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 […]
I spoke with Jeff Elder of the Charlotte Observer yesterday afternoon during a break in mediation in Minnesota of nearly 20 E. coli-related illnesses: The scary goat-slaughter E. coli story is getting attention from national experts. “This is the most bizarre case I’ve seen in 15 years of doing food-poisoning cases,” Bill Marler, a Seattle […]
According to Channel 9, employees of the China Grove restaurant that was shut down because of an E. coli outbreak are speaking out, saying that the conditions at the Captain’s Galley seafood restaurant were deplorable. According to one employee, he was treated less like an employee, and more like a slave. “They’re not taking care […]
Sharif Durhams and Adam Bell broke the following story this morning: Restaurant linked to E. coli shut down Health officials closed a China Grove restaurant linked to a deadly E. coli outbreak today after learning some employees slaughtered a goat there last month. At a news conference this afternoon, Rowan County Health Director Leonard Wood […]
Let me first say that the meat industry had been doing something right. E. coli illnesses and outbreaks were down, and down substantially, from 2003 to a few weeks ago. From Jack in the Box outbreak of 1993 through the Summer of the ConAgra outbreak of in 2002, most of the work we did at […]
William Marler is the managing partner of Marler Clark. He began representing victims of foodborne illness outbreaks in 1993, when he represented Brianne Kiner in her $15.6 million E. coli settlement with Jack in the Box. In 1998, Mr. Marler joined his current law partners in a practice dedicated to representing victims of foodborne illness. […]
Mr. William Marler Marler Clark L.L.P., P.S. 6600 Bank of America Tower 701 Fifth Avenue Seattle, WA 98104 Dear Bill, As we approach the conclusion of my mother’s (Ruby LaFon Trautz) case, I wanted to thank everyone there for your work on behalf of my family. Though this letter is addressed to you, it is […]
According to the Associated Press: A woman infected with E. coli has died in a Rowan County hospital. Rowan Regional Medical Center officials say 86-year-old Faye Sides died yesterday of multiple organ failure related to the infection. Sides was 1 of 20 people who ate at a restaurant in China Grove and became ill about […]
William Marler, Herwig’s attorney, said in a statement that “meat suppliers must keep their focus on preventing contamination from happening.” A Minnesota woman who became ill and was hospitalized after eating beef linked to an E. coli outbreak has sued the companies that produced and sold the meat, claiming they acted with negligence. Anne Herwig […]
It is good to see that CNN will be airing Dr. Gupta’s show in our Nation’s classrooms over the next few weeks. My only thought is that the focus is primarily of the “leafy green industry,” when given the red meat recalls and illnesses over the last several weeks, we should be once again focusing […]
Ten Arizona grocery stores are identified as having sold recalled ground beef that have been contaminated with E. coli. Beef also shipped to, and people sickened in, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The beef, distributed by California-based United Food Group LLC, has been blamed for an E. coli […]
Several months ago during the height of the Spinach and Lettuce E. coli outbreaks I posted – I agree with the American Meat Institute? My point was that I believed that the AMI and the beef industry had in fact turned a significant corner in food safety. In fact I wrote: J. Patrick Boyle, President […]
I spoke with Tonya Mosley of our local NBC station this morning (See Video): The recalled meat is no longer on store shelves. SEATTLE – Attorney Bill Marler specializes in food safety cases, and the recent recall of 5.7 million pounds of meat has opened his eyes. “What’s happening right now is very concerning to […]
In August 2002, I wrote an Op-ed for the Denver Post entitled “Put me out of business – please.” That summer, the now infamous ConAgra case, started with a few sick kids in Colorado and quickly spread coast-to-coast, eventually triggering the recall of over 19,000,000 pounds of ground beef tainted with E. coli O157:H7. I […]
I had a quick chat with Steve Bjerklie of Meat and Poultry News Thursday afternoon while I was stuck in Minneapolis after meeting with several victims of the recent E. coli outbreaks, illnesses and recalls. Now that the recalls are topping over 5,000,000 (yes, that is 5 Million) pounds of hamburger and other red meat, […]
This is a CLASS I RECALL. Class I – This is a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death. United Food Group, LLC, a Vernon, Calif., establishment, is voluntarily expanding its June 3 and 6 recalls to include a […]