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 […]
Thomas Hargrove of Scripps Howard recently wrote an article on the risks of getting a food illness in the Untied States. Americans play a sort of food-poisoning Russian roulette depending on where they live, an investigation by Scripps Howard News Service found. Slovenly restaurants, disease-infested food-processing plants and other sources of infectious illness go undetected […]
E. coli (generic variety) was found in the south part of the island water supply. My neighbors are a bit concerned – see article from Bremerton Sun. Over 1,000 homes and 1 school are under a boil water order. The type of E. coli found is NOT the type that can cause severe disease. However, […]
I just got wind of another outbreak of Salmonella-tainted Tomatoes – Salmonella Newport this time – tied to restaurant consumed tomatoes. It seems that 98 people in 19 states became ill between June and October. Apparently, the FDA announced it to a select group, but not the public – go figure. See my prior posts […]
Bellevue accident highlights need for safer cranes By GLENN FARLEY / KING 5 News SEATTLE – Thursday’s fatal crane accident in Bellevue is focusing a lot of attention on the industry, which has done a pretty good job in the area of safety. But went terribly and tragically wrong after the operator told firefighters he […]
Willie Nelson’s public statement regarding being caught with a bag of Marijuana: “It’s a good thing I had a bag of Marijuana instead of a bag of spinach. I’d be dead by now.”
Rep. Sam Farr, D (stands for dumb) – Carmel (although he was right about the outbreak being in part caused by wild pigs), and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns hosted a special "spinach fest" lunch in Washington, D.C. Thursday in hopes of rebuilding consumer confidence in spinach in time for Thanksgiving. More than […]
Graham Johnson of KIRO 7 Eyewitness News in Seattle did a great overview in the problems on E. coli in our spinach tonight. The full transcript is here. Investigators have now traced the source of the outbreak to cow manure on a ranch near Natural Selection foods. They think wild pigs might have carried E. […]
A great article was written today by Rong-Gong Lin II, LA Times Staff Writer. Ron, has written extensively on foodborne illnesses. Official warns pregnant women and those with weakened immunity to avoid certain foods. Seventeen people in Los Angeles County have contracted the bacterial food-borne illness listeriosis, including two pregnant women who had stillbirths, health […]
Late this evening, Timco Worldwide Inc. Recalled Cantaloupe Because of Possible Health Risk – Salmonella. Unfortunately, this is not the first time we have seen cantaloupe recalled because of Salmonella contamination. Over the past several years, we have been involved in at least two outbreaks that were tied to cantaloupe from Mexico – See, Shipley […]
The number of confirmed cases of illness attributed to E. coli bacteria is now nine. The Orange County Health Department received a report of a possible E. coli suspect late Friday. The individual had signs and symptoms consistent with E.coli during the time period under investigation and had McAlister’s restaurant in Chapel Hill — which […]
When I first saw the headline “Pleasure & Peril,” I thought it was about my last week of travel – Seattle to San Fransisco to Chicago to St. Paul to Seattle to Manhattan —- Kansas. My talk to students at K-State today is entitled: “Examining Cases of Legal Liability – Or, why I always win!” […]
The Associated Press reports that Governor Schwarzenegger has asked Mexico President-elect Felipe Calderon to put California spinach back on supermarket shelves when he takes office December first. The Mexican government pulled U-S-imported spinach off shelves after three people died in the U-S died from eating spinach infected with the E-coli bacteria. Mexican officials are expected […]
A couple of weeks ago I spoke to Dick Dahl from Lawyers Weekly. His interesting story (if your my mother) can be found on line in an article entitled – “Cornering the Food Litigation Market” A few of the best points follow: How did the little firm from Puget Sound become THE law firm for […]
Chapel Hill E. coli Cases Rise To Eight The number of people with confirmed cases of E. coli in Chapel Hill has risen to eight. Of the eight confirmed cases, seven are University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students. Health officials said seven of the eight recalled eating at McAlister’s, a restaurant at 205 […]
An interesting story by Brian Gaylord of Produce News was the failure of sale of the Pride of San Juan’s manufacturing operations to Natural Selection Foods in October. Brian wrote: San Juan Bautista, CA-based Natural Selection Foods has decided not to buy neighbor Pride of San Juan’s manufacturing operations after running PSJ’s processing plant for […]