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As of July 1, 2009, the CDC reported twenty-three persons infected with a strain of E. coli O157:H7 with a particular "DNA fingerprint" have been reported from 9 states – Wisconsin included. Of these, 17 (likely more now) have been confirmed by an advanced DNA test (MLVA) as having the outbreak strain. All have been
Safeway and Other Stores in Colorado Linked to 21 Hamburger Salmonella Newport Illnesses
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Colorado State health officials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and several other state health departments have been investigating an outbreak of infections that are resistant to several commonly used antibiotics. To date, cases of illness have been identified in 11 states. The majority of cases, 21 illnesses, have been reported in Colorado in the following
Safeway and Vons Stores in California Linked to Five Hamburger Salmonella Newport Illnesses
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Safety Inspection Service is investigating 40 illnesses in nine states – including five people in the California counties of Orange and Tulare – who have been sickened. At least four people have been hospitalized.
The state public health department released a list
The Dairy Industries Dirty Little Antibiotic Salmonella Newport Secret
So, the dairy industry pumps the cows full of antibiotics and then when done with them sends them to slaughter to be fed to us.
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Use of antibiotic susceptibility patterns and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to compare historic and contemporary isolates of multi-drug-resistant Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Newport, Appl Environ Microbiol. 2004 Jan;70(1):318-23, Berge AC
Where is the Salmonella Newport Beef?
I am showing my age that I remember the famous TV ad from the 1980’s – "Where is the Beef?" So, Cargill, where is the million pounds of Salmonella Newport? We know it is in 11 States – which ones? We know that Safeway and King Soopers is doing a recall – what others? It
Beef Packer, Inc. (aka Cargill) Recalling Ground Beef Sold to Retail Markets Due to Salmonella Newport – Illnesses in 11 States
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment today announced that Beef Packers, Inc., a Fresno, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 826,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be linked to an outbreak of illness from Salmonella Newport.
State health officials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and several other state health departments have been
Antibiotic Resistant Salmonella Linked to Illnesses – Fresno Beef Packer Meat Recalled in California, Arizona, Colorado and Utah – My Quote of the Day
I had a nice chat this morning with Jerry Hirsch from the LA Times on the resent recall of some 800,000 pounds of hamburger. As I said to Jerry:
Regulators probably jumped on the beef case out of concern for antibiotic resistant strains of salmonella, said William Marler, a Seattle attorney and food safety expert
The Truth About Raw Milk Sales in Washington
I missed Ms. Cole’s presentaion at the AVMA Conference a few weeks ago and just received a copy of her PowerPoint. I really liked the pictures of the cows from the Dee Creek Farm that was linked to an E. coli O157:H7 Raw Milk Outbreak in 2005. Click below to see her presenation:
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The Meat Industry Will Never Solve the E. coli O157:H7 Problem Until It Stops Blaming the Consumer
I have always been a bit amazed at the meat industry and the USDA. In the nearly 17 years of litigating E. coli O157:H7 cases – mostly on behalf of children – I am tired (and a bit disgusted) by the constant din of blaming the consumer. Sometimes the industry goes so far as to
Something must be wrong – I was voted into “The Best Lawyers in America.”
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My kids have been telling me it for years, but I have always been a bit suspect. However, this morning I was informed that I had been selected by my peers for inclusion in the 2010 edition of "The Best Lawyers in America®" in the specialty of Personal Injury Litigation.
According to the website