The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture today suspended the liscense of Alvin J. Stoltzfus, who operates a farm in Paradise, Lancaster County, to sell raw milk. The suspension occurred due to tests by the Department of Ag that found Listeria monocytogenes bacteria in raw milk from the farm, prompting the Department of Ag to also issue
Daily Subway Salmonella Outbreak Update: 80 confirmed cases
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The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) now counts 80 cases in the Illinois Salmonella outbreak linked to Subway restaurants in 26 different counties. The IDPH’s web update states as follows:
Confirmed cases of Salmonella serotype Hvittingfoss – 80.
Age range of confirmed cases: 2 to 79.
Cases have reported eating at Subway restaurants located
Marler Clark Donates $25,000 to Cold Springs, MN High School
Beyond our own passion in representing those seriously injured in foodborne illness outbreaks, we also enjoy encouraging others to become involved in food safety.
Many readers of FPJ are also aware of our client, Stephanie Smith, who became severely injured following consumption of a hamburger contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. With Stephanie in
Listeria, Brucellosis Cases Linked to Raw Dairy in Delaware
Delaware Health and Social Services issued a press release yesterday regarding one case each of Listeriosis and Brucellossis with links to raw dairy products:
The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) has identified simultaneous cases of Brucellosis in a 58 year old female New Castle County resident and Listeriosis in a 44 year old male in Sussex
Subway Salmonella outbreak: who will pay victims’ medical bills?
The salmonella outbreak at Illinois Subway restaurants has caused hundreds, if not thousands, of foodpoisoning cases. The Illinois Department of Public Health currently counts 79 confirmed cases, 27 of whom had to be hospitalized for treatment (as of June 10, 7 remained hospitalized). And if widely accepted estimates–in fact, CDC estimates–of true case counts in salmonella
Agency Report on U.K. Petting Zoo E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak Due
A report on last summer’s outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 , traced to the Godstone Farm in Surrey, U.K. is due shortly, according to the BBC. Ninety-three people, mostly young children, were sickened in the outbreak.
The inquiry was ordered by the Health Protection Agency. The Agency was criticized for a slow response to the
California Study on Raw Milk Consumption Rates
Despite an ever-growing list of food poisoning outbreaks tied to raw milk, there have simultaneously been a number of media reports claiming that the beverage is gaining in popularity.
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consumption rates for raw milk. At the time of the
Raw milk case updates
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The Chippewa Herald reports that a judge in Dane County Wisconsin has postponed ruling on a motion that "that could blow a hole through Wisconsin’s ban on raw milk sales." Dane County Circuit Judge Patrick Fiedler was scheduled to rule in the case on Tuesday involving Grassway Organic Farm’s claim that the state has no
Illinois Subway Salmonella Outbreak Update
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The Salmonella Hvittingfoss outbreak linked to Illinois Subway restaurants has sickened 79 people with confirmed foodpoioning illnesses. Of course, 79 confirmed cases meanspossibly thousands of unconfirmed illnesses. The Illinois Department of Public Health’s update today states as follows:
Confirmed cases of Salmonella serotype Hvittingfoss – 79.
Age range of confirmed cases: 2 to
Three more E. coli cases linked to Hartmann raw milk
Additional testing of environmental, animal samples finds outbreak strain
State health officials have identified three additional cases of E. coli O157:H7 illness in Minnesotans linked to consumption of raw milk or other dairy products from a dairy farm in Gibbon, Minnesota.
Since May 26, including the new cases, a total of eight E. coli O157:H7