Well, likely she is.
I was in Denver today at the Nation’s Restaurant News Food Safety Symposium to give a speech to restaurateurs on how to avoid spending quality time with me after poisoning your customers. Oddly, given the Listeria deaths linked to Colorado cantaloupe increasing (will be pushing 10 in a few days) across
For those avid readers of my blog (in addition to my mom and dad), you have seen a version or two of this document over the years. This time I have done some real editing and additions (and subtractions) that I hope you find useful as you evaluate foodborne illness claims as a plaintiff or
With Listeria laced cantaloupe sickening dozens and killing at least four in at least nine states (the CDC will increase these numbers in the next 24 hours), what is the problem with cantaloupes and what can a consumer do? Contaminated cantaloupes have been an issue over the last decade and before:
This coming week I will be in Wyoming at the State’s Environmental Health Association Conference and then off to do mediation in Minneapolis on the infamous Wright Count Egg Salmonella Outbreak. The following week I give a speech in Denver at the National Restaurant News Symposium – “Keeping Food Safety Liability and Litigation to a
Today in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) the CDC published its foodborne illness outbreak data for 2008 with a comparison to the averages of 2003 – 2007. According to the CDC, during 2008 1,034 foodborne disease outbreaks were reported, which resulted in 23,152 illness, 1,276 hospitalizations, and 22 deaths. However, the CDC does
According to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Safety, three more cases of listeria were reported over the holiday weekend, bringing the total to 12 since August 1. Cases have been reported in Adams, Arapahoe Boulder, Denver, Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson and Weld counties. Two people died from listeria in August and seven others
A new poll commissioned by the American Meat Institute (AMI) and conducted by Harris Interactive found that while almost nine out of 10 U.S. adults (88 percent) cook hamburgers or poultry (chicken or turkey) burgers, only 19 percent of those who do use an instant read thermometer to determine that the burgers are safely cooked
According to the CDC, E. coli O157:H7 causes 73,000 illnesses and 50 deaths every year in the United States. Another six E. coli strains – O26, O45, O111, O121, O145, and O103 – are considered less pervasive, sickening “only” an estimated 37,000 people a year and killing nearly 30. E. coli O157:H7 is considered an
Although I have had over 1,000,000 visitors to Marler Blog so far this year, I have just over 1,000 subscribers. So, the first 500 new subscribers will get a free book. Just subscribe here and email me your address at bmarler@marlerclark.com. Here is a sample platter of the reviews on “Poisoned” that have come
Have you seen the trailer for Contagion? For those germaphobes and conspiracy theorist out there, this will likely keep you up at night.
On the other hand, perhaps a bit more realistic film (one that actually happened) would be the movie version of “Poisoned.”
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