Despite Spate of Outbreaks, Many Illnesses Still Not Connected to Source
In the past weeks, we have seen outbreaks of Salmonella in sprouts and lettuce, E. coli O145 in lettuce, E. coli O157:H7 in raw milk,...
Fight Over Raw Milk "Buying Clubs" in Massachusetts
Massachusetts is another battleground between advocates of raw-milk and those who point out its association to outbreaks of pathogens like E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and Campylobacter. Massachusetts officials have...
Marler Clark E. coli Study Leads to WinCo Meat Recall
Seattle Times staff reporter, Maureen O' Hagen, writes in today's paper about the role our firm, Marler Clark, played in the recent WinCo Foods meat recall...
Can You Rely on Hand Sanitizer to Kill E. coli Bacteria?
It seems the incredible rise of hand sanitizers over the last decade have turned the now-ubiquitous goo into the equivalent of a portable sink for...
Day Care Remains Closed - New Details on E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak Surface
The day care in Vancouver, Washington associated with the recent outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7 is to remain closed while workers continue to undergo testing,...
2010 beef recalls (due to E. coli contamination) continue
On February 12, 2010, Huntington Meat Packing, Inc., expanded its January 18, 2010 beef recall to include approximately 4.9 million pounds of beef and veal...
More progress in the detection of E. coli in beef
TradingMarkets.com reports another development in the food industry's fight against E. coli contamination: Strategic Diagnostics Inc., a leading provider of biotechnology-based detection solutions for food...
Where is the recalled ground beef?
The latest CDC summary on the ongoing E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to Fairbank Farms ground beef says that there are 28 confirmed cases in 12 states. ...
Florida Woman Petitions Whole Foods to Continue Selling Raw Milk
A Florida woman who runs an organization called Miami Real Food has petitioned Whole Foods, one of the nation's largest organic grocers, to continue selling...
Missouri DNR Hides Evidence of High E. coli Levels in Lake of the Ozarks
Scott Dye, program director for The National Sierra Club Water Sentinels Program was spot on today when he said “DNR stands for Do Not Release.”...