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 […]
From a Press Release from the Minnesota State Department of Health: E. coli O157:H7 cases linked to ground beef purchased at Lunds or Byerly’s stores since mid-April – Product removed from store shelves; customers asked to return or destroy it State health and agriculture officials are investigating seven cases of E. coli O157:H7 infection in […]
Several children hospitalized following possible E. coli outbreak The Health Department is investigating what may be an E. coli outbreak that has hospitalized several children, mostly from the same Bakersfield school. Health Director Dr. B.A. Jinadu declined to name the school and said it’s not even certain the illnesses are E. coli. But six kindergarteners […]
Natalie Hoffman, of the Register wrote this moring that: Following reports early last month of E. coli infection in three Napa Valley children — who got sick from hamburger patties sold at a St. Helena Little League snack shack — Little League baseball spectators in St. Helena will no longer be able to buy a […]
Cats, dogs, pigs and now chickens Our government on Friday placed a hold on 20 million chickens raised for market in several states because their feed was mixed with pet food containing an industrial chemical. Three government agencies — the Agriculture Department, the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency — are overseeing […]
I spoke with Paul Dailing of the Chronicle yesterday about the status of the Class Action (Full Story Here). The defendants had moved to dismiss the case, claiming that my clients were not injured as a result of the restaurant allowing a Hepatitis A infected employee to work, thereby exposing some 4,000 customers to Hepatitis […]
First is was cats and dogs, then pigs and now chickens – just how safe is the US food supply? The Washington Post reported this morning, in part: At least 2.5 million broiler chickens from an Indiana producer were fed pet-food scraps contaminated with the chemical melamine and subsequently sold for human consumption, federal health […]
Gregory Lopes of the Washington Times reports tomorrow that the beleaguered Food and Drug Administration yesterday created a new post to defend the nation against contaminated products in the wake of safety scandals ranging from pet food to peanut butter. The primary agency in charge of the nation’s food supply is taking the first proactive […]
www.forbes.com posted: FDA: No Sign of Human Illness from Hogs Exposed to Melamine In a joint statement, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) stressed, "We are not aware of any human illness that has occurred from exposure to melamine or its by-products." They added that they have […]
The Vancouver B.C. Province reports – Spaghetti Factory food scare Patrons of Langley’s Old Spaghetti Factory at 20077 91 A Avenue are being warned about a case of Hepatitis A in a food handler. The risk is low, but health officials are warning some patrons to get a vaccine to be safe. Anyone who was […]
I’m off to Canada on Sunday for a speech on the recent Spinach, Lettuce and Peanut Butter outbreaks at the Food Safety Forum entitled: “Put me out of Business – Please” Click on the above link to view the PowerPoint.
In the same week that reports of the settlements of spinach-releated death cases were announced, millions of dollars for California citrus growers were OK’d by congressional negotiators on Monday as part of a massive spending bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill contains: $20 million for citrus farmers in California to rehabilitate […]
The ongoing pet food recall by the Food and Drug Administration has now expanded to pork and poultry. According to an FDA report, five states including California have quarantined hog farms and one poultry farm in Missouri due to concerns that feed was contaminated with melamine, the ingredient linked to kidney failure in dogs and […]
Answer – Congressional Hearings Full Hearing Written Testimony and Podcast Here Andrew Bridge of the Associated Press wrote today of Congressman Stupak’s led panel shines spotlight on food safety. Part of the story is below, the rest of the story (whether Congress actually does something) has still not been written. Families victimized by tainted spinach […]
The agency acknowledged the need for change but said it couldn’t have prevented illnesses linked to peanut butter and spinach. Elizabeth Williamson of the Washington Post wrote an interesting article about what FDA may have know and if they chose to ignore problems or simply did not have the manpower or mandate to do anything […]
“A Diminished Capacity: Can the FDA Assure the Safety and Security of the Nation’s Food Supply?” My name is William Marler. My law firm Marler Clark, located in Seattle, Washington, specializes in foodborne diseases, especially E. coli, Salmonella, Hepatitis A, Campylobacter, Shigella, Norovirus, and Listeria. Unfortunately, we at Marler Clark have been “in business” since […]