Marler Clark attorney William Marler commented on the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announcement that Topps Meat Company of Elizabeth, New Jersey, was recalling 331,582 pounds of frozen ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The recall was prompted by a combined New York Department of Health and
Twenty-one people in New York, Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania ill by Topps E. coli
I tried to take a day off and get in touch with my “inner outdoorsman” by hunting gators and ducks in Southwest Texas, but E. coli O157:H7 would not leave me alone.
Twenty-one people in New York, Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania now have become ill after eating hamburgers contaminated with E.
Send Marler to outer space
OK, that may be on the minds of food manufacturers who poison customers and the insurance corporations who pay claims, but this Associated Press article demands closer reading:
Scientists discover germs get stronger when they go into space
It sounds like the plot for a scary B-movie: Germs go into space on a rocket and come back stronger and deadlier than ever.
Except, it really happened.
The germ: Salmonella, best known as a culprit of food poisoning.
The trip: Space Shuttle STS-115, September 2006.
The reason: Scientists wanted to see how space travel affects germs, so they took some along — carefully wrapped — for the ride.
The result: Mice fed the space germs were three times more likely to get sick and died quicker than others fed identical germs that had remained behind on Earth.
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I’m still in Houston (and, this is my 900th blog post) – not far from the Johnson Space Center. The problem with hitchhiking, nasty Salmonella, reminds me of that famous quote from the Apollo 13 flight:
“Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.” ??Continue Reading Send Marler to outer space
New Jersey Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products For Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination
I have spent the last two days in Houston at the top of the below tower (AIG Insurance Tower) meeting with lawyers in the Con Agra Peanut Butter Litigation. Frankly, there are so many lawyers involved, with so many different agendas, that people are losing sight of the fact that this was a major outbreak
Effingham County Illinois Investigates E. coli Cases Linked with Restaurant
The Effingham County Health Department is investigating several cases of E. coli.
The health department says it has six confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7. They are all linked to eating at El Rancherito restaurant in Effingham at I-57 and I-70. The health department says the restaurant is cooperating and has been closed since
So, I leave China and things go to hell
A week ago I was climbing the Great Wall of China. I returned home last Sunday afternoon. Now see what happened:
260 Kindergarten Children Hospitalized In China, Food Poisoning Suspected
Lanzhou, China (AHN) – Over 250 kindergarten children were briefly hospitalized in China’s northwestern province of Gansu on Thursday in what authorities suspect is a
Spinach Kills
Elizabeth Weise and Julie Schmit, of USA TODAY have written an amazing recap of the year that made everyone question the safety of spinach and other leafy greens. I would urge all to read it:
Spinach recall: 5 faces. 5 agonizing deaths. 1 year later
“Seattle-based Bill Marler, considered the nation’s pre-eminent E. coli lawyer,
Sandoval County, New Mexico man dies from botulism poisoning
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The Associated Press reported that Botulism has killed a 52-year-old Sandoval County man, according to the state Health Department.
State officials have not linked the man’s case to this summer’s recall of Castleberry’s Food Co. products, but they said the man had eaten some of the recalled goods in the past and had shopped at
China needs a few good lawyers
WILLIAM D. MARLER
GUEST COLUMNIST
Tainted pet food. Toothpaste laced with antifreeze. Toys coated with lead paint. Judging by the news reports, one might conclude the Chinese economic boom is about to collapse of its own weight.
Or, as Chi-Dooh Li concluded in Sunday’s Focus (“In trade, China’s moral compass is off course”), to veer
First China International Food Safety & Quality Conference
Source:ExecDigital September News
600 delegates attended the First China International Food Safety & Quality Conference and Expo and heard from International Association for Food Protection members.
The First China International Food Safety & Quality Conference (CIFSQ), held at the Landmark Hotel and Towers in Beijing, China, is the first meeting for IAFP in the Asia-Pacific