Must be my week. Goes to show that someone other than my mom reads my blog.
Marler Blog: Food is a powerful component of our culture; it has the power to make or break its consumers. For those moments when food happens to harm us, we advise looking to blogs like this one to
Yesterday, we filed the fist lawsuit in Illinois stemming from the expanding Salmonella outbreak.
Now today, according to the CDC, from November 1, 2010, through January 4, 2011, 112 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella serotype I 4,[5],12:i:-, whose illnesses began (onset dates) since November 1, have been reported from 18 states and
The Illinois Department of Agriculture says a Chicago company has recalled about 200 pounds of ground beef patties because of possible E. coli contamination.
The department said Thursday the patties were produced by the Columbus Meat market Inc. on Dec. 27 and shipped to food-handling customers in the Chicago area. Each package label on the
The consuming public wants to know.
2010 was a busy year of speeches around the U.S. and around the world. This year is starting out the same. I have one coming up with the public health students at the University of Washington, then onto the FDA, GAP, CSPI, GMA and then off to Dubai – and that is only the next
A commenter on an earlier post said: “do you think companies want to make people sick and lose millions of dollars???” I think the easy answer is to say of course not. But, in my experience, few of the food companies that I have sued in the last 18 years viewed their customer like this:
It already looks to be a busy year in food poisoning lawsuits. Here is the Sangar Listeria Complaint and the Jimmy John’s Salmonella Complaint.
An E. coli O45 Outbreak that has sickened seven has been linked to Zillman Meat Market according to the Marathon County Department of Health.
As I have said a few times, it has been over a year since we filed the Petition for an Interpretive Rule Declaring enterohemorrhagic Shiga Toxin-producing Serotypes of Escherichia
Sprouters Northwest Inc. is recalling six of its sprout products because Washington health officials believe the firm’s clover sprouts are connected to an outbreak of Salmonella Newport that’s sickened four people in the state and two in Oregon.
The Kent-based firm has stopped distributing the sprouts, sold in a variety of package sizes labeled “Clover
For two decades, Seattle attorney Bill Marler has focused on foodborne illness cases. But outside of the courtroom, he has pushed for an overhaul of the nation’s food safety system.
His efforts were rewarded Tuesday when President Obama signed a $1.4 billion food safety bill. But Marler is concerned Republicans will not fund the new
