It has been 11 days since the CDC announced the Jimmy Johns E. coli O26 outbreak caused by contaminated clover sprouts. Twelve people (5 in in Iowa, 3 in Missouri, 2 in Kansas, and 1 each in Arkansas and Wisconsin) were sickened. Is the data current, or are there other victims yet to be counted in
New Jersey Identifies 2 Illnesses Related to Consumption of Raw Milk DHSS Reminds Residents of Health Risks of Drinking Raw Milk
New Jersey currently has two residents that are ill in connection to a major outbreak caused by the consumption of raw milk from a Pennsylvania farm. Currently 78 people in several states have become ill with campylobacteriosis, a gastrointestinal illness, from the consumption of raw milk contaminated with bacteria. Raw milk is milk from cows
Marler Clark Files Second E. coli Lawsuit Against Jimmy John’s
Marler Clark, the nation’s leading law firm dedicated to representing victims of E. coli and other foodborne illnesses, has filed a second lawsuit [1] in a multistate E. coli outbreak linked to Jimmy John’s. The lawsuit is on behalf of a Polk County, Iowa woman who was hospitalized with her E. coli illness.
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CDC updates deaths from cantaloupe listeria outbreak
Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated the number of listeria deaths linked to the nationwide listeria outbreak from contaminated cantaloupes to 32. The number, however, could reach 36 or more depending on how many deaths are officially attributed to the outbreak.
Michael Booth, from the Denver Post, writes:
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Linn, Johnson, and Dallas Counties, Iowa hit hard in Jimmy Johns E. coli sprouts outbreak
Iowa’s women have a penchant for eating bad sprouts. 5 of them have been sickened in the latest E. coli outbreak linked to contaminated sprouts on Jimmy Johns sandwiches. In addition to two Polk County women we represent for severe illnesses, three women from Linn, Johnson and Dallas counties were sickened in the E.
Jimmy Johns E. coli sprouts lawsuit filed
The AP picked up on Marler Clark’s most recent lawsuit against Jimmy Johns for E. coli contaminated sprouts, which in this most recent outbreak, have sickened 12 women from Iowa, Wisconson, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri. Ryan Foley reports:
An Iowa woman sickened by eating tainted sprouts filed a lawsuit Tuesday against sandwich chain Jimmy
CDC: Raw milk outbreak rate 150 times higher than pasteurized milk
A new study published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases, found that the rate of outbreaks caused by unpasteurized milk (raw milk) and unpasteurized milk products was 150 times greater than outbreaks linked to pasteurized milk. In addition, the study revealed that states where raw milk sales
Aren’t “pea shoots” just sprouts?
Jimmy Johns announced that they are no longer serving sprouts on their sandwiches. A good call after 5 outbreaks, the most recent of which was a 12 person, 5 state E. coli O26 sprout outbreak. Jimmy Johns is apparently on the way to offering “snow pea shoots” as a substitute for the popular
Jimmy John Liataud–the man himself–says no to sprouts after E. coli outbreak
Snow pea shoots will have to suffice. They are the replacement for alfalfa (no, wait, those were eliminated last year), I mean clover sprouts on Jimmy Johns sandwiches nationally. Too many outbreaks, and probably too many lawsuits. Jimmy John himself says on his Facebook page:
Sprouts are out, but that doesn’t mean we’re done with this issue;
An E. coli Lawyer’s legacy: building a consensus for better food safety
Bill Marler has taken on the likes of Cargill, ConAgra, Dole, Yum Brands, and basically the entire California leafy greens industry, just to name a few, in monumental personal injury cases that have helped shape food law and politics for decades. True, he’s the boss here at Marler Clark, but recognition for his efforts