I am working this weekend instead of watching the Seahawks – 49’s game because I will be sitting down with a couple of families this week to talk with them about the long-term complications that their children actually face because of something they ate.
It is not something that their children’s physicians have not told
As of January 15, 2014, a total of 430 individuals infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 23 states and Puerto Rico. Most of the ill persons (74%) have been reported from California. Since the last update on December 19, 2013, a total of 14 new ill persons have been
Sure seems that way.
The above and below are slightly different questions than the one I posed the other day: Why did Tyson Recall, but Foster Farms Not? So, here they are:
1. Why has Cargill and Tyson collectively recalled millions of pounds of its products after customers were sickened and Foster Farms recalls nothing
Here is the question that FSIS, Tyson and Foster Farms should answer: Why does Tyson recall its product after seven sickened and Foster Farms recalls nothing after 550 sickened in two outbreaks?
According to the FSIS a food recall is a voluntary action by a manufacturer or distributor to protect the public from products that
Lynne Terry of the Portland Oregonian broke the story tonight that the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety Inspection Services suspended poultry processing at one of the biggest Foster Farms plants in California over “egregious” unsanitary conditions.
The agency said in a suspension notice that the company’s plant in Livingston, California is infested with live
In two outbreak in 2013 at least 550 sickened and it could be 38.5 times that.*
In the second Foster Farms outbreak of 2013, the CDC reports a total of 416 individuals infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 23 states and Puerto Rico. Most of the ill persons (74%)
About half of samples tested had at least one bacteria resistant to three or more classes of antibiotics; bacteria were more resistant to antibiotics approved for use in chicken production
In its most comprehensive tests of meat and poultry to date, Consumer Reports found bacteria that could make consumers sick on nearly all of the
A total of 33 persons infected with the outbreak strain of STEC O157:H7 were reported from four states.
The number of ill persons identified in each state was as follows: Arizona (1), California (28), Texas (1), and Washington (3).
32% of ill persons were hospitalized. Two ill persons developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), and no
The instant Order memorializes the Court’s instructions and rulings during the conference.
First, the Court granted Defendant Samuel Lightsey’s Motion to Continue. (Doc. 113.) The Parties shall confer and submit to the Court a joint proposed scheduling order no later than Wednesday, January 15, 2014, suggesting proposed trial dates to begin between July 7, 2014
Melanie Dunstan became the third California resident to file a lawsuit against Glass Onion Catering this week. The lawsuit alleges that the plaintiff fell ill with an E. coli O157:H7 infection after eating a salad made by Glass Onion Catering and sold by Trader Joe’s in early November of 2013. Ms. Dunstan is represented by
