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 […]
Another Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Tomatoes in Restaurants – Story by Andrew Bridges of the Associated Press – See Full Story See my Press Statement at Salmonella Blog. At least 183 people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been sickened. There were no reports of deaths, although 22 people were hospitalized. […]
First to San Francisco on November 7: And, then to Kansas on November 14: If anyone wants copies, please send me an email at bmarler@marlerclark.com
The “Governator” was stumping for office and arrived in Prunedale on Thursday. As reported in the Monterey Herald: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger promised the Prunedale audience to do anything to help revive lagging spinach sales, which are hurting the local agricultural industry after a widespread case of E. coli, even when health officials have assured the […]
It looks like Pacific Grove-based KAZU 90.3 FM, a public radio station, has broken the “code of silence” as to who the rancher and grower may be in the vortex of this latest E. coli outbreak. The audio portion can be found here. And, an updated audio report can be found here too. As reported […]
Woman died in E. coli outbreak Marler Clark has filed a lawsuit in Sarpy County District Court on behalf of a Bellevue woman who died from complications of E. coli. Attorney Bill Marler says 81-year-old Ruby Trautz died of acute kidney failure in late August. Trautz’s death has since been linked to the national E. […]
Salmonella bacteria can grow on tomato skin surfaces and infiltrate core tissues during tomato harvest, packing, and transportation. Dicing and pooling of contaminated tomatoes may play a role in further amplifying the amount of contaminated product. Contamination of internal tissue from the outer skin and stem scar can also occur during cutting and slicing. Finally, […]
In what may become the tag-line for last month’s E. coli/spinach outbreak and this month’s Salmonella/Tomato outbreak, Dr. Doug Powell of Kansas said it best – DON’T EAT Dr. Powell was interviewed by Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY for this morning’s article: Food-borne bacteria evolving, becoming more dangerous The first rule of public health is one […]
The Atlanta Associated Press reports that the salmonella outbreak potentially linked to produce has sickened at least 172 people in 18 states, health officials said Monday. Marler Clark represented over 150 people sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to tainted tomatoes in 2003. Perhaps this outbreak will take the heat off of the California Lettuce […]
I get asked frequently about how we decide which cases to go forward with. Frankly, how we evaluate cases is quite similair to how Health Departments decide which cases to investigate or not – please see my publication – Separating the Chaff from the Wheat : How to determine the strength of a foodborne illness […]
As reported last Friday by Larry Parsons – Monterey Herald Staff Writer – in “Taking on the spinach stigma – Officials gather to discuss how to restore vegetable’s image after deadly E. coli outbreak,” a group of 60 people lunched Friday on fresh spinach, Congressman Sam Farr said with pride, which according to the FDA […]
Over the last several weeks I have been asked dozens of times about the origin of E. coli O157:H7 and the impacts upon people. I remembered an article written on January 6, 1998 By Gina Kolata of the New York Times entitled: Detective Work and Science Reveal a New Lethal Bacteria I have taken the […]
Interesting article that I hope has no applicability of the source of E. coli O157:H7 4NI Northern Ireland News reports that defense scientists secretly tested E. coli bacteria as a possible biological weapon in the 1960s, according to a Ministry of Defense report. According to the 1966 MoD report on the Porton Down laboratory in […]
The FDA has found nine positive E. coli O157:H7 samples from one of the four ranches implicated previously – several hundred environmental samples have been taken. The samples have been found in cattle feces, a water sample and in the intestinal lining of a feral pig (YES, they killed the pig). The positive samples from […]
When I was in Milwaukee Monday I had the chance to talk to the Rotary and to WTMJ News – here is part of the report on the station’s Spinach test for E. coli O157:H7 in bags of spinach off store shelves: E. coli killed three people and made 200 others sick. The culprit: bagged […]
States Can Move Faster Than the Federal Government to Implement Standards, Says CSPI WASHINGTON—The state of California should move quickly to adopt regulations governing the production of fruit and vegetables in California since no federal agency has yet adopted standards, according to the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). In a legal […]