Listeria Lawsuit for Ricotta Cheese Victims Followed by Expanded Forever...
One week after Listeria attorney Fred Pritzker filed the first lawsuit against Whole Foods Market and Forever Cheese in connection with an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections, Forever Cheese...
View ArticleWith the Recall Only 20 Days Ago, and a Listeriosis Incubation Period of 70...
According to the CDC on September 27, 2012, a total of 18 persons infected with the outbreak-associated strain of Listeria monocytogenes have been reported from 12 states and the District of Columbia....
View ArticleWashington Should Do More to Protect Us from Food Illnesses – by Paul...
My father was a World War II veteran, double Purple Heart recipient, avid sports fan and all-American hero. Tragically, it was a cantaloupe laced with the lethal bacteria listeria that ultimately...
View ArticleDeath Toll in Forever Cheese Listeria Outbreak Now 4
Collaborative investigation efforts of local, state, and federal public health and regulatory agencies indicate that imported ricotta salata cheese is the likely source of this outbreak. On September...
View ArticleWhole Foods Cheese Listeria Outbreak
Almost half of the illnesses confirmed in the Whole Foods cheese Listeria outbreak were related to pregnancies — sometimes in the mothers and sometimes in their babies. Tragically, the outbreak also...
View ArticleWhole Foods Ricotta Listeria Recall
The Whole Foods Ricotta Cheese Listeria recall and outbreak has been somewhat confusing to consumers given the labeling variations that took place when the imported Italian ricotta salata cheese was...
View Article2011 Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak Focus of Public Address Friday
Nationally recognized attorney and food safety advocate Bill Marler will discuss the 2011 Listeria outbreak traced to “Rocky Ford” cantaloupes during a public address at the University of Arkansas...
View ArticleMy Listeria Cantaloupe Client and King Sooper, Freshpack, Frontera, Jensen...
That was the call I got this week. Jim Weatherred, after battling both Listeria and Multiple Myeloma, has called in Hospice so he can die with dignity surrounded by friends and family. Jim just turned...
View ArticleListeria and Cheese Do Not Mix
In 2012 the CDC collaborated with public health and regulatory officials in several states and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes...
View ArticleDeadly Listeria Cheese – 22 Sick with 4 Dead in 13 States
In 2012 the CDC collaborated with public health and regulatory officials in several states and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes...
View ArticleListeria Cheese Sickens Mom and Kills Baby
22 sickened with 4 deaths. One of those illnesses was our client. One of those deaths was her and her partners son. In 2012 the CDC collaborated with public health and regulatory officials in several...
View ArticleListeria Recall – Cold Smoked Salmon
Einstein Bros. issued a recall Monday of a smoked salmon product that the Lakewood, Colo.-based bagel chain sells, saying its supplier notified it of a potential bacteria threat in the food. P otential...
View ArticleRecall Expanded On Cold Smoked Salmon Due to Listeria Risk
As precautionary measure, Delifish has decided to expand the voluntary recall to include cold smoked products related to Julian dates 235 to 345, the previous voluntary recall included cold smoked...
View ArticleMore Cold Smoked Salmon with Listeria and Reasons Why
As precautionary measure, Delifish has decided to expand the voluntary recall to include cold smoked products related to Julian dates 235 to 345, the previous voluntary recall included cold smoked...
View ArticleWhen Cheese Kills – Listeria Jindi Camembert and Frescolina Marte Ricotta Salata
In Australia a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to soft cheeses has sickened 18 people; two victims have died and one woman miscarried as a result of infection with the bacteria. The outbreak...
View ArticleChicken Salad Recalled Due to Listeria Risk
Knott’s Fine Foods, Inc. of Paris, TN, is voluntarily recalling its 3 ounce Chicken Salad Sandwiches with an expiration date of 1/29/13 and earlier because they have the potential to be contaminated...
View ArticleMissa Bay, LLC Listeria Warning Letter
We inspected your manufacturing facility, located at 2339 Center Square Road, Swedesboro, NJ 08085 from July 27 through August 23, 2012 in response to a report from US Army Public Health Command that a...
View ArticleFDA Listeria Warning Letter to Gioia Cheese Co., Inc.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected your cheese manufacturing facility, located at 1605 Potrero Ave., South El Monte, CA 91733-3018, from August 22 through 29, 2012. During our...
View ArticleSprouters Northwest Expands Listeria Recall to Include Wheatgrass and Pea Shoots
Sprouters Northwest is voluntarily recalling all varieties of sprouts products, wheatgrass and pea shoots due to the potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause...
View ArticleNot Learning from History: A Listeria and Salmonella Outbreak a Year Apart
I am always a bit shocked that we seem never to be able to learn from history – even if it is recent. Largest Death Toll in Decades In September 2001, a total of 147 persons infected with any of the...
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