It has been a busy week juggling poisoned spinach, peanut butter, pot pies and a rash of contaminated hamburger and milk – and dealing with emails from raw milk advocates, but I am still surprised that no one from Texas every took me up on my $10,000 offer for the return of the missing meat.
More on the Peanut Butter War
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The one thing I really like about litigation is how information surfaces in the oddest places and the strangest times (thanks to super lawyer, Ron Simon). Take the Peter Pan and Great Value Peanut Butter Salmonella Tennessee cases. The CDC has updated its total of stool culture positive cases to 714 that includes three differing
The Cleaner Plate Club Blog – 2007 Food Quiz
I love a late night food quiz when I’m on the road and can not sleep. Thanks to the folks at the Cleaner Plate Club Blog. It was sad that I was able to answer most of the questions correctly. Click on the photo below from the Cleaner Plate Blog to try it yourself:
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Third Man confirmed dead from Whittier Farms Pasteurized Milk
Stephen Smith of the Boston Globe reported on the tragedy of yet another death tied to milk consumption. This death increases the number of deaths to three elderly men and the death of an unborn child. Also, according to the Globe the outbreak numbers have increased to five:
State disease investigators also reported today that
Food Poisoning Lawyer to Talk About How to Avoid Being Sued
I am in Reno (no, I’m not gambling) attending a food safety conference sponsored by the Institute of Food Technologists and the Food Safety Research and Response Network. My talk in the morning is “Minimizing Your Liability Risk and Foodborne Illness Lawsuits.” The PowerPoint is below. Also, for some additional information about how we approach
Salmonella Hits Yellowstone County Montana
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Billings Channel KULR has reported that people in Yellowstone County are infected with Salmonella. KULR also reports that it is the same strain of Salmonella that is making people sick in states as far away as Texas and Pennsylvania. Now, the Yellowstone County Health Department is trying to figure out how they are connected. In
Whittier Recalls Listeria Laden Milk
I have been following this tragic tale since right after Christmas in a series of three posts (1, 2, 3). I was somewhat surprised when Linda Bock of the Worcester Telegram wrote in yesterdays paper that Whittier Farms “voluntarily” stopped production of milk after it had learned that two men over
The Pulitzer Prize and E. coli Do Not Mix
Well, I tried to take a night off, but the meat industry will simply not let me. I had dinner tonight with, somewhat retired writer and Pulitzer Prize winner, Ross Anderson, and his lovely, and far more accomplished wife, Mary Rothschild. Over a great meal we talked about the Iowa caucuses and what the
So, what’s the Beef with the New California Raw Milk Safety Rules?
I posted a few days ago that Claravale Farm of Paicines and Organic Pastures of Fresno have sued the State of California for setting standards for the quality of raw milk. Here is the Complaint.
I was curious what the “beef” was really all about. According to the State of California, “the new standard
Consumers Warned of Schumacher’s Botulism Home-Canned Soup Linked to Pennsylvania Restaurant
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Consumers who purchased or were given “home-canned” soup or other canned products from the Schumacher’s Inn in Austin, Potter County, should not open the jars due to the risk of botulism contamination, Health Secretary Dr. Calvin B. Johnson said today. Consumers who obtained canned products from the restaurant should immediately contact the Pennsylvania Department of