Thanks to Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie Indiana Star Press for his article today “January illness linked to employees – The Subway in Hartford City contributed to outbreak.” Once again ill subway employees sicken customers – See, Subway Restaurant Shigella Outbreak Lawsuits – Illinois (2010) and Subway Hepatitis A Outbreak Lawsuits – Washington (1999), and […]
The CBC reported yesterday that romaine lettuce is the likely source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in Miramichi in April that sickened 18 at a Jungle Jim’s Restaurant. Dr. Eilish Cleary, the chief medical officer of health, said all of those in the study who were sick with E. coli O157:H7 appear to have […]
Florida sees spike in Shigella too. James Mulder of the Syracuse Post-Standard reported to today that the Onondaga County Shigella outbreak has increased to 21 confirmed cases and 13 probable cases. This is up nine from last week. Dr. Cynthia Morrow, the county’s health commissioner, said her department has not yet pinpointed the source of […]
KOIN TV Sally Showman reported on a very interesting way of contracting Salmonella. A teenager was sickened by a strain of Salmonella that originated inside a Clark College microbiology lab earlier this month. “We believe the child could have been infected one of two ways,” Catherine Kroll, an epidemiologist with the Clark County Public Health […]
According to KTIV this morning: We’ll have to wait a while longer to learn the details of a lawsuit being filed by a former employee of Dakota Dunes-based Beef Products Incorporated. Bruce Smith has postponed a news conference he had scheduled for this afternoon at company headquarters. No explanation was given for the postponement and […]
According to the CDC, epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback findings have linked this outbreak of human Salmonella infections to contact with chicks, ducklings, and other live baby poultry from Estes Hatchery in Springfield, Missouri. A total of 66 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Montevideo have been reported from 20 states. The number of […]
According to KTIV TV, a “former BPI employee will file a civil lawsuit following the controversy surrounding lean, finely textured beef — or LFTB” (a.k.a. Pink Slime). “[T]he civil suit he’ll file against a ‘national news broadcasting company,’ and other individuals involved.” Here is the press release that propmted the story: “PINK SLIME” Press Release […]
CNN’s Scott Bronstein and Drew Griffin did a great job of telling the back-story on the deadliest foodborne illnesses outbreak in the US in 100 years.
Looking at the Salmonella Tuna Scrape (they really need a better name for it) outbreak numbers yesterday, it got me spending some of my day at work today looking at CDC data over the last few years on outbreak surveillance, investigations, announcements and governemnt or business recalls. Looking at the data, it is fairly clear […]
The CDC reported this week that a total of 390 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Bareilly (376 persons) or Salmonella Nchanga (14 persons) have been reported from 27 states and the District of Columbia. Of those sickened, 47 people have been hospitalized – fortunately no deaths have been reported. Investigation efforts of […]
This was testimony i gave before the House Energy and Commerce Committee which has oversight of the FDA. My testimony, along with that of over a dozen Marler Clark clients, was part of a years long push for passage of the Food Safety Moderization Act.
A total of 15 persons infected with the outbreak strain of STEC O145 infection have been identified in 6 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (2), California (1), Florida (1), Georgia (5), Louisiana (5), and Tennessee (1). Four ill persons have been hospitalized. One death has been […]
Illness onset dates range from January 1, 2012 to June 3, 2012. Wisconsin, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia and Texas hardest hit. The CDC reports a total of 390 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Bareilly (376 persons) or Salmonella Nchanga (14 persons) have been reported from 27 states and […]
Some people get bridges, schools or battleships named after them. The Rivera family named their newest family member Marler. I am very, very proud. Marler and me?
According to KKCO 11’s, Cecile Juliette, 91-year-old Lois Tufly from Fruita died from Listeria last September. Today, her family hired me to confirm it was Cantaloupe.