Given that Salmonella-contaminated ground turkey produced by Cargill, Inc. had already sickened more than 100 people and killed one, William Marler’s offer to the Minneapolis-based company early last month seemed worth considering: Regularly test your meat for antibiotic-resistant Salmonella, and I won’t sue you.
Suing corporations that sicken their customers is something
A total of 106 people from 25 states have been sickened in the Salmonella Agona outbreak linked to papayas since January 1, 2011. Epidemiologic, traceback, and laboratory investigations linked the outbreak to eating fresh, whole papayas imported from Mexico by Agromod Produce, Inc. of McAllen, Texas.
On July 23, 2011, Agromod Produce voluntarily recalled fresh
Last week, Del Monte took the surprising action of suing the FDA over its outbreak of Salmonella Panama that was linked to fresh cantaloupes sold at a chain of wholesale grocery stores in multiple western states. The outbreak sickened 20 people in 10 states. Although no cantaloupes tested positive for the outbreak strain of Salmonella
Food giant Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. is facing yet another lawsuit stemming from an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg traced to the company’s ground turkey products earlier this summer. The lawsuit was brought by Seattle-based law firm Marler Clark, the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of foodborne illness outbreaks, on behalf of Missouri
Yesterday, Health Canada, Canada’s government agency responsible for national public health, issued a press release reminding its citizens not to drink raw (unpasteurized) milk because it could contain bacteria that can make you seriously ill.
The agency explains:
Unpasteurized milk has historically been linked to many serious diseases. In addition, several different kinds of bacteria
Today the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it was halting the importation of all Mexican-sourced papayas into the US. FDA has been collecting and analyzing samples of raw, fresh whole papaya imported from Mexico. From May 12, 2011, to August 18, 2011, FDA analysis found Salmonella in 33 samples out of a total
Meadow Creek Dairy, of Galax, Virginia, has issued a recall of 4 pounds of its “Mini” raw milk cheeses after testing by the FDA produced a positive finding for listeria monocytogenes.
The recalled cheese was sold in Fredericksburg, Virginia between July 7 – August 19, 2011. The Mini cheese was sold in approximately 1-pound
Today marks the last day that the Cumberland County Health Department will be administering the Hepatitis A vaccine to those patrons of the Olive Garden restaurant in Fayetteville, North Carolina who may have been exposed to Hepatitis A.
The health department announced that it will be offering the free shots at their clinic at
Oregon Public Health Division officials confirmed today that deer feces found in strawberry fields in Washington and Yamhill counties was the source of E. coli O157:H7 infections that sickened at least 15 people in July, including one person who died.
“An Oregon Public Health Communicable Disease team has been investigating the outbreak for several weeks,&rdquo
The Michigan Departments of Community Health (MDCH) and Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) are issuing a public health alert regarding E. coli O157 gastrointestinal illnesses linked to the consumption of ground beef from McNees Meats and Wholesale LLC, a meat-processing and retail establishment in North Branch, Mich.
A total of five confirmed Shiga-toxin producing E.