This is simply unacceptable. This botulism outbreak, frankly any outbreak that sickens babies, should never have happened. We can do more to protect the most vulnerable. The stork in “operation stork speed” clearly flew into a brick wall and crash landed. This child’s parents bought ByHeart Infant Formula at a Walmart. ByHeart utilized powdered organic […]
CNN Special Unit Investigation: Saturday, May 19, & Sunday, May 20: 8 p.m. & 11 p.m. EST I was interviewed for this story – it will be interesting to see how much of the interview is used.
It would figure that the CDC claims this to be Hepatitis Awareness Month — May 2007 Health officials are warning people not to eat raw shellfish after 13 Arizonans, one of them a Yuma County resident, contracted hepatitis A from eating uncooked oysters at Rocky Point, Son., in March. “These cases are a reminder that […]
The Legal Process: Tools used in evaluating claims of foodborne illness It is predictable that some people are inclined to issue claims of dubious legitimacy, or that are simply fraudulent. In our work as litigators, we see no shortage of bogus claims. There are claims that food looked or “smelled funny,” claims of finding foreign […]
I get asked quite often what I do and how I do it. Below is the beginning of a ten part series that I have been working on – I hope you find it helpful. Part 1 Introduction Each year, about 76 million cases of foodborne illness occur in the United States, according to U.S. […]
Brynn Galindo of KGET Reported – Health Department identifies E. coli source Bakersfield’s recent E. coli began at a backyard waterslide, the health department has announced. Health Director Dr. B.A. Jinadu emphasized there is no continuing danger to anyone who has not yet become sick. “After a thorough investigation the Department of Public Health has […]
Barbara Kowalcyk (former client and friend), the former president of Safe Tables Our Priority (S.T.O.P.), a national grassroots organization dedicated to preventing foodborne illness, was interviewed by the Daily Record. She recently co-founded a new nonprofit, the Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention (CFI). Kowalcyk and her husband, Michael, came to S.T.O.P. in late […]
Keith Roysdon of the Muncie, Indiana Star Press and I talked candidly about food safety last week. Here is part of the story: Companies, government must do more to increase food safety, expert says Attorney and food safety activist William Marler [of Marler Clark in Seattle Washington] uses an alarming comparison when urging people not […]
According to a Kansas newspaper – May is “Beef Month.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 73,000 cases of E. coli O157:H7 occur annually in the United States. Every year, 2,100 Americans are hospitalized, and 61 people die as a direct result of E. coli O157:H7 infections and its complications. A […]
From 1993 to 2002, most of the E. coli cases we did were from tainted hamburger. Since 2002, most of the E. coli case have bee linked to spinach and lettuce. Hopefully, the below reports are not a trend back in the wrong direction. Kalamazoo company recalls 129,000 pounds of beef – two sickened Davis […]
The meat company linked to an E. coli outbreak in the Twin Cities Minnesota is recalling 117,500 pounds of beef shipped to eight states, including Michigan, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. Health officials have said it appears that tainted ground beef from Lunds or Byerly’s stores sickened seven people, including three who had to […]
On May 31st, I have the opportunity to host Senator Durbin in Seattle – here is why I would – Great editorial from the pages of the Chicago Tribune: Durbin and the ‘food czar’ Used to be that the word “czar” conjured up images of dashing Russian royals and their glamorous trappings — Faberge eggs […]
Three people in the Kalamazoo area have become sickened with symptoms related to E. coli. Two of those cases came from the same genetic type of bacteria. According to Dr. Richard Tooker, the medical director of the Kalamazoo County Health Department, these cases are a different source of contamination, compared to a recall announced Friday. […]
Production was continuing at the PM Beef plant linked to seven E. coli illnesses, the company said on Thursday. PM Beef spokeswoman Lisa Hernandez said the plant is working with federal and state authorities on the matter, but in the meantime, the plant has not shut down. State health officials said seven people were sickened […]
New Pizza Outbreak Update – General Mills Totinos Pizza General Mills is the “sixth largest food company in the world” with revenues for 2007 estimated to be nearly $12,500,000,000. General Mills announced today that since July 1 of this year, it had distributed more than 120 million Totino’s and Jeno’s pizzas nationwide. Surprisingly, in light […]
We have the honor of representing several of the folks and families sickened in this needless E. coli outbreak from last summer. Below is the write-up of our investigation: In late July and early August 2006, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) received three E. coli O157:H7 stool isolates from residents of, and visitors to, […]