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Food Poison Blog

Surveillance and analysis on food poison news and outbreaks.
By Marler Clark

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Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 12:57:03

Skokie Update: More ill with Salmonella in Skokie Country Club outbreak

Posted on July 01, 2010
The most recent report is that 37 people have suffered confirmed Salmonella infections in the Salmonella outbreak at Skokie Country Club in Glencoe, Illinois. Eight victims have required hospitalization, and two of those victims remain hospitalized...

The Battle of Over Raw Milk Heats Up

Posted on July 01, 2010
Food Safety Advocate Bill Marler educates the public about the potentially deadly risks of drinking raw milk The debate over raw milk is heating up. Advocates of the fresh-from-the-farm, raw dairy product, claim that it is rich in disease-fighting nutrients, which they believe are lost in the pasteurization process...

FDA Issues Draft Guidance on the Judicious Use of Medically Important Antimicrobials in Food-Producing Animals

Posted on June 30, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued draft guidance intended to help reduce the development of resistance to medically important antimicrobial drugs used in food-producing animals. Today's draft guidance outlines the FDA's current thinking on strategies to assure that antimicrobial drugs that are important for therapeutic use in humans are used judiciously in animal agriculture...

29 confirmed Salmonella illnesses, 7 hospitalizations, at Skokie Country Club

Posted on June 30, 2010
The Salmonella outbreak at Skokie Country Club in Cook County, Illinois, continues to grow. Currently, public health officials count 29 confirmed cases of Salmonella foodpoisoning linked to the Country Club, with 7 hospitalizations. Officials say they're also checking on more than 50 additional reports of salmonella-like symptoms in people who ate at the club...

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Boulder County Raw Milk Outbreak: Billy Goat Dairy

Posted on June 30, 2010
The Billy Goat Dairy in Longmont, Colorado has been ordered to stop distributing raw milk products after 16 people became ill after drinking the milk, including 2 children who were hospitalized. Of the people who reported becoming ill from consuming the milk products, lab tests confirmed the presence of Campylobacter and E...

86% of Illinois Subway employees cleared to return to work

Posted on June 30, 2010
After a Salmonella outbreak that claimed 97 confirmed foodpoisoning victims, and probably caused thousands of unconfirmed Salmonella illnesses, many employees at Subway restaurants involved in the outbreak have been cleared to return to work. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has been conducting stool tests on the Subway employees to determine whether they were infected in the outbreak as well, and thus represent an ongoing threat to consumers...

Tri-Union Seafoods Recalls 12-ounce cans of Chicken of the Sea brand solid white tuna in water

Posted on June 30, 2010
Tri-Union Seafoods LLC of San Diego is recalling select 12-ounce cans of Chicken of the Sea brand solid white tuna in water, because their seals do not meet standards, allowing the cans to be contaminated. No illnesses have been reported. The recalled cans were available in Wisconsin, Nebraska, Utah, Pennsylvania, New York, Maine, Colorado, Indiana, California and Oregon.

Report: Many Airline Meals Prepared in Unsanitary Conditions

Posted on June 28, 2010
Comedians have been getting "mileage" out of airline food jokes for years, but news today raises much more serious concerns about the safety of the food. A report by Gary Stoller at USA Today states that: Many meals served to passengers on major airlines are prepared in unsanitary and unsafe conditions that could lead to illness...

Salmonella Outbreak Under Investigation At Skokie Country Club in Glencoe, Illinois

Posted on June 27, 2010
Health officials in Cook County, Illinois are currently investigating 7 culture-confirmed Salmonella infections in folks who visited the Skokie Country Club in Glencoe. The source of the bacteria is not currently known, and the country club has closed its kitchen since Thursday while the investigation continues...

Kellogg Provides Info on Cereal Recall, Not Name of "Substance."

Posted on June 27, 2010
On Friday, Kellogg's recalled 28 million boxes of cereal. The Kellogg's website currently includes an FAQ section regarding the outbreak, although there are still questions left unanswered. Kellogg's does provide information on which products were included, and states that they were shipped nationwide...

Marie Callendar's Salmonella Outbreak Update

Posted on June 26, 2010
The CDC updated its official case count today in the Salmonella outbreak linked to ConAgra's Marie Callendar's brand Cheesy Chickena and Rice frozen meals. There are currently 37 confirmed cases of Salmonella Chester foodpoisoning illnesses in the ConAgra outbreak...

Kellogg Recalls Breakfast Cereals Due to "Bad Taste/Smell"

Posted on June 25, 2010
Kellogg announced today the recall of approximately 28 million boxes of cereal. According to a Wall Street Journal report, "some consumers could experience such temporary symptoms as nausea and diarrhea because of the liner in the packaging...

Salmonella lawsuits: the long term medical consequences of Salmonella infection

Posted on June 24, 2010
Ongoing (?) Salmonella outbreaks linked to Subway sandwiches and ConAgra's Marie Calendar's Cheesy Chicken and Rice frozen meals have spawned two law suits against the food companies. We filed suit on Monday against the Illinois Subway restaurant, and Doctors Associates (the parent corp for Subway), on behalf of Alicea Bush-Bailey, and on Tuesday against ConAgra on behalf of Dave Smith...

Another ground beef E. coli O157:H7 recall

Posted on June 24, 2010
South Gate Meat Co., a South Gate, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 35,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today...

Spinach tests positive for listeria in North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland

Posted on June 24, 2010
Lancaster Foods LLC, of Jessup, Maryland, recalled 10-ounce packages of Krisp-Pak Ready to Eat Hydro-Cooled Fresh Spinach yesterday after tests by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services confirmed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in product samples...

Consumers as kill step

Posted on June 24, 2010
The folks over at barfblog.com have created the following table showing outbreaks involving pre-cooked microwavable chicken products. Clearly, the first and best line of defense in outbreaks involving pre-cooked products is for the product manufacturer to not use contaminated ingredients, or ensure that the harmful bacteria are fully eradicated by cooking it thoroughly...

Louisiana clostridium perfringens outbreak . . . the aftermath

Posted on June 24, 2010
The Clostridium perfringens outbreak at Central Louisiana State Hospital in Pineville has claimed additional victims. In a good article on the outbreak and the officials who have resigned, or retired, in its wake,the Town Talk reports as follows: The administrator and associate administrator at Central Louisiana State Hospital both left the facility this week following investigations into the deaths of three patients from food poisoning at the Pineville facility...

Recalled ConAgra products still on store shelves

Posted on June 24, 2010
The State of Oregon's press release today is Exhibit A in our recent commentary on the significant public health threat posed by recalled products remaining on store and consumer shelves. In summary, the release states that, despite a widely publicized outbreak and recall linked to ConAgra's Marie Callendar brand frozen foods, certain stores in Oregon still have not removed all of the recalled products from its shelves...

Traceability in the ConAgra Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on June 22, 2010
Late last week, ConAgra recalled Marie Callendar's brand Cheesy Chicken and Rice frozen entrees due to Salmonella contamination. The recall occurred because the CDC had notified ConAgra of a possible association between its Marie Callendar's product and at least 8 Salmonella Chester infections in people nationwide...

Illinois Subway Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit

Posted on June 22, 2010
Today, along with Gary Newland of the Chicago-area firm Newland, Newland, and Newland, we filed suit on behalf of Alicea Bush-Bailey, who was sickened at an Aurora Illinois Subway restaurant. Ms. Bush-Bailey is one of many victims of the Salmonella outbreak linked to Subway restaurants in Illinois statewide...

Salmonella Outbreak in Central Kentucky, Source Unknown

Posted on June 22, 2010
At least six cases of Salmonella have been reported in people living in or near Berea, Kentucky. Both County and State health officials are investigating the illness, which covers three Kentucky counties. According to an online report: While it's not unusual to see this many cases of salmonella sickness in a year, it's unusual to see them at once, said Christie Green, spokeswoman for the Madison County Health Department...

Ground beef recall: E. coli O157:H7 contamination

Posted on June 22, 2010
Crown I Enterprises, Inc., a Bay Shore, N.Y., establishment, is recalling approximately 3,700 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today...

Major Stores Pulling Marie Callender's Cheesy Chicken and Rice Due to Salmonella Risk

Posted on June 21, 2010
In light of the large recall of Conagra'sMarie Callender's Cheesy Chicken and Rice Frozen Meals due to its link to at least 30 Salmonella Chester illnesses in 15 states, grocery stores across the country are scouring their freezers to ensure it is pulled off the shelf...

Illinois Woman Sickened in Subway Salmonella Outbreak Files Lawsuit

Posted on June 21, 2010
As the count of those sickened in the Illinois Subway Restaurant Salmonella outbreak hit 97, a Salmonella lawsuit was filed against Doctor's Associates, Inc., the restaurant chain's parent company. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Will County resident Alicea Bush-Bailey by Drew Falkenstein of food safety law firm Marler Clark and by Gary A...

30 Salmonella Chester Illness linked to Marie Callender's Cheesy Chicken and Rice Frozen Dinners in 15 States

Posted on June 19, 2010
CDC is collaborating with public health officials in many states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella serotype Chester infections...

Oregon and Minnesota at it again in ConAgra's frozen foods recall

Posted on June 19, 2010
Oregon and Minnesota's state health departments and departments of agriculture have again provided some of the critical epidemiological data in cracking the Salmonella outbreak linked yesterday to ConAgra's Marie Calendar brand cheesy chicken and rice frozen entrees...

Subway Salmonella serotype Hvittingfoss sickens 90 and hospitalizes 25

Posted on June 19, 2010
From an Illinois Department of Public Health press release. To help prevent a secondary outbreak of Salmonella serotype Hvittingfoss associated with SUBWAY® restaurants in the state, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is requiring food handlers in 46 restaurants currently linked to the outbreak, to have two consecutive test results that are negative for Salmonella serotype Hvittingfoss before being allowed to return to work...

DeLauro on Two Major Food Safety Recalls

Posted on June 19, 2010
15 million pounds of SpagettiOs and all Marie Callender's Cheesy Chicken and Rice frozen meals being recalled. Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-03) issued the following statement today in reaction to two major recalls announced by the USDA today. One focuses on the Campbell Soup Supply Company, LLC, of Paris, Texas, and approximately 15,000,000 pounds of "SpaghettiOs with Meatballs" which may have been under-cooked and could pose a health hazard...

First Salmonella Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Casa Lopez Patron

Posted on June 18, 2010
Young Man One of 45 Sickened in the Outbreak The first lawsuit stemming from an outbreak of Salmonella at Casa Lopez Restaurant in Athens, OH was filed today in the Court of Common Pleas. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Athens County resident Tyler Nay by his attorneys: Bill Marler of food safety law firm Marler Clark and Kate Ryan of Cincinnati-based Ulmer-Berne...

Salmonella Cases in Kentucky - Missing Link?

Posted on June 18, 2010
For the past week and a half, the Madison County Health Department has been monitoring an increase in positive tests for Salmonella, according to department spokesperson Christie Green. Six cases have and are all of the same strain, she said. "Epidemiologists believe the cases may be a cluster with a common source of infection," Green said...

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