Listeria Blog

"Surveillance and analysis on listeria news and outbreaks."

Author: Marler Clark is a Seattle law firm that also authors Cryptosporidium Blog, E. Coli Blog, Marler Blog, Food Poison Blog, Campylobacter Blog, Hepatitis 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 Listeria Blog

Beef Shaved Steaks Recalled For Listeria Contamination
These long holiday weekends rarely pass without a recall of some sort of food product. This time it's Home Market Foods, Inc., a Norwood, Mass., firm, which is recalling approximately 5,250 pounds of ready-to-eat frozen…
Kelowna Listeria Victim Not Related To Maple Leaf Strain
The Okanagan region of southeast British Columbia is a long way from the Maple Leaf Foods ready-to-eat meat processing plant outside Toronto. Nevertheless, an elderly Okanagan woman's death in September was blamed on the national…
USDA Follows On Georgia Warning With Recall Of Zeigler Wieners
The ZEIGLER WIENERS produced last Sept 22 and sold to food service institutions and retail establishments in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee were quickly recalled after listeria contamination was discovered and reported by the…
Georgia Finds Listeria In Alabama-Made Zeigler Hot Dogs
The Georgia Department of Agriculture is warning the public and advising the U.S. Department of Agriculture that some Zeigler Wieners are contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. State food scientists found the listeria in a sample of…
Canadian Food Inspection Agency Warns Public Not to Eat Ham From Mariposa Meats
Who ever knew? Mississauga, Ontario is a rapidly growing, debt free suburb of Toronto with a population larger than Seattle. Its known for its architectural excellence (Civic Center is pictured here). As of yesterday, however,…
Investigations And Lawsuits Follow Up On Canada's Listeria Outbreak
The aftermath of the listeria outbreak caused by contaminated ready-to-eat meats produced by Maple Leaf Foods in Toronto, Canada continues to generate some interesting news. The class action lawsuit that's underway has attracted support from…
Maple Leaf's CEO Calls For One Standard For Regulation In Canada
Maple Leaf Foods in Canada, responsible for 20 deaths from listeria that rode out of its Toronto plant on ready-to-eat meats, is not really out of the woods yet. Its turned to a new listeria-fighting…
Is PM Harper's Government To Blame For Maple Leaf Outbreak That Has Killed 20?
Is Canada's conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper ultimately to blame for the listeria outbreak from the Maple Leaf Foods deli meats? With 20 deaths already linked to the outbreak and another six under…
Florida Nabs Bad NY FISH INC Smoked Salmon
Canada has pretty well dominated the listeria news of late, but that changed today when the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) distributed a company press release for NY FISH INC. The Brooklyn-based company is…
Maybe Canada's Maple Leaf Execs Should Visit This Plant In South Dakota!
Among our friends is one who is high enough up in the agricultural hierarchy of the United States that his appointment required U.S, Senate confirmation. He has nothing directly to do with food safety, but…