This coming Saturday, I am off to Australia to give a series of speeches to government and industry on food safety and the legal implications. My first talk is in Queensland, where I will be speaking on “Class Actions Relating to Foodborne Illness in the USA.” My next series will be in Melbourne – “The
Castleberry Botulism scare forces wider recall
Elizabeth Weise of USA TODAY wrote today:
Tens of millions of cans of chili, chili sauce, beef stew, corned beef and dog food are being recalled nationwide because of possible contamination with the deadly botulinum toxin, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday. The recalled cans cover more than 90 brands and every “best by”
Seattle lawyers represent Romeoville couple in Salmonella lawsuit against Pars Cove
Marler Clark, the Seattle law firm that has represented thousands of victims of Salmonella and other food poisoning outbreaks, filed a lawsuit today against Iran Echo International Corp., the owner of the Pars Cove Persian Cuisine booth that was identified as the source of a large Salmonella outbreak at this year’s Taste of Chicago
Seven in New York with E. coli – cases tied to Minnesota, Michigan and California
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Chau Lam at newsday.com broke another story of E. coli illnesses tied to the consumption of hamburger. Seven people in Suffolk County were sickened in recent weeks after eating undercooked ground beef contaminated with E. coli bacteria, county health officials said Monday. Test results showed that the bacteria strain in three of Suffolk’s cases
Salmonella Heidelberg Cases Near 750 in Chicago
As of noon today, a total of 736 people have reported that they became ill after they ate food purchased from the Pars Cove booth—up from the 717 reported Friday. One hundred twenty-four of the 736 are laboratory-confirmed cases of salmonellosis, with more results pending—up from the 116 reported on Friday. Of the 124, 98
Marler Profile in “The Lawyer”
I got profiled in the Seattle University Alumni Magazine – “The Lawyer.”
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Email from a Client
Please pass this on: I am 55 years old and having been married for 37 years, so I have been grocery shopping for at least that long. I got sick from spinach; last month I opened a can of Geisha brand peaches (from China but distributed from New York) only to find a dead fly
Atlanta Georgia Woman Hospitalized with Possible Botulism Food Poisoning Caused by Castleberry Hot Dog Sauce – Two children in Texas and an Indiana couple hospitalized with Botulism Poisoning
Duffie Dixon of My Atlanta TV reports that a Woman (a medical student) Hospitalized After Eating Castleberry’s Chili.
An Atlanta woman remains hospitalized after eating what may be tainted chili included in the expanded recall issued Friday. Castleberry’s Food Co. of Augusta recalled more than 80 types of canned chili, beef stew, corned beef hash
Stump Acres Dairy stops giving away raw milk
Teresa Ann Boeckel of the Daily Record/Sunday News wrote this morning:
Pennsylvania State officials say some customers got salmonella
Stump Acres Dairy has stopped giving away raw milk after some customers became sick and were diagnosed with salmonella this month. This marks the third time this year that the North Codorus Township dairy has stopped
Will Bagged Leafy Greens be Safe?
I was reading San Diego Union-Tribune writer, Diane Lindquist’s article: Keeping Greens Green – Industry-run program to improve food safety will begin tomorrow, about the hopeful use of the California Marketing Agreement as a way to prevent the next E. coli O157:H7 outbreak tied to California Leafy Greens, when I also spotted the following