This is a view from the back of the ferry commuting to Seattle this morning. The snow-covered mountains you see are the Olympics – height – 7,500 feet.
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Another Entry into the Food Poisoning Frenzy
Great headline from Amy Derby (a.k.a “The FoodSnark”). With 76,000,000 Americans being poisoned by food each year in the United States, it is surprising that more blogs on the topic have not surfaced – especially good blogs with original content. So, Amy, welcome aboard. So, food snark?
Snark, noun – Combination of "snide" and
E. coli “Uptick” to Continue in 2008
Bill Tomson writer for the Wall Street Journal wrote in yesterday’s WSJ – “U.S. Agency to Focus Efforts On Reducing E. coli Threat.” According to Mr. Tomson, we can all expect “just as many beef recalls, if not more, in 2008 as they did this year….” According to USDA officials:
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It took one of the
Most claims over Dole Spinach E. coli outbreak settled
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I spoke with Larry Parsons of the Monterey Herald about the status of the settlements of the victims of the 2006 Spinach cases and the status of the safety of the leafy green industry. So far, we have settled 56 of the 72 cases of people we represent. As you recall, the E. coli-tainted spinach
Tennessee Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination
Snapps Ferry Packing, an Afton, Tenn., firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 102 pounds of hamburger patties and bulk ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. The products subject to recall are:
* 4-pound packages of "GROUND BEEF PATTIES."
* Various
Taco John’s suit settled out of court
The Courier reported on a federal lawsuit that was settled out of court that had been brought on behalf of two of our clients who became ill after eating at Taco John’s restaurants in November 2006. They were two of about 80 people who reported illness after eating at Taco John’s restaurants in Iowa and
Wendy’s E. coli Outbreak in Utah
Well after spending most of last week in Salt Lake City mediating, and resolving, spinach-related E. coli O157:H7 cases, I find myself heading back to Salt Lake City Sunday afternoon to work on a little-reported Wendy’s E. coli outbreak, this time E. coli O121:H19. Here is the very sad story:
In early August 2006, public
More E. coli lawsuits settled
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According to the Salinas Californian, six lawsuits stemming from the September 2006 E. coli outbreak linked to Central Coast spinach were settled with Dole, Natural Selection Foods and Mission Organics on Thursday in Salt Lake City, according to Seattle-based attorney Bill Marler, who is representing dozens of people sickened from the Dole-brand spinach. Fifty-one
Dole Spinach Settlement Talks Continue
As Dawn Withers of the Salinas Californian wrote this morning, “E. coli cases at talk stage,” I am actually in Salt Lake City meeting with representatives from Dole, Natural Selection Foods and Mission Organic and their insurers to talk about resolving several cases involving Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. As Dawn wrote:
Bill Marler, a Seattle-based attorney
My interview on Progressive Talk Radio
I recently did an interview with Don Riggs, the host of Introspect Northwest, which airs on KMPS-FM 94.1 at 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, and on KPTK-AM 1090 at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday. Don and I talked about food poisoning lawsuits during our interview. You can listen in on Sunday at 9 a.m. here: radiotime.com