The FDA has published the following warning: Consumers worldwide should not use any ByHeart brand infant formula as all ByHeart products are included in this recall. As we know, as of November 26, 2025, a total of 37 infants with suspected or confirmed infant botulism and confirmed exposure to ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula (various […]
Customers of the Casper, Wyoming Golden Corral filed a class action lawsuit against the restaurant today, alleging they were part of a norovirus food poisoning outbreak that was traced to food served at the restaurant in December. The lawsuit was filed in Federal District Court in Wyoming (Case Number 3CV-024-J) by The Ochs Law Firm […]
On Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a draft quantitative assessment of the risk of listeriosis from soft-ripened cheese consumption in the United States and Canada. The risk assessment is a joint effort between FDA and Health Canada. View the Federal Register Notice for the assessment. The new FDA/Health Canada draft risk assessment […]
According to the White House Press Office, unless Congress acts by March 1st, a series of automatic cuts – called a sequester – will go into effect to cut $85,000,000,000 across all government programs. As for the impact of food safety, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could be forced to conduct 2,100 fewer inspections […]
You need a subscription to the National Law Journal to read: “Effort to help out gets plaintiffs firm booted from E. coli case,” but I will give you a bit of the flavor of the back story (here is the PDF). The bottom line is that we frequently get calls from people (including lawyers) all […]
Today, our global food supply is a long one. The lengthening of the supply chain allows more opportunities for problems to occur. Chris Fronzak, my client and lead singer for the heavy metal band Attila, consumed a spicy tuna roll containing Nakaochi Scrape at a Metairie, Louisiana restaurant while his band was on tour – […]
The Wyoming Department of Health epidemiologist Kelly Weidenbach-Vigil, MPH, published a through and well-reasoned report on the cause of the Restaurant-Associated Outbreak of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Natrona County, November – December 2012 (Download Report). The entire report is worth a read and underscores the real hazard of allowing ill employees to work. Here is a snapshot […]
This is another it what will be a long – too long – series of outbreak investigations where we have represented consumers in what I hope will be a cautionary tale, and a learning experience, for manufacturers of food. It was not that outbreaks linked to leafy greens had not happened before – 2006 was […]
In the summer of 2002 I received a phone call one morning from a fellow who had been up all night with diarrhea and vomiting. He had learned too that several others who had attended a wedding the prior weekend were sick as well. Thus started our investigation into the Brook-Lea Country Club Salmonella outbreak. […]
Living on the Pacific Rim and watching from my office the container ships glide into dock, makes you acutely aware of the global nature of our food supply. Tomorrow I will get a chance to talk to Australian beef producers about their risks in the U.S. Market. Australia 2013 from Bill Marler And, on Friday, […]
This is another it what will be a long – too long – series of outbreak investigations where we have represented consumers in what I hope will be a cautionary tale, and a learning experience, for manufacturers of food. I have told restaurant and grocery store associations many, many times that they are only as […]
Mine anyway. Let’s be honest: as an attorney who makes a substantial portion of his living by filing lawsuits against restaurants, it’s not in my financial interest to have the National Restaurant Association (NRA) change its position on mandatory hepatitis-A vaccinations for food-handlers. That being said, I think the NRA’s position is largely indefensible, especially […]
From KCPQ TV: Here’s some tips from Bill Marler, who is a personal injury lawyer and nationally recognized food safety expert, on how to avoid foodborne illnesses.
This is another it what will be a long – too long – series of outbreak investigations where we have represented consumers in what I hope will be a cautionary tale, and a learning experience, for manufacturers of food. Nebraska Beef and its meat-processing plant had a long history of safety and health violations, and […]
In April and May of 1998, public health officials in eleven states received an unusually high number of reports that patients receiving health care services for gastrointestinal illness had been diagnosed with Salmonella serotype Agona infections. The number of illnesses represented an eightfold increase over the median number of Salmonella Agona cases reported in those […]
San Jose Valley Veal, a Santa Clara, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 1,260 pounds of veal trimmings that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The following products are subject to recall: • 60-pound, cardboard box cases of “SAN JOSE VALLEY VEAL […]