Yesterday I wrote “The Deadly 2011 Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak – My View Part 6 – Conclusion.” This was my conclusion to a six part series on the deadly listeria cantaloupe outbreak. At the time that the CDC completed its investigation in early December 2011, only thirty deaths were reported: Colorado (8), Indiana (1), Kansas (3)
February 2012
Jimmy John’s Stops Selling Sprouts, But It Does Not Stop E. coli Lawsuit
The Outbreak
4. On February 15, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control announced an ongoing investigation into illnesses linked to the consumption of raw clover sprouts consumed at Jimmy John’s Restaurants in several states.
5. Among 11 ill persons with information available, 10 (91%) reported eating at a Jimmy John’s sandwich restaurant in the 7…
1 year ago Marler Clark donated $10,000 to the International Sprout Growers Association for safe seed production and asked Jimmy John’s to do the same – My check was cashed
We are now in the middle of yet another Jimmy John’s sprout outbreak. And, just over a year ago we posted this Press Release:
Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, announced today that it is pledging $10,000 to the International Sprout Growers Association (ISGA) to assist in the development of a safer method…
An Open Letter Regarding An Internet Smear of FDA Official Michael Taylor
We the undersigned are writing to offer another perspective on Michael Taylor, the deputy commissioner for foods at the Food and Drug Administration, and the subject of a petition that SignOn.org, which is sponsored by MoveOn.org, is circulating on the Internet. The petition attacks Taylor based on his former employment at the controversial agricultural biotechnology…
Idiopathic Vertigo and The Meating Place
I have a routine when I am home on the Island (which is not that often). I get up early and make the coffee – OK, after I turn on the computer and check my email for the latest food safety disaster. Last Friday when I was about to take my first sip, the room…
The Deadly 2011 Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak – My View Part 6 – Conclusion
Hopefully, Parts 1 through 5 showed that there was plenty of blame to go around to farmers, shippers, brokers, auditors, retailers and the government, and that with just some simple precautions and focus, this outbreak would never have occurred.
On December 8, 2011, the CDC determined that deadliest foodborne illness outbreak was officially over and…
UPDATE: The Free Market Actually Works if Consumers are informed – Jimmy John’s to Stop Serving Sprouts
Linda DeGraaf, a client from the 2009 Jimmy John’s (a.k.a., Restaurant A) Salmonella Sprout Outbreak, took it upon herself to ask Jimmy John’s this question by email:
As someone who was sickened by the salmonella outbreak from sprouts in 2009 from a Jimmy Johns sandwich, I feel it is time for you to remove…
Well, Perhaps Jimmy John’s, a.k.a. restaurant chain (Chain A)” in 2009 has had Five Sprout Outbreaks since 2008
One Jimmy John’s sprout outbreak was listed by the CDC in 2009 as “restaurant chain (Chain A).”
Multistate Jimmy John’s Restaurants Raw Clover Sprouts 2011
12 Sickened – On February 15, 2012, the Centers for Disease Control announced an ongoing investigation into illnesses linked to the consumption of raw clover sprouts consumed at Jimmy John’s…
Taco Bell – (a.k.a., Mexican-style fast food restaurant chain, Restaurant Chain A) sued by Oklahoma customer
Despite attempting to hide behind the “Restaurant Chain A” mask, it was really not very difficult to figure out that where Leah Smith was sickened was an Oklahoma Taco Bell. (See, Taco Bell Complaint PDF)
Multistate Taco Bell Restaurant Chain Unknown 2011 – 68 Ill – (CDC continues to call this outbreak “Mexican-style fast food…
Shankstead EcoFarm – The Family Cow Dairy – Largest Raw Milk Outbreak in Pennsylvania
The number of people sickened by raw milk linked to a Franklin County farm has climbed to 77, possibly making it the largest outbreak in Pennsylvania history.
Pennsylvania Department of Health officials said Thursday that the total number of cases continued to increase. The department has identified 67 cases in Pennsylvania, five in Maryland, two…