SEATTLE, Washington – Marler Clark, the food safety law firm, commends the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent statement committing to disclose retailer information to improve consumer safety. This commitment to transparency is especially important where the source of the specific contaminated product is not easily identifiable to consumers, as in the recent Romaine lettuce
Salmon Spread recall over Listeria worry
Superior Foods Company located in Kentwood, Michigan is voluntarily recalling a specific lot of Smoked Salmon Spreads (487 lbs.) that were produced on March 26, 2018. This voluntary action is being undertaken in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Listeria monocytogenes was identified through
FDA Orders Vulto to NOT make Cheese
A New York raw milk cheese company whose products were linked to a multi-state outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes (L. mono) has been ordered by a federal court not to manufacture its ready-to-eat aged soft, semi-soft and hard cheeses until it complies with food safety regulations.
On March 30, 2018, the U.S. District Court
Michigan Hit Hard by Hepatitis A
Saginaw County has joined a growing number of counties affected by an ongoing hepatitis A outbreak in southeast Michigan that has hospitalized hundreds and killed more than two dozen.
Officials with the Saginaw County Department of Public Health announced there have been two confirmed cases of the disease in Saginaw County linked to the outbreak.
Hepatitis A Shots Available in Arkansas
Clay County and Arkansas health officials will be hosting a series of walk-in clinics over the next few days to give vaccinations to people who may have been exposed to Hepatitis A while eating at a local restaurant last month.
According to the Arkansas Department of Health, the clinics will be held:
- Feb. 16, from
Vaccinating Food Service Workers Makes Good “Cents”
At least 4 to 5 people have been stricken by hepatitis A and over 3,000 have been forced to take blood tests, and/or a hepatitis A vaccine or immune globulin after dining at Bartaco in Port Chester New York. My strong suspicion is that the owners of Bartaco wish they had employees who had been
CSPI is Appealing FDA’s Denial of Group’s Freedom of Information Act Request
The Food and Drug Administration knows the names and locations of supermarkets and other retailers which sold Maradol papayas that are contaminated with Salmonella and that are the subject of a nationwide recall.
But the agency is suppressing public release of that list of retailers—even after a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the
Listeria in Cheese – Recall
La Nica Products, Inc. is recalling 6,000 pounds of white cheese with the names “Quesos de la Costa,” “Queso Duro Blando,” and “Hard Soft Cheese.”
The cheese was sold in one pound opaque plastic bags with an expiration date of August 31, 2017.
According to the Food and Drug Administration, a sampling of the cheese
Conagra Subsidiary Sentenced in Connection with Outbreak of Salmonella Poisoning Related to Peanut Butter – Largest Fine in Food Safety Case Imposed
ConAgra Grocery Products LLC, a subsidiary of ConAgra Foods Inc., today pleaded guilty to a criminal misdemeanor charge alleging the shipment of contaminated peanut butter linked to a 2006 through 2007 nationwide outbreak of salmonellosis, or salmonella poisoning, the Department of Justice announced today. Following its guilty plea, the company was sentenced to pay an
Unvaccinated Tropical Smoothie Employee Puts Customers at Risk for Hepatitis A
If the Smooties do not get you, the employee will!
Anyone who ate at the Tropical Smoothie Café in Gainesville beween July 28 and Aug. 18 may have been exposed to hepatitis A, according to the Prince William Health Department.
An employee of the restaurant at 8069 Stonewall Shops Square was diagnosed this week with