Dole Fresh Vegetables is voluntarily recalling 1,077 cases of bagged salads. The products being recalled are Kroger Fresh Selections Greener Supreme coded N158 211B 1613 KR04 with Use-by date of June 19 and UPC 11110 91039, Kroger Fresh Selections Leafy Romaine coded N158 111B KR11 with Use-by date of June 19 and UPC 11110 91046
E. coli O145 Outbreak Hits 15 from Six States
According to the CDC a total of 15 persons infected with the outbreak strain of STEC O145 infection have been identified in 6 states.
The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (2), California (1), Florida (1), Georgia (5), Louisiana (5), and Tennessee (1).
Four ill persons have been hospitalized.
Food Safety Attorney Marler Calls on FDA to Name Retailers and Recall ALL Salmonella-tainted Tuna Scrape
On August 18, 2008 after years of hand wringing, the FSIS finally put public health before “proprietary” business interests when it made the following rule:
9 C.F.R. § 390.10 Availability of Lists of Retail Consignees during Meat or Poultry Product Recalls
The Administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service will make publicly available the
Nearly 400 Now Sickened by Salmonella Tuna Sushi
Up from 316 since May – 27 States and DC impacted
The CDC reports this evening that a total of 390 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Bareilly (376 persons) or Salmonella Nchanga (14 persons) have been reported from 27 states and the District of Columbia. Illness onset dates range from January 1
First Lawsuit Filed in Asheville Salmonella Tempeh Outbreak
The first lawsuit has been filed against the North Carolina tempeh producer and the online spore culture retailer responsible for a Salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 89 people in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and New York earlier this year.
The Salmonella attorneys of Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, along with
Salmonella Lawsuit Filed in Tempeh Outbreak
The Salmonella attorneys of Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, along with Asheville law firm Roberts & Stevens, filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Florida woman who was hospitalized after contracting a Salmonella paratyphi B infection. The defendants named in the lawsuit are Asheville-based Smiling Hara Tempeh and Maryland-based Tempeh Online.
In
Farmer Market Soup Recalled Over Botulism Fear
California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Public Health Officer Dr. Ron Chapman today warned consumers not to eat soups from One Gun Ranch and Organic Soup Kitchen because they may have been improperly produced, making them susceptible to Clostridium botulinum. Ingestion of botulinum toxin from improperly processed canned foods may lead
FDA: Korean Oysters, Clams, Mussels and Scallops Recalled
FDA urges that oysters, clams, mussels, and some scallops products from Korea should be removed from the market
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is urging food distributors, retailers, and food service operators to remove from sale or service all fresh, frozen, canned, and processed oysters, clams, mussels, and whole and roe-on scallops (molluscan shellfish)
Diamond Pet Foods Sickens 22 with Salmonella
The CDC reports this evening:
• A total of 22 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Infantis have been reported. Twenty ill persons have been reported from 13 states and two ill persons have been reported from Canada.
• The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (2)
Food Safety – June 14, 2 PM EDT Webinar – Producing Food is Risky Business: The Legal Consequences of Poor Food Safety
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Overview
Bill Marler has been litigating foodborne illness cases for nearly two decades. The key to his success has been to find a quick, reliable method of distinguishing between legitimate food poisoning claims and suspect ones.