In the Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper:
"In October 2007 when we learned there may be a problem, we immediately instituted a voluntary recall. A number of people were sickened, including Ms. Smith. Our hearts go out to Ms. Smith and her family, as well as the others whose lives have been so affected by O157:H7.
An 86 year old Wisconsin woman has reached a confidential out-of-court settlement with the fresh produce growers and processors who she says poisoned her three years ago with a bag of spinach contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. Jane Majeska of Fond du Lac sued Dole, National Selection Foods, Mission Organics and Pick ‘n Save on
The Honorable Tom Vilsack
Secretary
United States Department of Agriculture
Room 200-A, Jamie L. Whitten Building
12th Street & Jefferson Drive, SW
Washington, DC 20250-0002
Dear Mr. Secretary:
I am writing to strongly urge the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to investigate the disturbing allegations that were revealed
These packets (t-shirt, op-ed and post card) are being hand-delivered to Senators and staff today and Tuesday as part of an effort to jump-start the Senate to pass meaningful food safety legislation – before Thanksgiving.
I received quite a few emails and calls from a variety of people – mostly from DC – telling me I was being a bit too hard on the Secretary in my post yesterday – they said I was especially hard on him if I ever expected to get the job of Undersecretary of Food
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack vacated Washington DC today to give a speech at the University of Minnesota. He was interviewed by Minnesota Public Radio following a major New York Times report over the weekend on flaws in the food safety system cited cases in Minnesota.
Here is the Press Release that went out this
Do you know what’s in your hamburger? The truth might frighten you. According to the New York Times, tens of thousands of people get sick annually by the food-born pathogen E. coli. 22-year-old Stephanie Smith was one of those people. A dance instructor, she came down with an illness so severe that it shut down
This Petition to the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Services is being filed Tuesday. Click below to download the Petition and attachments. Be patient, it is a big document and takes time.
As I said in a post the other day, the petition details the scientific and legal bases for the requested action, but perhaps more
Judging from my email and twitter traffic, people are opening up (actually they do not even need to do that) their New York Times this morning to the shocking and tragic story of my client’s, Stephanie Smith’s, struggle with a severe E. coli O157:H7 illness linked to Cargill hamburger. It is a difficult read. A
New York Times Quotation of the Day:
"I ask myself every day, ‘Why me?’ and ‘Why from a hamburger?’
Michael Moss does a Pulitzer Prize winning job of exposing the underbelly of how our meat is produced in the United States. E. coli O157:H7 is a deadly bacteria that nearly took Stephanie Smith’s life.
