McNees Meats Expands Its Recall of Ground Beef Products that Has Already Sickened 5 in Michigan
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) just announced this afternoon that McNees Meats and Wholesale LLC, a North Branch, Michigan...
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...
FSIS Progress Report on Salmonella in Meat and Poultry
In 1996, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service established the HACCP (hazard analysis and critical control points) rule to verify that establishments have consistent process...
WinCo ground beef recall: from whence it grows
The Associated Press and New York Times just reported on the impetus behind the testing that caused WinCo to issue its large-scale meat recall: us. ...
Lawsuit Filed Against Fairbank Farms Over E. coli O157:H7 Ground Beef
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit today on behalf of Alice Smith against Fairbank Farms in Federal District Court in Maine. Ms. Smith, 88 years old, was...
Class I Beef Recall due to E. coli Contamination
West Missouri Beef, LLC has voluntarily recalled 14,000 pounds of boneless beef products due to potential contamination by E. coli O157:H7. USDA's Food Safety and...
2,880,000 pounds of beef and sausage recalled since November 2009
Counting Friday's sausage recall by Daniele International, Inc., food companies have recalled at least 2,880,000 pounds of meat products since November 2009 due to contamination by...
Wisconsin hit by E. coli O157:H7 again
Fox 6 News in Milwaukee reported today that the state of Wisconsin, with the aid of local health authorities, is investigating 6 E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in Belgium,...
California company recalls 864,000 pounds of ground beef
FSIS reported today that Huntington Meat Packing Inc., a Montebello, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 864,000 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with...
Tylenol recall expands
So how does the principle of strict liability--i.e. liability without regard to fault--which is applicable in foodborne illness cases, apply to bottles of Tylenol that...
