Just landed in Norway, and the first thing I read off the plane was Tom Gremillion’s new piece for the Consumer Federation of America, “Food Safety and Corruption.” Read the whole thing. Nobody in Washington connects the dots on food safety better than Tom, and nobody says it more plainly. Thank you, Tom — for the piece, […]
Late this evening, Timco Worldwide Inc. Recalled Cantaloupe Because of Possible Health Risk – Salmonella. Unfortunately, this is not the first time we have seen cantaloupe recalled because of Salmonella contamination. Over the past several years, we have been involved in at least two outbreaks that were tied to cantaloupe from Mexico – See, Shipley […]
The number of confirmed cases of illness attributed to E. coli bacteria is now nine. The Orange County Health Department received a report of a possible E. coli suspect late Friday. The individual had signs and symptoms consistent with E.coli during the time period under investigation and had McAlister’s restaurant in Chapel Hill — which […]
When I first saw the headline “Pleasure & Peril,” I thought it was about my last week of travel – Seattle to San Fransisco to Chicago to St. Paul to Seattle to Manhattan —- Kansas. My talk to students at K-State today is entitled: “Examining Cases of Legal Liability – Or, why I always win!” […]
The Associated Press reports that Governor Schwarzenegger has asked Mexico President-elect Felipe Calderon to put California spinach back on supermarket shelves when he takes office December first. The Mexican government pulled U-S-imported spinach off shelves after three people died in the U-S died from eating spinach infected with the E-coli bacteria. Mexican officials are expected […]
A couple of weeks ago I spoke to Dick Dahl from Lawyers Weekly. His interesting story (if your my mother) can be found on line in an article entitled – “Cornering the Food Litigation Market” A few of the best points follow: How did the little firm from Puget Sound become THE law firm for […]
Chapel Hill E. coli Cases Rise To Eight The number of people with confirmed cases of E. coli in Chapel Hill has risen to eight. Of the eight confirmed cases, seven are University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students. Health officials said seven of the eight recalled eating at McAlister’s, a restaurant at 205 […]
An interesting story by Brian Gaylord of Produce News was the failure of sale of the Pride of San Juan’s manufacturing operations to Natural Selection Foods in October. Brian wrote: San Juan Bautista, CA-based Natural Selection Foods has decided not to buy neighbor Pride of San Juan’s manufacturing operations after running PSJ’s processing plant for […]
Another Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Tomatoes in Restaurants – Story by Andrew Bridges of the Associated Press – See Full Story See my Press Statement at Salmonella Blog. At least 183 people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been sickened. There were no reports of deaths, although 22 people were hospitalized. […]
First to San Francisco on November 7: And, then to Kansas on November 14: If anyone wants copies, please send me an email at bmarler@marlerclark.com
The “Governator” was stumping for office and arrived in Prunedale on Thursday. As reported in the Monterey Herald: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger promised the Prunedale audience to do anything to help revive lagging spinach sales, which are hurting the local agricultural industry after a widespread case of E. coli, even when health officials have assured the […]
It looks like Pacific Grove-based KAZU 90.3 FM, a public radio station, has broken the “code of silence” as to who the rancher and grower may be in the vortex of this latest E. coli outbreak. The audio portion can be found here. And, an updated audio report can be found here too. As reported […]
Woman died in E. coli outbreak Marler Clark has filed a lawsuit in Sarpy County District Court on behalf of a Bellevue woman who died from complications of E. coli. Attorney Bill Marler says 81-year-old Ruby Trautz died of acute kidney failure in late August. Trautz’s death has since been linked to the national E. […]
Salmonella bacteria can grow on tomato skin surfaces and infiltrate core tissues during tomato harvest, packing, and transportation. Dicing and pooling of contaminated tomatoes may play a role in further amplifying the amount of contaminated product. Contamination of internal tissue from the outer skin and stem scar can also occur during cutting and slicing. Finally, […]
In what may become the tag-line for last month’s E. coli/spinach outbreak and this month’s Salmonella/Tomato outbreak, Dr. Doug Powell of Kansas said it best – DON’T EAT Dr. Powell was interviewed by Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY for this morning’s article: Food-borne bacteria evolving, becoming more dangerous The first rule of public health is one […]
The Atlanta Associated Press reports that the salmonella outbreak potentially linked to produce has sickened at least 172 people in 18 states, health officials said Monday. Marler Clark represented over 150 people sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to tainted tomatoes in 2003. Perhaps this outbreak will take the heat off of the California Lettuce […]