Posted on June 24, 2008
A spokesman for Kroger Stores in Ohio tonight is confirming one of their outlets sold meat that the Ohio Health Department found contaminated with E. coli.  The Kroger spokesman told NBC 4 in Columbus that the grocery store chain is working with its suppliers to track down the origin of the bad meat...

USDA Knows Best Cuts of Beef Being Sold With E. coli

Posted on June 22, 2008
If it is the weekend, there is almost always something to read by Phil Brasher in the Des Moines Register.  In "Many beef cuts are never tested for E. coli," Brasher reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is about to close the door on the sale of E...

12th New E. coli Case In Columbus, Ohio Area

Posted on June 17, 2008
The 12th case of E. coli in the Columbus, Ohio area has health officials officially calling it an outbreak. They say none of the cases have a a genetic link to the 52-year old Gahanna, Ohio who died from E. coli compliations on May 27th. But since then, central Ohio has seen a dozen more cases and they are searching for a source of the bacteria...

Ohio E. coli Outbreak Grows To 11 New Cases

Posted on June 16, 2008
First it was seven, and now it is 11; and it has nothing to do with Baby needing a new pair of shoes.  It is a growing E. coli outbreak in the Columbus, Ohio area.   In our two previous posts, we reported on an E. coli-related death in late May; followed by 7 new cases of E...

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