The Salmonella attorneys of Marler Clark, the nation’s leading law firm dedicated to representing victims of foodborne illness outbreaks, have filed a Salmonella lawsuit on behalf of a Rochester, New York man who was made ill after consuming Turkish pine nuts imported by Delaware-based American Pistachio Corp. The law firm is working in conjunction with
Industry groups respond to cantaloupe Listeria outbreak: 2 $100,000 donations toward research
Cantaloupes have had their problems lately. Listeria contaminated cantaloupes have sickened over 130 and killed 30, and earlier this year Del Monte’s Salmonella tainted cantaloupes sickened people in a 5 state outbreak. The industry is certainly responding, not due in least part to the many lawsuits that have been filed as a result
E. coli Expert and Attorney Calls on Petting Zoos and Fairs to Clean up Their Acts
In the same week that a two-year-old Charlotte-area boy has finally been released from the hospital after a life-threatening E. coli O157:H7 infection, North Carolina health officials are linking the outbreak that sickened him to visiting an animal barn at this year’s North Carolina State Fair.
According to the North Carolina Department of Health and
If you hate Consumers, Lawsuits and Lawyers, have I got a Country for you
It was reported this week that Daxing District People’s Court of China convicted Zhao Lianhai for disturbing the social order during the tainted-milk scandal in 2008, sentencing him to two-and-a-half years in prison. Zhao’s own four-year-old son became sick after consuming milk-containing melamine, which is used in plastics and fertilizer production. In 2008, melamine-tainted milk
Food Safety Events: CDC on chicken livers; lawsuit filed in Salmonella pine nuts outbreak
Salmonella Pine Nuts:
The Salmonella attorneys of Marler Clark, the nation’s leading law firm dedicated to representing victims of foodborne illness outbreaks, have filed a Salmonella lawsuit on behalf of a Rochester, New York man who was made ill after consuming Turkish pine nuts imported by Delaware-based American Pistachio Corp. According to the
42 Illnesses – FDA Confirms Salmonella on Sunrise Commodities’ Turkish Pine Nuts
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to eat Turkish pine nuts distributed by Sunrise Commodities, based in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, after FDA tests confirmed the presence of Salmonella on the product.
FDA is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State public health and agriculture officials
Livestock exhibit fingered as source of North Carolina fair E. coli O157:H7 outbreak . . . again
A study conducted by North Carolina state health officials into the 27 confirmed E. coli illnesses amongst state fair attendees has revealed what most people probably suspected. The source of the outbreak was, for the second time in a decade, a livestock exhibit at the state fair.
The confirmed E. coli infections in 27
Utah dairyman clears air about Salmonella outbreak: Midway Farm not involved
The public should know about all food safety crises, not only those outbreaks that result in lawsuits and lots of media. The public should also know when a small businessman was incorrectly, if accidentally, identified as the source of a bad product. Today in the Salt Lake Tribune:
Business has been brisk enough since it
Missouri State health department updates status of investigation into E. coli outbreak in St. Louis region
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) is leading a team of local, federal, and state public health experts in investigating the cause of the E. coli outbreak that has hit the St. Louis region. The investigation involves laboratory analysis, environmental sampling and interviews of reported cases. This information is then combined to
Mr. Cheese, a/k/a Mr. Sloppy, is the “root cause” of Utah Salmonella outbreak
Whether the Salmonella Newport responsible for many thousands of Salmonella illnesses in Utah originally came from raw milk, a pet lizard, or a bad egg is beside the point. Mr. Sloppy sickened thousands of people in a 6 county outbreak that persisted over the course of 3 years. He allowed the what-must-have-been-abhorrent environmental conditions to