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 […]
Interesting video from CBS Evening News about the likely source of the E. coli that has sickened nearly 200 Americans – WATER: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=2054114n
Marilynn Marchione, a medical writer for the Associated Press, reports that despite the recent E. coli spinach outbreak, food may be safer now than at any other time in the last decade, with illness occurring at record-low rates, according to new federal statistics: Consumers get part of the credit, for handling food more safely at […]
I knew this moment would be coming (SPINACH IS SAFE), but frankly, I thought it would be after the conclusion of an investigation, with conclusions and reforms. I find it perplexing, if not shocking, that Dr. Acheson, for who I have great respect, would simply say all is clear without knowing why this outbreak happened […]
More “smoking” bags of DOLE spinach. Great job to Health Departments across the country for taking the time to test this material for E. coli O157:H7. Hopefully, it will help link to where in the chain of distribution DOLE’s product became contaminated. However, make no mistake, wherever the product became contaminated, DOLE and Natural Selections […]
On September 25, I posted Survival means sometimes fixing the problem and saying you are sorry; On September 20, I called on the spinach and lettuce industry to step up and pay victims medical bills and wage losses as a first step to helping these families and in saving their industry. The Press Conference to […]
How a Tiny Law Firm Made Hay Out of Tainted Spinach By HEATHER WON TESORIERO and PETER LATTMAN September 27, 2006; Page B1 Before health officials warned the public about bad spinach, before grocers yanked fresh spinach off their shelves, before consumers cleaned out their refrigerators, the Seattle law firm Marler Clark had filed its […]
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle has reported on a spinach lawsuit filed in Rochester in U.S. District Court late Tuesday afternoon on behalf Patricia Ann McCoy of Pittsford, who got sick after eating a bag of Dole brand baby spinach she bought from Martin’s Super Food Store in Perinton on or about August 21. This […]
Last week we got a hint that the spinach industry feels that spinach is safe – well OK, not from three counties in California. But, how can the consuming public be sure of that? Also, when Salinas product does try to make it back on the market, how can the spinach industry in the Salinas […]
Two more cases of illness are being blamed on the outbreak of E. coli linked to fresh spinach. That raises the number of people sickened to 173 in 25 states. So far, 92 people have been hospitalized, including a Wisconsin woman who died. Two other deaths have been reported in suspected cases — a child […]
I have been a proud and sustaining member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) for years. However, its gratuitous post on September 25, 2006, entitled "FDA Proves Ineffectual Again: Cannot Accurately Assess Risk To Public Safety," is way off the mark. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is certainly not perfect, few […]
It is great to see an unbiased explaination of the horrors of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome caused by E. coli O157:H7. This is a well-written article by the New York Times.
As the Associated Press reports, Marler Clark has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Anne and Neil Grintjes of Brookfield, whose seven-year-old son Willem and three-year-old daughter Ella became sick after eating the bagged spinach in late August. The suit names Dole Food Company and Natural Selection Foods. This is the second lawsuit related to […]
Interesting article by the business writers of the San Francisco Chronicle: "Seattle-based attorney William Marler, who represented the plaintiffs in the Odwalla and Jack-in-the-Box cases, said both companies adopted skillful public relations campaigns that maintained their corporate reputations. "To be candid, companies that do that usually escape having more lawsuits filed against them. People say, […]
I know there is a lot of pressure to get spinach back in the market, but at a minimum, don’t you think we should figure out what cased this outbreak before we call that all is ok? The announcement: Spinach grown outside of Monterey, San Benito and Santa Clara counties is safe to eat, a […]
We learned late this afternoon that Olivia is not likely part of the outbreak directly related to spinach. However, we are still investigating how it was that she and her siblings were sickened. E. coli O157:H7 impacts 75,000 Americans each year, sending thousands to the hospital and killing nearly 100 – one two-year-old is too […]