May 3-6, 2009 I will be in Kananaskis, Alberta giving a speech at the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (L’Institut canadien des inspecteurs en sante publique). And, well, I just found out that I had a paper accepted at the May 10-13, 2009 7th International Symposium on Shiga Toxin (Verocytotoxin) producing Escherichia coli
The Hartford Insurance Company Coughs Up Peanut Corporation of America Policies for 2008-2009
Kudos to The Hartford for doing the right thing for the victims of this Salmonella tragedy and sending me the insurance policies in question for the policy period 2008-2009. Great bedtime reading. Let the analysis begin and the Declaratory Judgment action fade away.
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Governor Sebelius to Lead Health and Human Services (HHS) – What Will She Do With Food Safety?
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius accepted President Obama’s request to become his secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Governor Sebelius will inherit a department of 65,000 employees responsible for public health, food safety, scientific research, and the administration of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, which serve 90 million Americans.
The Food Safety side of HHS
“Marlerblog” Awarded Best Law Blog
My mom will be proud – my blog on food safety, foodborne illness, and food policy was honored by PR News as best law blog in the Legal PR awards for 2009 – well OK, so I have the only legitimate one for a lawyer. Anyway, for those that have not spent much time here
FDA’s Peanut Product Recall List Hits 2,750 and FDA Prepares a “Simplified” Distribution Chart
The FDA’s Website is useful if you have the time to search for everything that might contain Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella-Tainted Peanuts. My strong suspicion is that the FDA’s "simplified" PCA distribution chart will leave you scratching your head (click below to download PDF).
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It is a bit hard to grasp how one company
Salmonella Peanut poisoning lawsuit blames Kellogg
Lynne Terry of The Oregonian keeps following the Peanut Butter Trail. Here are excerpts from an article she just posted online:
Earlier this month, a Wilsonville boy put a face on the salmonella outbreak that has sickened scores nationwide. Three-year-old Jacob Hurley sat, wearing a big-knotted tie in an angry congressional subcommittee meeting, as
Another View: Ways to make industry safer
Op-ed – Atlanta Journal Constitution
By WILLIAM D. MARLER
Sunday, March 01, 2009
After a brief lull a few years ago, we’re seeing a sweeping increase in outbreaks of salmonella, E. coli and other food-borne contaminants. There are many reasons for this ugly trend: businesses more focused on sales than safety, fragmented government agencies, inadequate
Washington Law and Politics – “Food Fight” – Marler Profile
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21 kids contract E. coli at Chicago area Day Care
According to the Southtown Star Daily, twenty-one children and one adult have contracted E. coli at a Lemont day care in an outbreak that began earlier this month. The Cook County Health Department has mandated all children and adults at the KinderCare Learning Center, 12404 Archer Ave., be tested for the bacteria. Three children
666 now sickened with Salmonella Typhimurium Tainted Peannut Butter in 45 States – Texas finds Salmonella in Plant
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Finally got wireless access at the GMA Food Claims and Litigation Conference.
Peanut Update – Texas health officials confirmed this morning that Salmonella Typhimurium has been found in peanut meal at a Texas plant owned by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). This plant’s product had been linked to several illnesses in Colorado. PCA’s Georgia plant