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 […]
Carol M. Ostrom, Seattle Times staff reporter, spent a few hours in our office today. Below is her report: A Kent woman and a Bellingham man have filed a class-action lawsuit against a Nebraska-based food manufacturer on behalf of people sickened by Salmonella infections after eating peanut butter later recalled for contamination. James Winston Daniels […]
According to CNN Money: Warehouse club operator pulls items from shelves after routine testing BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. said Tuesday it was recalling packages of fresh mushrooms after it a routine inspection revealed the possible presence of the deadly bacteria E. coli. The warehouse club operator said the products affected were Wellsley Farms brand fresh […]
Angela Hatcher of WSLS NewsChannel 10 reported: Area Girl Scouts are having trouble selling some of their most popular cookies because of worries over peanut butter. Danville troop leader Nancy Beasley has 17 full cases of peanut butter cookies in her living room along with 9 boxes customers have returned. The bakers that make Girl […]
Susanna Cox used to feed her two boys Wal-Mart’s Great Value store-brand peanut butter three times a week. Then they started getting sick: stomach aches, diarrhea and fevers. The kids were suffering from the classic symptoms of salmonella poisoning. “I watched them get sicker and sicker,” Cox said. “It was horrible. I laid there and […]
RECENT UPDATE FROM FDA: As of February 16, the FDA advised consumers not to eat any Peter Pan peanut butter purchased since May 2006 and not to eat Great Value peanut butter with a product code beginning with “2111” purchased since May 2006 because of risk of contamination with Salmonella Tennessee. Salmonella is a bacterium […]
The last 48 hours at Marler Clark have been interesting – we have responded to nearly 1,000 emails or phone calls (thanks to a very hardworking staff) from every part of the United States (and two foreign countries) – people do eat a lot of peanut butter – some of it was surely contaminated with […]
Dole is recalling more than six-thousand cartons of imported cantaloupes. They were distributed to wholesalers in the eastern U-S and Quebec between February fifth and February eighth. Dole says there have been no reports of illness due to the contaminated cantaloupes which were grown in Costa Rica.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KANSAS CITY MISOURI Seattle lawyer William Marler has filed a lawsuit in Kansas City for a Missouri family that became sick after eating peanut butter. William Marler says the lawsuit filed today in federal court is the first in the salmonella outbreak that has sickened nearly 300 people in 39 states. Brian […]
SPRINGFIELD, MO – A Salmonella lawsuit was filed Friday in United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri against ConAgra, the Omaha, Nebraska-based food company whose Georgia peanut butter plant has been traced as the source of a Salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Buchannan County, Missouri, […]
We received nearly 350 calls and emails today from people sickened by the above product. We are filing suit against Con Agra in the morning. In my spare time I penned the following Op-ed with my friend Paul Nunes: Produce processors need to clean up their act By PAUL V. NUNES and WILLIAM MARLER 2/15/2007 […]
Salmonella outbreak due to peanut butter From the Associated Press: ATLANTA — A salmonella outbreak that has slowly grown to nearly 300 cases in 39 states since August has been linked to tainted peanut butter, federal health officials said Wednesday. It is believed to be the first salmonella outbreak associated with peanut butter in […]
The recent headline from the FDA Press Release reads: “FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Certain Jars of Peter Pan Peanut Butter and Great Value Peanut Butter” – why would consumers eat the jars? According to Reuters News service, FDA health officials are investigating a possible link between Peter Pan brand peanut butter (produced by […]
"It’s outrageous so many people are poisoned by food." Lisa Brott, E. coli victim and Marler Clark client
Tomorrow I will fly out to Jamesburg, New Jersey, for a seminar put on by The Packaging Group entitled, “E. coli 2007: Understanding, Detecting, and Preventing.” My speech is titled, “E. coli Outbreaks in Fresh Produce: Who has legal responsibility?”