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Marler Blog
"Providing commentary on food poisoning outbreaks and litigation." Daily updates on food-borne illness reports and resulting nationwide product recalls as well as commentary on what governments and corporations should do as far as responding to current outbreaks and preventing future outbreaks.
Author: Marler Clark is a Seattle law firm that also authors Cryptosporidium Blog, E. Coli Blog, Food Poison Blog, Campylobacter Blog, Hepatitis Blog, Listeria Blog, Norovirus Blog, Salmonella Blog and Shigella Blog.
Blawg Related Categories: Consumer Law • Health Law • Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • Product Liability Law • Law Firm
Recent Posts from Marler Blog
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Settlements Reached in E. coli Lawsuits Against Aunt Mids and Santa Barbara Farms
On September 15, 2008, Ingham County Health Department (ICHD) was notified that nine students of Michigan State University (MSU) were seen in the emergency department over the weekend with gastrointestinal symptoms of abdominal pain, diarrhea,…
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Yet another E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak Linked to a Children's Animal Petting Zoo
Colorado health officials said yesterday that a Denver-area E. coli outbreak in January and February was likely caused by exposure to animals at the National Western Stock Show in Denver. The report Friday from the…
- E. coli Lawsuit Filed in Maine Against Fairbank Farms
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Settlement Reached in Yet Another E. coli Raw Milk Case
A confidential settlement was reached yesterday in the following outbreak: On May 12, 2008 the Lawrence County Health Department (LCHD) was notified of a case of HUS in a child with a history of bloody…
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Alamosa Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Leaky Water Tank
A state report has indicated the city of Alamosa ignored a recommendation to have a deteriorating drinking water tank inspected years before the 2008 outbreak that sickened hundreds. The final Department of Public Health and…
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Government Accountability Project (GAP) Speech of Protecting Food Integrity
I am the Luncheon Speaker Friday (I always find it odd when I am asked to speak over a meal). Here is the outline of Speech at The Government Accountability Project (GAP) - videos can…
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S 510 - FDA Food Safety Modernization Act "Mark-up" on to Senate Floor
It has been a busy few days. I spent all day and evening Wednesday trying to resolve a number of E. coli O157:H7 cases involving the Barbecue Pit and Nebraska Beef in South Georgia -…
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Barbecue Pit E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak and Nebraska Beef's Problem History
The E. coli Outbreak at the Barbecue Pit The E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that is the subject of this claim is but one part of a big, multistate outbreak that seriously injured dozens of innocent…
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Pictures from last week's China Food Safety Conference
For those avid blog readers who wondered what happened to me last week, I was doing more than hiking the Great Wall.
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WHO - a Global Approach to Food Safety
WHO was a presence at the recent China Food Safety Conference. Here is too hoping more governments - FDA and USDA - spend a bit more time thinking about food safety as a global issue.…


