Thanks to CSPI, the CDC and Marler Clark Epidemiologist, Patti Waller, for bringing us all the latest outbreaks:
1. Outbreak of E. coli O157 linked to Wegmans brand Organic Spinach and Spring Mix – 33 Sick
In November 2012 the CDC and public health officials in several states and the FDA announced an investigation of
U.S. District Judge William P. Johnson of the District of New Mexico has signed a consent decree imposing requirements on Sunland Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of peanut products linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Bredeney, to keep potentially harmful products from entering the marketplace, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said today. On Nov.
My phone rang last week sometime after this likely award-winning article was published:
The Star found that Robert Danell, a 62-year-old man with Down syndrome, died after he and one other person at a group home in Sauk Rapids, Minn., fell ill as part of the same E. coli outbreak that made Lamkin sick.
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According to Mateusz Perkowski of the Capital Press, Organic Pastures Dairy Co. of Fresno, California is suing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for allegedly ignoring its request to change a federal ban on interstate raw milk shipments. In late 2008, the company asked the FDA to create an exemption to the ban
Collaborative investigation efforts of state, local, and federal public health and regulatory agencies linked this outbreak to pre-packaged leafy greens produced by State Garden of Chelsea, Massachusetts. Traceback investigations of pre-packaged leafy greens purchased by ill persons identified State Garden as a common producer, but a source of contamination has not been identified. The U.S.
Mike McGraw better not stand to close to either a meat grinder or a needle tenderizer after his hard-hitting piece in today’s Kansas City Star: “Big Beef: Beef’s raw edges.”
The story, and the whole series is worth a read. It is good journalism like this, and a few judgments like this that change industry
Update – I got an email from the family – Jim died last night.
That was the call I got this week. Jim Weatherred, after battling both Listeria and Multiple Myeloma, has called in Hospice so he can die with dignity surrounded by friends and family. Jim just turned 60 and has been married to
Marler Clark and Rochester-Buffalo-based Underberg & Kessler will file a third lawsuit against salad supplier State Garden Monday on behalf of a mother-and daughter-in-law who became ill with E. coli infections after eating organic spinach and spring mix in October. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Buffalo on behalf of Sanborn, NY
Last night the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is alerted the public of a recall being conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Canadian Establishment 720, Aliya’s Foods Limited, for approximately 4,865 pounds of frozen butter chicken and rice products imported from Canada that may be contaminated with
Collaborative investigation efforts of state, local, and federal public health and regulatory agencies indicated that Trader Joe’s Valencia Peanut Butter, manufactured by Sunland, Inc. of Portales, New Mexico, was a likely source of this outbreak.
On November 14, 2012, FDA issued a document that lists observations made by FDA investigators during inspections of Sunland, Inc.
