Marler Blog

November 29, 2025

ByHeart Infant Formula went to 21 Countries. Are infants ill? Are they getting the BabyBIG botulism anti-toxin?

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 […]

October 25, 2024

McDonald’s E. coli Outbreak hits 75 in 13 States

As of October 24, 75 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from 13 states – Washington, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan. Illnesses started on dates ranging from Sept 27, 2024, to October 10, 2024. Of 61 people with information available, 22 have […]

E. coli HUS
October 25, 2024

Taylor Farms Onions pulled from Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC and Burger King after E. coli outbreak linked to McDonalds

As of October 24, McDonald’s has confirmed that Taylor Farms was the supplier of onions that have been linked to a deadly E. coli outbreak traced to Quarter Pounder burgers sold at the chain’s restaurants in at least 10 states. Slivered onions served on McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers have become the suspected source of E. coli 0157:H7 […]

E. coli HUS
October 24, 2024

Thank Goodness for Scientists doing the hard work understanding the risks of Onions

https://www.marlerblog.com/files/2024/10/Publications-Microbial-Safety-of-Onions_v.2024.pdf

Salmonella
October 23, 2024

Are Taylor Farms Onions the link to the McDonald’s E. coli Outbreak?

As they say, the plot thickens. The majority of people who have fallen ill, 26, are in Colorado, including 18 in Mesa County. The older adult who died lived in Mesa County. It is unclear where the one HUS victim resides. According to the Wall Street Journal “Taylor Farms, which supplied the onions to the affected […]

E. coli HUS
October 22, 2024

What You Need to know about the E. coli O157:H7 Bacteria during an Outbreak

E. coli is an archetypal commensal bacterial species that lives in mammalian intestines. E. coli O157:H7 is one of thousands of serotypes Escherichia coli.[1] The combination of letters and numbers in the name of the E. coli O157:H7 refers to the specific antigens (proteins which provoke an antibody response) found on the body and tail or flagellum[2]respectively and distinguish it from other […]

E. coli HUS
October 22, 2024

McDonald’s E. coli Outbreak – was it the beef or the onions?

CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are collecting different types of data to investigate a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections. Epidemiologic data show that Quarter Pounder hamburgers served at McDonald’s are […]

E. coli HUS
October 22, 2024

Listeria and Waffles – Not what’s for Breakfast

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE: THS) is voluntarily recalling certain frozen waffle products listed below due to the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such […]

Listeria
October 21, 2024

Off to Sun Valley to talk Food Safety

Here is the full Program – https://www.marlerblog.com/files/2024/10/2024-IMIFT-Symposium-Program-Version-10102024.pdf

Case News
October 21, 2024

Marler Clark files three more Listeria lawsuits against Boar’s Head

Families seek compensation for deaths of loved ones Seattle, WA –  Marler Clark, the Food Safety Law Firm, filed three additional Listeria wrongful death complaints against Boar’s Head today. One case was filed in Federal Court in New York, Complaint #1:24-cv-07184, and two were filed in Federal Court in Virginia, Complaint #3:24-cv-00737 and Complaint #3:24-cv-00739. Boar’s Head Listeria […]

Listeria
October 18, 2024

Schools in multiple states received Listeria tainted chicken

A recall of ready-to-eat meat and poultry items made by BrucePac has been expanded to include nearly 1.8 million pounds of additional products, for a total of more than 11.7 million pounds of products recalled over possible listeria contamination, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service says. The products were distributed to restaurants and […]

Listeria
October 18, 2024

FDA is busy with Outbreaks

Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria and Cyclospora outbreaks under investigation.

E. coli Salmonella +2
October 18, 2024

Salmonella Egg Outbreak over after nearly 100 Sickened

According to the CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback data showed that eggs supplied by Milo’s Poultry Farms were contaminated with Salmonella and made people sick. As of October 17, 2024, a total of 93 people infected with the outbreak […]

Salmonella
October 16, 2024

Nationwide Listeria Recall nears 12M Pounds

Details of this release were updated to note the addition of 1,779,040 pounds of product subject to recall, increasing the weight from 9,986,245 to 11,765,285 pounds. This recall release has also been updated to reflect that recalled products were also distributed to schools. A school distribution list is not available at this time.  FSIS wants to […]

Listeria
October 14, 2024

Marler Clark filed first wrongful death Listeria Lawsuit in New York against Boar’s Head

Copy of Complaint [1] https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/boars-head-provisions-co–recalls-ready-eat-liverwurst-and-other-deli-meat-products

Listeria
October 10, 2024

Marler Clark files wrongful death E. coli lawsuit in Montana

The Flathead City-County Health Department (FCCHD) and the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) worked to investigate an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak originating in Flathead County. Illnesses have been reported in Montana residents as well as people who visited Montana over the 4th of July week including Arizona, Oregon, Wyoming, Florida, Virginia and Canada. Copy […]

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