Leaving ConAgra no room to deny the obvious, according to the CDC, at least 272 isolates of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:- with an indistinguishable genetic fingerprint have been collected from ill… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: October 2007
Topps, Cargill E. coli Recall and ConAgra Salmonella Too
Beef recalls raise concerns about food safety Jeffrey Gold, AP Business Writer (a.k.a. “E. coli Guy”) interviewed the husband and father of two of my clients in the Topps E…. Continue Reading
When is a Recall not a Recall? When you still can buy contaminated meat on your store shelves.
Jeff Gold, AP Business Writer in New Jersey, has continued to dig into the complete failure of the “voluntary recall” system to get this E. coli – contaminated Topps hamburger… Continue Reading
And Salmonella in New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming
Recalled Pot Pie product: * Banquet * Albertson’s (sold at Albertson’s) * Food Lion (sold at Food Lion) * Great Value (sold at Wal-Mart) * Hill Country Fare (sold at… Continue Reading
Salmonella in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and New York
The numbers keep rising from the CDC. Between January 1, 2007 and October 29, 2007, at least 272 isolates of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:- with an indistinguishable genetic fingerprint have been… Continue Reading
Nebraska Beef Sues Minnesota Church – Continued
Bill Marler, guest barfblogger: Suing the church over E. coli O157:H7? When Nebraska Beef first raised the issue that it intended to sue the Salem Lutheran Church for “mishandling” its… Continue Reading
The Canadian Government Sends E. coli Contaminated Meat South?
I had a nice chat with Neil Waugh of the Edmonton Sun yesterday about the twisted trail of E. coli from Canada. I am hurt (not really) that he called… Continue Reading
Nebraska Beef Sues Minnesota Church
In one of the boldest, yet boneheaded, moves I have ever seen in 15 years of litigating E. coli O157:H7 cases, after we sued it, Nebraska Beef filed a third… Continue Reading
When is a Pot Pie and Peanut Butter like a Resse’s Peanut Butter Cup?
When they are mixed together at ConAgra?* (hopefully, people recall the TV ads of a few years ago – "you have chocolate in my peanut butter.") UPDATE – Between January… Continue Reading
I guess I do not speak Canadian
I’m a bit confused. Yesterday it was reported that Ranchers Beef Ltd (now out of business) was both the source of an E. coli outbreak in the United States that… Continue Reading