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By Marler Clark

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Queseria Bendita Listeria-Contaminated Cheese Recall

Posted on February 21, 2010
The FDA announced yesterday a recall by Queseria Bendita of certain cheese products due to fears that the products are contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes. The potentially lethal bacteria has been found at the Queseria Bendita facility and in samples of unopened, recalled product...

Lawsuit to be filed tomorrow in Salmonella rissen white pepper outbreak

Posted on February 21, 2010
In the midst of ongoing salmonella and listeria outbreaks involving red pepper/black pepper/salami and Queseria Bendita cheese, we will file a lawsuit tomorrow in Oakland on behalf of the family of an elderly woman who died in April 2009 after ingesting white pepper contaminated by Salmonella rissen bacteria...

USDA-FDA joint statement on produce safety

Posted on February 19, 2010
Yesterday, the USDA and FDA released a joint statement on their intent to coordinate efforts to achieve better produce safety. See Salinas Valley, Leafy Green Vegetables, and E. coli for a description and summary of the problem. The joint statement reads as follows: The U...

Cargill Admits Fault in E. coli Case

Posted on February 19, 2010
According to KARE 11 News in Minneapolis. The Minnesota company accused of producing tainted meat that left a former dance instructor paralyzed has admitted fault in the case. According to documents filed earlier this month in the federal lawsuit, Cargill says it manufactured and sold a product that contained E...

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Daniele Inc. statement on ongoing outbreak and recall

Posted on February 18, 2010
In a statement released today, Daniele Inc. indicates that the black and red pepper that was included in its recalled salami products came from the same supplier, The statement reads, in part, as follows: On February 16, 2010, Daniele expanded this recall because of concerns about red pepper used at one of its plants...

Why Traceability Matters- Recalled Ground Beef in Schools?

Posted on February 18, 2010
As reported here earlier, "On February 12, 2010, Huntington Meat Packing, Inc., expanded its January 18, 2010 beef recall to include approximately 4.9 million pounds of beef and veal products that it produced in 2009 and the first few days of this year...

FSIS consolidated product list in Daniele Inc recall

Posted on February 18, 2010
In order to aid consumers, the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has consolidated into this one list all the of ready-to-eat Italian deli meats and sausages currently subject to recall by Daniele International Inc...

Red pepper? Black pepper? Other possibilities in the ongoing Salmonella salami outbreak?

Posted on February 18, 2010
In the last two days, information has continued to trickle in from several sources (primarily, and refreshingly, the company itself) about the ongoing salmonella outbreak linked to recalled salami and black pepper . . . and now red pepper. Yesterday evening, Daniele also disclosed that the supplier of the contaminated red and black pepper was the same entity, Wholesome Spice and Seasonings, who has long been associated with this outbreak...

Daniele, Inc. expands salami recall again

Posted on February 17, 2010
Daniele International Inc., an establishment with operations in Pascoag and Mapleville, R.I., is expanding its January 23 recall to include approximately 115,000 pounds of salami/salame products that may be contaminated with Salmonella, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today...

E. coli, Salmonella and Hepatitis A Litigation Sites Relaunched

Posted on February 17, 2010
Marler Clark developed E. coli, Salmonella and Hepatitis A litigation sites to keep clients up-to-date on current litigation being prosecuted by Marler Clark throughout the United States. The site is also a resource for Marler Clark co-counsel, print and broadcast media who are working on stories about outbreaks and outbreak-related litigation, and potential clients who are researching Marler Clark in anticipation of filing a claim...

As Daniele Inc recall expands, questions do too

Posted on February 17, 2010
Yesterday evening, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Daniele Inc is expanding its January 23 2010 recall of salami products to include another 115,000 pounds of potentially contaminated salami. See list of recalled products...

Retail distribution list for recalled Huntington Meat Packing beef products

Posted on February 17, 2010
On February 12, 2010, Huntington Meat Packing, Inc., expanded its January 18, 2010 beef recall to include approximately 4.9 million pounds of beef and veal products that it produced in 2009 and the first few days of this year. This expanded recall brings the grand total of beef products recalled since November 2009 (just 3 and a half months) to 5,672,000 pounds...

2010 beef recalls (due to E. coli contamination) continue

Posted on February 16, 2010
On February 12, 2010, Huntington Meat Packing, Inc., expanded its January 18, 2010 beef recall to include approximately 4.9 million pounds of beef and veal products that it produced in 2009 and the first few days of this year. This expanded recall brings the grand total of beef products recalled since November 2009 (just 3 and a half months) to 5,672,000 pounds...

Daniele, Inc. salami tests positive for multiple strains of salmonella

Posted on February 16, 2010
We have known for some time now that Daniele Inc.'s recalled salami products, and pepper sold by Overseas Spice Company and Wholesome Spice, were contaminated with more than one strain of Salmonella. We have also known for some time that the strains involved, or at least two of them, are Montevideo and Senftenberg...

YMCA Students Hospitalized in North Carolina

Posted on February 14, 2010
Six students were hospitalized after falling ill at a YMCA Youth and Government conference in North Carolina. In all, Wake emergency medical workers evaluated 150 students and adults who reported nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps and headaches after a catered dinner Friday night at the Raleigh Convention Center...

Criminal Investigation Prompts Huntington Meat Packing to Recall 4.9 Million More Pounds of Meat

Posted on February 13, 2010
Huntington Meat Packing Inc., a Montebello, Calif., establishment, is expanding its recall of January 18 to include approximately 4.9 million additional pounds of beef and veal products that were not produced in accordance with the company's food safety plan...

BARF, or biologically appropriate raw food for dogs and cats recalled due to Salmonella

Posted on February 13, 2010
Nature's Variety Recalls Raw Frozen Chicken Diets Nationwide Nature's Variety has initiated a voluntary recall of their Chicken Formula Raw Frozen Diet for dogs and cats with a "Best If Used By" date of 11/10/10 because these products may be contaminated with Salmonella...

BPI's Eldon Roth's speech at the National Meat Association's Annual Conference

Posted on February 13, 2010
We want to thank the NMA for the opportunity to speak with its membership again this year. We also want to thank those of you who have shown their continued support of BPI over the last several months and let you know what we plan to do to keep earning that support going forward...

STOP - Six Other E. coli's Could Be Lurking In Your Valentine Day's Dinner

Posted on February 12, 2010
CHICAGO, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- S.T.O.P.-Safe Tables Our Priority is asking the USDA to give a life-saving gift this Valentine's Day by declaring disease-causing E. coli's other than O157:H7 as adulterants in beef and begin testing for them...

Another lawsuit filed in Salmonella outbreak linked to salami and black pepper

Posted on February 12, 2010
Today Marler Clark filed a lawsuit on behalf of Raymond Cirimele, another victim of the Salmonella outbreak linked to salami manufactured by Daniele, Inc., and black pepper sold by Wholesome Spice Company and Overseas Spice Company. Another suit was filed on behalf of a Missouri man named Lee Hanks last week...

Lawsuit Filed Against Faribank Farms Over E. coli O157:H7 Ground Beef

Posted on February 12, 2010
Marler Clark filed a lawsuit today on behalf of Alice Smith against Fairbank Farms in Federal District Court in Maine. Ms. Smith, 88 years old, was hospitalized for weeks with an E. coli O157:H7 infection after consuming ground beef contaminated with the bacteria produced by Fairbank...

Lawsuit Filed Against Fairbank Farms Over E. coli O157:H7 Ground Beef

MeatPoultry.com - Dr. Elisabeth Hagen - Undersecretary of Agriculture for Food Safety

Posted on February 11, 2010
MeatPoultry.com, February 2, 2010 by Steve Bjerklie One of the meat industry's most respected yet sharpest and, arguably, its most litigious, critics says he is 'hopeful' about the nomination of Dr. Elisabeth Hagen to the crucial post of undersecretary of agriculture for food safety...

CDC Investigation Update: Multistate Outbreak of Human Salmonella Montevideo Infections

Posted on February 11, 2010
CDC is collaborating with public health officials in many states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the State of Rhode Island to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella serotype Montevideo infections...

CDC update on Salmonella Salami/Pepper outbreak

Posted on February 10, 2010
The CDC now counts 217 confirmed cases in the Salmonella montevideo outbreak linked to contaminated salami and pepper. As of 9:00 pm EST on February 8, 2010, a total of 217 individuals infected with a matching strain of Salmonella Montevideo have been reported from 44 states and District of Columbia since July 1, 2009...

Haifa Smoked Fish, Inc. Recall

Posted on February 08, 2010
The FDA has announced the recall of Haifa Smoked Fish brand vacuum packaged Whole Schmaltz Herring with the lot number 20, because the product was found to be uneviscerated. The risk to consumers is that, due to the errors in production, the fish may be contaminated with clostridium botulinum...

The Silence of the Peppers: Why it matters

Posted on February 07, 2010
We are currently investigating the illnesses of 15 people potentially sickened by Salmonella-contaminated Salami. There is the possibility, as well, that other products are contaminated by Salmonella montevideo or other strains of salmonella, yet we know virtually nothing about the whereabouts of the pepper...

The Silence of the Pepper Continues

Posted on February 07, 2010
It is Sunday, February 7, 2010; fifteen full days since Daniele Inc announced a recall of its salami products; and almost as long since the companies and investigating health authorities involved have either suspected or known that the ultimate source of illness in this large, and possibly growing outbreak, is black pepper...

CDC now counts 213 confirmed cases in Salami/Pepper Salmonella outbreak

Posted on February 05, 2010
The CDC has again revised its numbers in the Salmonella montevideo outbreak linked to Daniele Inc. salami and black pepper sold by Oversees Spices Company and Wholesome Spice. There are currently 213 cases nationwide, stretching from July 2009 to the present...

Marler Clark attorney discusses Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts

Posted on February 05, 2010
The massive Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak from February through April 2009 was featured in a story by WHAS 11 News in Louisville, Kentucky. Drew Falkenstein spoke with Channel 11's Adam Walser about the outbreak:

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