I asked our AI friends – What are the pros and cons of replacing FDA Commissioner Makary with me – here is the response? This is a very timely question — Makary resigned as FDA Commissioner today, May 12, 2026, amid reports of internal tensions and policy clashes, with the vaping dispute reportedly being a […]
Jeff Gold, AP Business Writer in New Jersey, has continued to dig into the complete failure of the “voluntary recall” system to get this E. coli – contaminated Topps hamburger off store shelves. I posted nearly a week ago when reports first surfaced that the product was still being sold a month after Topps issued […]
Recalled Pot Pie product: * Banquet * Albertson’s (sold at Albertson’s) * Food Lion (sold at Food Lion) * Great Value (sold at Wal-Mart) * Hill Country Fare (sold at HEB) * Kirkwood (sold at Aldi) * Kroger (sold at Kroger) * Meijer (sold at Meijer) * Western Family (now discontinued; previously sold at a […]
The numbers keep rising from the CDC. Between January 1, 2007 and October 29, 2007, at least 272 isolates of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:- with an indistinguishable genetic fingerprint have been collected from ill persons in 35 states. Ill persons whose Salmonella strain has this genetic fingerprint have been reported from Arizona (1 person), Arkansas (4), […]
Bill Marler, guest barfblogger: Suing the church over E. coli O157:H7? When Nebraska Beef first raised the issue that it intended to sue the Salem Lutheran Church for “mishandling” its E. coli O157:H7 contaminated meat – I laughed. I then calmly tried to respond that the Meat Industry, that makes a profit off of selling […]
I had a nice chat with Neil Waugh of the Edmonton Sun yesterday about the twisted trail of E. coli from Canada. I am hurt (not really) that he called me a “legal vulture.” Fallout from ‘dirty’ Alberta beef plant felt on both sides of the border According to Mr. Waugh: Ranchers Beef Ltd. of […]
In one of the boldest, yet boneheaded, moves I have ever seen in 15 years of litigating E. coli O157:H7 cases, after we sued it, Nebraska Beef filed a third party complaint against the Salem Lutheran Church of Longville, Minnesota claiming, among other things: That, upon information and belief, an environmental assessment of the church […]
When they are mixed together at ConAgra?* (hopefully, people recall the TV ads of a few years ago – "you have chocolate in my peanut butter.") UPDATE – Between January 1, 2007 and October 29, 2007, at least 272 isolates of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:- with an indistinguishable genetic fingerprint have been collected from ill persons […]
I’m a bit confused. Yesterday it was reported that Ranchers Beef Ltd (now out of business) was both the source of an E. coli outbreak in the United States that had sickened at least 40 tied to the consumption of Topps Meat (also out of business) AND 44 ill persons and 1 death in Canada. […]
More hamburger recalled: Recall Release CLASS I RECALL FSIS-RC-048-2007 HEALTH RISK: HIGH Del-Mar Provision Co., Inc., a Buffalo, N.Y., firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 50 pounds of ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. The product subject to […]
I was reading the St. Cloud Times and saw this small note about a completely preventable tragedy: Fundraiser for Stephanie Smith When: Noon-5 p.m., Nov. 4. Where: 103 River Oaks Drive (by Rocori High School on River Oaks Golf Course), Cold Spring. What: Stephanie Smith is a 20-year-old Rocori High School graduate and is the […]
I have been in Minneapolis the entire week working to resolve nearly 20 severe E. coli cases (HUS Illnesses) tied to last years Dole spinach E. coli outbreak and a few cases from this year involving E. coli contaminated meat. Late Friday night, after nearly the full week of negotiations, we were able to resolve […]
We filed two lawsuits today – one against Cargill on behalf of a Minnesota boy who became ill after eating an E. coli-contaminated hamburger and another on behalf of a Michigan man who became ill after eating a Salmonella-contaminated turkey pot pie. In the Minnesota case: According to the complaint, Scott Reber ate a hamburger […]
I spoke to Jeff Gold, AP writer, this afternoon during a break in mediations. His story, just hit the wire: Report: Topps Plant Reduced Inspections In the months before issuing a massive recall of its frozen hamburgers, Topps Meat Co. curtailed testing of ground beef and skipped other safeguards aimed at preventing contaminated meat from […]
I am in Minnesota this week working on resolving 10 severe HUS cases stemming from the 2006 Dole Spinach E. coli outbreak and investigating cases stemming from the PM Beef Holding and the more recent Cargill E. coli recall. Regarding the “hamburger issue,” the New York Times this morning wrote about the E. coli issue: […]
Well, for a food safety attorney, I was living a bit dangerously in Hong Kong a month ago. I swear I only ate one. According to Wikipedia, the century egg, also known as preserved egg, hundred-year egg, thousand-year egg and thousand-year-old egg is a Chinese cuisine ingredient made by preserving duck, chicken or quail eggs […]