Lien Hoang of the Roseville Press Tribune got to cover the wedding from hell.
Seven people were hospitalized last Saturday night after food served at a wedding poisoned at least 30 guests, according to the Roseville Fire Department.
Firefighters responded around 8:45 p.m. to a Roseville church where guests were experiencing symptoms that included nausea
So, where is Senator Coburn when you need him? According to local press reports, as the investigation continues, the number of kids exposed to Salmonella in Mustang Public Schools grows. Thursday afternoon officials from the State Health Department told parents there were 10 students exposed to the bacteria at four different elementary schools, but on
This is from writer, Jeff Benedict’s Blog:
For the past year and a half I’ve been writing a book about the biggest E. coli outbreak in U.S. history. It started in Seattle in 1993 and ended up spreading through most Western states. Jack in the Box restaurants was implicated as the source. Writing this story has changed my life, particularly when it comes to the way I eat. And I’m not just talking about beef.
This story has also introduced me to some remarkable people who were caught up in the outbreak – parents of poisoned children; the doctors and public health officials that treated the children and figured out the source of the outbreak; the CEO of Jack in the Box who got hauled before Congress and became the public face of the nightmare; and a food scientist hired by Jack in the Box to make sure nothing like this ever happened again. But the most compelling figure in this story is a lawyer named Bill Marler. At the time of the outbreak, Marler was pretty fresh out of law school and—like most Americans at that time – had never heard the term E. coli. He ended up representing hundreds of children in the outbreak. Today Marler is considered the world’s top foodborne illness lawyer. You can learn more about him at www.marlerclark.com
There’s a lot to like about Marler. For starters, he’s unlike any lawyer I’ve ever met. Second, he’s a fighter. Third, there’s probably no one in the U.S. that has done more in the past 15 years to influence food safety policy in this country. Right now he’s at the forefront of a push to get additional strains of E. coli designated as adulterants under the Federal Meat Inspection Act. I bet you have no idea what I’m talking about. This essay that I wrote over the weekend will explain …and probably prompt you to think twice next time you shop at the grocery store.Continue Reading Jeff Benedict – “E. coli on my mind”
We decided to make the big move to the new chicken coop after it had a few coats of white paint in the interior. Today we also bought:
Galvanized trash can (to hold feed) and some staples to nail down the wire – $26.37
50 pounds of feed, and larger waterer and feeder, shavings and
When Austin DeCoster, Owner, Wright County Egg and Peter DeCoster, COO, Wright County Egg testified under oath, and Orland Bethel, President, Hillandale Farms of Iowa took the Fifth, at the hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations a few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to have (with my clients) some time alone with
AOL and multiple Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Andrew Schneider wrote a series of pieces this week about non-E. coli O157’s – yet another of my recent projects to pull food safety out of the dark ages. He also did a bit of a profile on yours truly, that like most of the dozens over the years tends to waiver between – “what a great guy” to “what an SOB.” Like most things the truth is somewhere in the middle. Also, after every profile comes the same comment from the writer (or other writers) along the lines – “you should write a book” or “I should write a book about you” – neither of which has happened – yet. So, in the interim, I took the time to write a Foreward for a food safety text that is coming to a Law School near you – sometime:
I admit that I agreed to pen the foreword for this book long before the several pounds of paper landed on my desk, where it sat for several weeks. It looked too much like the textbooks that I was so averse to opening in law school some twenty-five plus years ago.
Eventually I started thumbing through some pages. Before traveling to visit a food poison client or to speak at a food safety conference, I would grab a chunk of chapters for reading on the plane. Air travel today is not what it used to be. So I found sections like, “Business Risk Exclusion,” “Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety,” or and “Poultry Product Inspection Act” perfect for those long delays in Chicago, Beijing or Atlanta. Also, given the size of my ego, I spent some time looking for references to me. I was pleased to find at least one.Continue Reading After nearly 18 years doing Foodborne Illness Litigation, I need to write a Book
It is more that a bit ironic that the state, where its Senator single handedly held up S. 510, The Food Safety Modernization Act, would now be the epicenter of yet another growing Salmonella Outbreak.
According to the Oklahoman this morning, the Oklahoma Salmonella outbreak has risen to 15 identified cases in three counties.
In between suing companies who poison my clients, I have a very busy schedule teaching (for free) many of the same companies and their lawyers – “why it is a bad idea to poison customers.” Catch me if you can.
Food Microbiology Symposium, U of Wisconsin – River Falls
ACI Foodborne Illness Litigation Conference –
It is long past time to pass S. 510, The Food Safety Modernization Act, with Senator Jon Tester’s (D-MT) and Senator Kay Hagan’s (D-NC) amendment to S. 510 folded in – at least after the election in the lame duck session.
I have been struck in the last dozen years as I have wandered
