The FDA has published the following warning: Consumers worldwide should not use any ByHeart brand infant formula as all ByHeart products are included in this recall. As we know, as of November 26, 2025, a total of 37 infants with suspected or confirmed infant botulism and confirmed exposure to ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula (various […]
More than 250 Hepatitis A immunizations were administered today at the Cumberland County Public Health Department to individuals who may have been exposed to the disease at a local restaurant. Employees and anyone who visited the Olive Garden at 234 North McPherson Church Road anytime on July 26, 28, 29, 31 and Aug. 1, 2 […]
Can you say canary in the coal mine? Yes, we recall meat in the United States – AFTER – we poison people. McNees Meats and Wholesale LLC., a North Branch, Mich., establishment is recalling approximately 360 pounds of ground beef product products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s […]
With his family at his bedside, Bobby “Pete” Hullett was pronounced dead at 6:32 PM on November 26, 2008, the day before Thanksgiving. Two days later, Pete’s blood cultures were finalized as positive for Salmonella. In his “Death Summary,” of November 26, Dr. Kaariainen included the following diagnoses at death: 1. Multifactorial shock including cardiogenic […]
In the wake of the Oregon Public Health announcement that at least 10 people, including one woman who died, became ill with E. coli O157:H7 infections after eating fresh strawberries sold at farmers markets and roadside fruit stands in Oregon, the Seattle-based food safety law firm Marler Clark announced today that it is donating $5,000 […]
Lynne Terry of the Oregonian tells the tale of the medium-sized strawberry producer, with about 35 acres, who sold tainted fresh strawberries to buyers who in turn distributed them to roadside stands and farmers markets in Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Yamhill and Clatsop counties. The E. coli O157:H7 outbreak sickened over a dozen, sent four people […]
As many as 16 implicated with 1 death. Oregon Public Health officials have identified fresh strawberries from a Newberg farm as the source of a cluster of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections that sickened at least 10 people last month, including one person who died. The strawberries were produced last month by Jaquith Strawberry Farm located […]
In the middle of a 35,709,675 pound (and likely too grow) recall of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg tainted turkey meat, and the continued concern for Salmonella Newport, Salmonella Hadar, and Salmonella Typhimurium in our food supply, comes Salmonella Kentucky. In a recent article in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, abstracted online, the national Salmonella surveillance systems […]
Well, Cargill has not yet responded to my offer – “Marler Clark to Cargill: Start Testing and We Won’t Sue You” – but they certainly do not seem adverse to lawsuits. AP reported Friday that Cargill Meat Solutions filed a lawsuit against Greater Omaha Packing Company over a 2007 E. coli O157:H7 beef recall. Friday’s […]
Matthew Sigur of the Alexandria Louisiana Towntalk and I spoke a few weeks ago about the article “Louisiana to post results of restaurant inspections,” that goes live Monday, along with online inspections. William “Bill” Marler, a personal injury lawyer in Seattle, Wash., who specializes in food poisoning cases, has worked on major food-borne illness outbreaks. […]
Almost four years ago I penned – “Cargill, getting reacquainted with the Enemy” – in response to Cargill recalling nearly 2,000,000 pounds of E. coli O157:H7 tainted hamburger (that is nearly enough to give every New Yorker a quarter pounder) in October and November of 2007. As I said then it was and is not […]
Marler Clark, the nation’s only law firm dedicated solely to representing victims of foodborne illness, is making a unique offer to Minneapolis-based Cargill, Inc., the company whose ground turkey has been identified as the source of a national outbreak of an antibiotic-resistant strain of Salmonella called Salmonella Heidelberg. This week, Cargill recalled 36,000,000 pounds of […]
This week the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced a recall of ground beef products due to “possible” Salmonella contamination. According to the press release, “Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation, a Springdale, Ark. establishment, is recalling approximately 36 million pounds of ground turkey products that may be contaminated with a multi-drug resistant strain of […]
USDA/FSIS defines a Class I Recall as: This is a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death. No kidding! Here are the dirty half dozen of Class I Recalls since I started tracking them: Number 1 – According to […]
CDC has updated the ongoing Salmonella Heidelberg Outbreak linked to Cargill turkey burger: A total of 78 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 26 states between March 1 and August 3, 2011. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: AL (1), AZ (2), […]
It is time for the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) to fulfill its public health mission and get antibiotic-resistant Salmonella out of the American meat supply. In May 2011, as the number of illnesses were mounting without public knowledge in the recent Cargill ground turkey Salmonella Heildelberg outbreak and recall, […]