As the Chipotle E. coli O26 outbreak(s) creep(s) into its second month, I found myself thinking and talking today about Bill Keene, former Epidemiologist Extraordinaire at the Oregon Department of Public Health. Somehow, I have to think that with the use of his “shotgun” questionnaire, we would have figured out by now what the what
ACI’s 7th National Forum on Food-Borne Illness Litigation
Advanced Strategies for Defending High-Profile Food Contamination Litigation Amid Increased Food Safety Requirements
Wednesday, January 27 to Thursday, January 28, 2016
Sheraton Fisherman\’s Wharf, San Francisco, CA
“Recalls of Organic Food on the Rise, Report Says” — New York Times, August 2015
“Conagra Fined $11.2. Million for Salmonella-Tainted Peanut Butter” — New York Times, May
A bit close to home
Another mass shooting – for whatever the reason – is always a mixture of sadness and outrage. Today it seems even more so that the shooter and the victims worked at one time to protect pubic health – many were health inspectors.
A list of those lost:
Shannon Johnson, 45, Los Angeles
Bennetta Bet-Badal, 46,
Blue Barf, Green Goop, Purple Puke, Red Rubbish or Yellow Yuck
I will be setting for a deposition in the “Pink Slime” lawsuit this Wednesday despite that fact that I am representing two of the defendants. For more than a few hundred food manufacturing CEO’s and managers of companies I have sued and deposed on behalf of victims, the thought that I will be put under
Is it Time for More Criminal Prosecutions in Food Poisoning Cases?
It has been a busy last several weeks for public health investigators (and lawyers) and uncomfortable (and sometimes deadly) weeks for food poisoning victims, as well as management for several companies. Here are just a few of the outbreaks hitting the news:
Salmonella Cucumbers: As of November 18, 2015, 838 people infected with the outbreak
Marler Blog Makes ABA’s Top 100 Blawgs
Not sure where in the 100 I fall, but the fact that I made the list again is an honor.
Marler on Food Recalls
I tend not to get quoted much by Fox News – so, when it happens, well, I must have said something:
“The number of recalls have actually gone up in recent years,” says Bill Marler, Managing Partner of Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm.
The main reason for the uptick is that the U.S.
If it is Wednesday, I must be on a Plane – Somewhere
The American Agriculture Law Association will host its 36th annual Educational Symposium in historic Charleston, South Carolina from October 21 – 23, 2015.
I have the honor of being the keynote speaker on the 22nd. I am looking forward to visiting Charleston.
Remembering the Charleston Nine.
We Need “A Petting Zoo Preservation Act”
Over the last week I spoke to two families of very young children stricken by E. coli O111 after they both attended a small town Maine fair and petting zoo. One child was just released from the hospital after suffering from acute kidney failure and the other child was buried a week before from complications
New 2014 FoodNet Numbers Are Out
Foodborne illnesses represent a substantial, yet largely preventable, health burden in the United States. In 10 U.S. geographic areas, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) monitors the incidence of laboratory-confirmed infections caused by nine pathogens transmitted commonly through food. This report summarizes preliminary 2014 data and describes changes in incidence compared with 2006–2008 and