249 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Montevideo, which displays either of two closely related pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns, have been reported from 44 states and District of Columbia since July 1, 2009. The number of ill persons identified in each state with this strain is as follows: AK (1), AL (2)
Food Safety News App is up on IPhone App Store
Food Safety News – Safe Cooking Temperature Magnets
Food Safety News – Safe Cooking Temperatures Refrigerator Magnets to be available at upcoming CDC/USDA/FDA Conference. I thought these would be good to help educate consumers and retail outlets on safe cooking. Come to the conference and get a few.
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Food Safety Attorney Marler Calls for Criminal Prosecution of Manufacturers Who Knowingly Sell Contaminated Food
From a Press Release I sent out this morning:
Food Safety attorney William Marler is calling for enforcement of a federal law that allows criminal sanctions to be imposed against food manufacturers that can prevent harmful food products from being distributed, but do not do so. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act)
Shigella Lawsuit Filed Against Lombard Subway – Health Department Reports 21 Sickened
We filed a lawsuit today against a Lombard Illinois Subway restaurant for a Wheaton couple on behalf of their child who became sick after eating at the restaurant on February 26th. Ron and Sarah Bowers purchased a meal for their child, JB, which was contaminated with Shigella sonnei, a potentially lethal fecal bacteria. The
Coming to an IPhone App soon – Food Safety News
Well Food Safety News IPhone Application has been submitted. Hopefully, it will be approved and up and running in the next few days – for free.
Did Basic Food Flavors knowingly ship Salmonella-tainted hydrolyzed vegetable protein?
According to the Wall Street Journal a few moments ago, Basic Food Flavors Inc., the Las Vegas company at the center of a recall of more than 100 food products containing hydrolyzed vegetable protein, or HVP, continued to make and distribute food ingredients for about a month after it learned the bacteria salmonella was present
I love the smell of a Subway Shigella Lawsuit in the morning!
Sometimes lawsuits are a bit like a war, or perhaps more a long battle anyway. Like a battle or a war, the damages to each side in litigation are real – the injuries to the victims, the costs to the defendant. The decision when to file suit (when to go to war or battle) are
Rehaping the Role of the Personal Injury Lawyer in Society and the Law
I think lawyers like me are about as popular and well thought of as congress members and AIG executives. Just in the last few days I have felt the sting of prejudice when asked to financially support a couple of non-profit groups and projects, but to do so without being directly involved because others would
Shigella Foodpoisoning Outbreak at an Illinois Subway – Shigella has a long history of Foodborne Illnesses
Shigella is a bacterium that can cause sudden and severe diarrhea (gastroenteritis) in humans. Shigellosis is the name of the disease that Shigella causes. The illness is also known as “bacillary dysentery.” Shigella bacteria can infect the intestinal tract after the ingestion of relatively few organisms. This is why shigellosis is the most communicable of