KSFY in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, reports that a one-year-old boy from Sioux Center, Iowa is currently hospitalized with hemolytic uremic syndrome at a Sioux Falls area hospital.  There are no reported "confirmed" cases in the JBS outbreak from Iowa . . . Yet.  But these outbreaks tend to evolve.  After all, we’re talking about a product that many people buy and simply throw into their freezers until they’re ready to consume it.  That means that these products can last months.  All the more reason for concerted public health efforts to spread the word about developing outbreaks and assist retailers in getting recalled products off their shelves . . . and out of consumers houses.

We’ve seen hundreds of kids in Isaiah Romero’s exact medical circumstances.   I hope to see a news report soon saying that his illness was not as bad as it could have been.  Too many have gone the other way over the last few years.  In the meantime, we’ll keep moving in discovery against JBS Swift in the New Mexico case that we filed yesterday (filed in Colorado). 

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Drew Falkenstein joined Marler Clark in January, 2004 and has concentrated his practice in representing victims of foodborne illness. He has litigated nationwide against some of the biggest food corporations in the world, including Dole, Kellogg’s, and McDonald’s.  He has worked on landmark…

Drew Falkenstein joined Marler Clark in January, 2004 and has concentrated his practice in representing victims of foodborne illness. He has litigated nationwide against some of the biggest food corporations in the world, including Dole, Kellogg’s, and McDonald’s.  He has worked on landmark cases that have helped shape food safety policy, HACCP protocol, and consumer rights, such as the E. coli outbreak in fresh spinach in 2006 and the 2008 Peanut Corporation of America outbreak of Salmonella. A frequent speaker for the not-for-profit organization Outbreak, Inc, Mr. Falkenstein travels the country to address public and environmental health organizations as well as food safety meetings and annual educational conferences.  He speaks on the intersection of law and public health, and addresses companies on how to prevent food borne illness outbreaks.