The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that feed given to chickens at both Hillandale Farms and Wright County Egg could be the source of the Salmonella bacteria that has caused an outbreak of 2,403 confirmed illnesses throughout the United States.
As reported on CNN.com today:
Testing at two Wright County Egg
According to press reports, late yesterday afternoon a federal judge recommended approval of a $12 million settlement for those sickened or killed in last year’s salmonella outbreak tied to a Virginia-based peanut processor. This includes nearly 50 families represented by Marler Clark.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Urbanski issued his recommendation late Wednesday for the payments
Back on February 3, 2010, in the wake of another big salmonella outbreak linked, ultimately, to an FDA regulated product (pepper), I authored a blog-post titled "The slow flow of information about food outbreaks." It discussed what was perceived as unreasonable delays in acting on infromation that suggested there was a problem with a
As per usual, a very informative post from Phyllis Entis at efoodalert.com providing an update on the nationwide Salmonella enteritidis outbreak on a state by state basis. The state by state breakdown is preceded by her accurate observation that the public is still left without conclusive, easily accessible, information about where these contaminated eggs have
1938 was the year that Congress passed the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which gave the FDA the authority to oversee the safety of many aspects of our food supply. Also in 1938:
During this Egg Salmonella Outbreak, I have been asked more than once about our experience handling Salmonella Lawsuits. We have compiled quite a list over at Marler Clark.
Salmonella is one of the most common enteric (intestinal) infections in the United States. Salmonellosis (the disease caused by Salmonella) is the second most common foodborne
While details on the full magnitude of the nationwide Wright County Egg recall and related Salmonella enteritidis outbreak continue to unfold, the conversation on prevention has begun. One such preventative measure being discussed involves vaccinations.
In an article published in today’s Washington Post by Associated Press writer Michael Crumb, he writes:
Low-cost vaccines that may
Officials with Grand Traverse County Health Department have reported three probable cases of Shigatoxin-producing E.coli in the past week. Information was not provided on the specific strain, but the most common pathogenic strain of the bacteria is E. coli O157:H7. According to this 
report, "All cases were in children and all three attended the Northwestern Michigan Fair
Wright County Egg’s August 13 and 18 recall, and Hillandale Farms’ August 20 recall, of over half a billion eggs combined, and the Salmonella outbreak that has occurred in the collective recalls’ wake, have dominated the food safety news lately. With over 1,000 illnesses and a company at the epicenter with a shoddy safety
Zemco Industries, a Buffalo, N.Y., establishment, is recalling approximately 380,000 pounds of deli meat products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. These products were distributed to delicatessens where they were further processed into sandwiches.
The products subject to recall include:
25.5-pound