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 […]
Public health has understandably been focused in 2020 on the pandemic that has killed almost 350,000 of our fellow citizens. However, in their “spare” time they, and their partners at the FDA and FSIS, have had more than a few food safety outbreaks to contend with. Thank you for the work you do. Here is […]
David Franklin, my friend and world famous artist, carved this 14 foot tall Kraken arm out of one cedar log. It is impressive to say the least.
Marler Clark started in 1998 – Five and a half years after the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak made foodborne illness outbreaks and litigation a thing. A few years later I had the honor of hiring our first Epidemiologist (I dare say we are the only law firm in the world with one), […]
I am not sure how many lawyers there are at Norton Rose Fulbright and Squire Patton Boggs (I actually do), but I think Marler Clark with 6 lawyers, is punching well above our weight. Norton Rose Fulbright: “We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more […]
The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) are out with their attribution (what foods are likely to be contaminated) for 2018. Here is the full report: P19-2018-report-TriAgency-508 Here is the Summary: Salmonella illnesses came from a wide variety of foods. More than 75% of Salmonella illnesses were attributed to seven food categories: Chicken, Seeded Vegetables (such […]
From the smart folks at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services: Time for our annual reminder that there’s one #holiday tradition you need to pass on: Raw meat sandwiches, sometimes called Tiger Meat or Cannibal Sandwiches. Many Wisconsin families consider them to be a holiday tradition, but eating them poses a threat for Salmonella, E. […]
John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that MEMET BEQIRI, also known as Matt Beqiri, 33, of Tolland, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford to two years of probation for fabricating E. coli test results at his meat processing business. Judge Thompson also ordered […]
The following is a list of outbreaks investigations being managed by FDA’s CORE Response Teams. The investigations are in a variety of stages, meaning that some outbreaks have limited information, and others may be near completion. A public health advisory will be issued for outbreak investigations that have resulted in specific, actionable steps for consumers to take to […]
The COVID-19 numbers are spiking nearly everywhere. Skip Thanksgiving and you will be able to skip the Christmas funerals. You also can skip arguing about who won the election.
Here is the PDF: Q3 Americas p108-113
I posted this on Food Safety News just before the US elections. Setting aside the fact that, after tomorrow’s election, the United States may well have a non-functioning democracy and that both its civil and criminal justice system may collapse under the weight of political violence. On that happy note, in the past, our civil […]
Marler Clark is proud to again donate to the Campaign for Equal Justice – I urge all law firms in the state to do the same.
Late Friday, the CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) reported that they are investigating a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections. As of October 22, 2020, a total of 10 people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes have […]
CDC, public health and regulatory officials in 14 states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigated a multistate outbreak of Cyclospora infections. As of September 23, 2020, a total of 701 people with laboratory-confirmed Cyclospora infections associated with this outbreak were reported from 14 states: GA, IL, IA, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, […]