Latest Foodborne illness Stories

William (Bill) Marler, the Seattle attorney who represents victims of foodborne illness, is one of four honorees who will receive recognition at the Seattle University School of Law 40th Anniversary Celebration next month. Seattle, WA (PRWEB) March 08, 2013 William (Bill) Marler is one of four honorees who will receive recognition at the Seattle University School of Law 40th Anniversary Celebration next month. Marler will receive the Distinguished Law Graduate Award at a reception to be...

OTTAWA, Feb. 28, 2013 /CNW/ - Health Canada is reminding Canadians of the importance of food safety for people with weakened immune systems. When you are ill, your immune system can be weakened, which makes it harder for your body to fight off infections. Examples of people who may have weakened immune systems include transplant patients and those with diabetes, HIV, as well as some cancer patients. It is extremely important for people with weakened immune systems to avoid...

Automated boot and sole washers keep food-processing plants clean and efficient as industry strives to keep up with new rules in Food Safety Modernization Act. Peosta, Iowa (PRWEB) February 21, 2013 With the FDA's newly released proposed rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act, food producers strive to develop new plans or improve existing procedures to prevent bacterial contamination at its source and reduce outbreaks of foodborne illness. Carometec Food Technology has had...

OTTAWA, Feb. 19, 2013 /CNW/ - Health Canada is reminding Canadians of the importance of food safety for children ages five and under. Children ages five and under are at an increased risk for complications from food poisoning (foodborne illness). This is because their immune systems are still developing and they are unable to fight off infection as well as adults can. Young children also produce less of the stomach acid that kills harmful bacteria, which makes it easier for them...

Attorney William Marler says he is not surprised that a 124-person Salmonella outbreak has been traced to raw chicken products based on his own retail chicken testing results. Seattle, WA (PRWEB) February 15, 2013 The Centers for Disease Control and prevention announced late yesterday that between June of 2012 and January of 2013, at least 124 individuals from 12 states had become ill with Salmonella serotype Heidelberg infections. Most of the Salmonella outbreak cases were reported in...

Groundbreaking legislation poised to boost controls on imports, curb outbreaks. (PRWEB) February 12, 2013 Imported food may only represent 15 per cent of food consumed in the U.S., but it is also responsible for half of food-borne illness outbreaks, according to a newly released infographic by Intelex. The document outlines statistics related to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), a sweeping overhaul of American food safety laws that has been gradually rolled out over the last two...

A class action lawsuit alleging patrons of the Golden Corral restaurant in Casper, Wyoming became ill with norovirus after eating at the restaurant was filed Friday in Federal District Court in Wyoming. (PRWEB) February 09, 2013 Customers of the Casper, Wyoming Golden Corral filed a class action lawsuit against the restaurant Friday, 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...

Marler Clark represents 2 sisters who allege they became ill with Salmonella infections after eating raw kibbeh at a Macomb County restaurant in a lawsuit against the restaurant and its meat suppliers. Detroit, MI (PRWEB) February 08, 2013 Two Michigan-based meat suppliers and a restaurant were named as defendants in a Salmonella lawsuit brought by Seattle-based Marler Clark and Michigan-based attorney Michael Heilmann on Monday. The lawsuit (Macomb County Case No. 13-478-NO) was filed...

DALLAS, Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As seasonal flu trends begin to decrease, cases of a fast-spreading stomach bug known as 'Norovirus' continue to spread across the country, creating serious complications for patients, and continued demand on health care organizations. Concentra, a subsidiary of Humana Inc., is helping to educate consumers on some simple preventive ways to limit the exposure to this highly contagious virus. (Logo:...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Less than a week after the CDC warned of a salmonella outbreak due to contaminated ground beef, a new outbreak is being investigated due to contact with pet hedgehogs. The CDC is working with officials from the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and state health departments to investigate the latest outbreak. The Salmonella typhimurium outbreak is relatively rare, with only one or two cases reported...