We have filed another lawsuit on behalf of a Rochester-area mother and daughter who contracted Salmonella illnesses after consuming Turkish pine nuts imported by Delaware-based American Pistachio Commodity Corp. This the second Salmonella lawsuit filed by us in a 42-person outbreak linked to pine nuts sold to Wegman’s stores by American Pistachio, which operates under
Listeria Cantaloupe Outbreak – New Numbers from CDC Expected
139 confirmed cases reported by states are shown below:
▪ Alabama: 1 case
▪ Arkansas: 1 case
▪ California: 2 cases
▪ Colorado: 39 cases
▪ Idaho: 2 cases
▪ Illinois: 3 cases
▪ Indiana: 3 cases
▪ Iowa: 1 case
▪ Kansas: 10 cases
▪ Louisiana: 2 cases
▪ Maryland: 1 case
▪ Missouri:
Why would 174 consumers in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Minnesota eat raw chicken liver?
Perhaps because they thought BROILED CHICKEN LIVERS meant that it was cooked?
Definition – Broiled:
1. Cook (meat or fish) by exposure to direct, intense heat: “he broiled a wedge of sea bass”; “a broiled sirloin steak”.
According the CDC, in August 2011, CDC identified a sustained increase in the number of Salmonella Heidelberg isolates
Salmonella – The Flavors of the Week – Chicken Livers, Turkey Burgers and Pine Nuts
Kosher Broiled Chicken Livers: In August 2011, CDC identified a sustained increase in the number of Salmonella Heidelberg isolates with the outbreak strain reported to PulseNet from New York and New Jersey. From April 1 to November 4, 2011, a total of 157 illnesses were reported in New York (93 cases) and New Jersey (64
Cargill Turkey Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella Heidelberg Outbreak Hits 136
Ironically, I am heading to Arkansas (location of Cargill turkey plant) Sunday to give a two-day seminar at the University of Arkansas School of Law on food safety. Perhaps I should swing by the plant?
A total of 136 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg were reported from 34 states with illness
If you hate Consumers, Lawsuits and Lawyers, have I got a Country for you
It was reported this week that Daxing District People’s Court of China convicted Zhao Lianhai for disturbing the social order during the tainted-milk scandal in 2008, sentencing him to two-and-a-half years in prison. Zhao’s own four-year-old son became sick after consuming milk-containing melamine, which is used in plastics and fertilizer production. In 2008, melamine-tainted milk
Marler Quote of the Week
One of the latest Harris public opinion polls puts attorneys way down at the bottom of the list of respected professions with members of congress, car salesmen — and, yes, journalists. So, I am using that to consumers’ advantage in my speeches to food manufacturers:
“If you hate lawyers, don’t poison your customers,” Bill Marler
First Salmonella Lawsuit filed against Sunrise Commodities in New York
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to eat Turkish pine nuts distributed by Sunrise Commodities, based in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, after FDA tests confirmed the presence of Salmonella on the product.
FDA is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State public health and agriculture officials
Missouri E. coli Toll Hits 31 – Source Elusive
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) is leading a team of local, federal, and state public health experts in investigating the cause of the E. coli outbreak that has hit the St. Louis region. The investigation involves laboratory analysis, environmental sampling and interviews of reported cases. This information is then combined to
Schreiber Processing Recalls Chicken Liver after 170 are Sick in Five States with Salmonella
CIDRAP reports that a New York food processor has recalled broiled chicken liver products that have been linked to at least 170 Salmonella Heidelberg infections in five states, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and state health departments.
The recall applies to an undetermined amount of broiled chicken livers produced by Schreiber Processing