A few months ago I was asked to write something by WSBA about my practice and life as a lawyer. The ask was something like this:
Mr. Marler, I noted that you are a (“the” – I must admit I added that) preeminent litigator in food poisoning cases in our state (well, actually the “world”
The Iowa City Gazette reports that three years after a nationwide Salmonella outbreak caused by contaminated eggs from Iowa, federal prosecutors are still seeking criminal charges. Attorneys in Iowa’s Northern District are waiting to sentence a former manager of an Iowa egg company involved in the 2010 outbreak that sickened about 2,000 people, possibly to
Linda’s struggle over the last few years following an E. coli O157:H7 in 2009, over two years of hospitalization and two more years of rehabilitation, ended last night at 10:50. Her loving husband and family were with her as they had been all along. She was an amazingly strong, resilient and loving woman who will
I suppose this will be the next move by the food industry to squash transparency – instead of “Ag gag” laws there might well by “no gagging at restaurant” laws:
Denny’s
Golden Corral
So much for a culture of food safety.
I do not thank enough the good folks at state health departments for counting, and the CDC for compiling, all the outbreak data that I often steal whole cloth for my blog. Thanks.
So, when the CDC quietly announced that a few recent outbreaks were officially over, I thought I would give them a “shout
If you were not legally responsible for the food you sell, why would you give a %^&$ about food safety?
The next time you walk down the produce aisle (with your kid in tow) picking out fruits and vegetables to feed your family, ask yourself the question I ask myself when I do the same:
Last week the Brazos County Health Department appropriately announced that the source of the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that sickened 10, putting two young brothers in a Houston hospital with acute kidney failure (HUS), was traced to ground beef from a College Station restaurant. According to those health officials, the Coco Loco restaurant across the
A man fought for our country in World War II and earned a Purple Heart, and then he died 57 years later after eating a Listeria-tainted cantaloupe grown here in the United States – the country he fought for.
Food Safety and the CEO – Keys to Bottom Line Success
Foodborne illness has, of course, been around as long as there has been food. But the identification and diagnosis of these diseases is an emerging science that is changing all sectors of the food business, and those chief executive officers (CEOs) and senior level
May 22, 2013
Dr. Eric Wilke
Brazos County Health Department
201 North Texas Avenue
Bryan, TX 77803
Re: Coco Loco E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak
Dear Dr. Wilke:
Since the Jack in the Box E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in 1993, I have spoken before Public Health Departments and Environmental Health Departments all across the United
