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Marler Blog
Trader Joe’s Tarragon Chicken Salad Wraps Named in First Lawsuit as E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak Grows to 50 Sick and the Agencies Still Will Not Name the Brand
By Bill Marler
As of October 15, 2026, the FDA’s table of active outbreak investigations counts 50 people sick with E. coliO157:H7 in an outbreak the FDA and the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service have tied…
Marler Blog
Maricopa County’s Final Report on the 2025 Arizona State Fair E. coli Outbreak: 18 Sick, 11 Hospitalized, 6 with HUS – and Hand Sanitizer Was Not Enough
By Bill Marler
The Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) has released its final report on last fall’s Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) outbreak. In the report, the source is called “Event…
Food Safety News
Miami company recalls sprouts in Florida, New Hampshire because of E. coli contamination
By News Desk
LEASA Industries Co. Inc. of Miami, FL, has recalled its alfalfa sprouts because of possible contamination with E. coli.The recall was not posted on the Food and Drug Administration’s main…
Marler Blog
Thirty-Eight People Are Sick From Chicken Wraps Nobody Will Name. The Wraps Were “Proactively Removed,” So There Is No Recall, No Store List and No Alert. This Outbreak Fell Through Both Holes My Two Citizen Petitions Are Written to Close.
By Bill Marler
On October 7, 2026, FDA’s outbreak investigation table named the vehicle in the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak it shares with USDA, FDA #1421 and FSIS 2026-04: “ready-to-eat multi-ingredient chicken wraps.” Thirty-eight people are sick.…
Marler Blog
FDA Says the E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak It Shares With USDA Came From Ready-to-Eat Chicken Wraps. Thirty-Eight People Are Sick, the Wraps Were Pulled Before the Link Was Confirmed, and Neither Agency Will Say Whose Wraps They Were.
By Bill Marler
As of October 7, 2026, FDA’s outbreak investigation table says the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak it has been working with USDA since September, FDA reference #1421 and FSIS 2026-04, has a vehicle: ready-to-eat multi-ingredient…
Food Poison Journal
CDC Updated Its Closed Frozen Blueberry E. coli O145 Outbreak Page on October 5 to Point to a Bigger Recall: Great Value Organic Blueberries and Triple Berry Blend at Walmart in 30 States and Trader Joe’s Organic Mixed Berry Blend in 26 States, With Best-By Dates Into 2028. Check Your Freezer.
By Bill Marler
As of October 5, 2026, CDC’s page on the E. coli O145:H28 outbreak linked to frozen organic blueberries still counts 17 people sick in Florida and Georgia, 6 hospitalized and no deaths, and…
Marler Blog
The American Academy of Pediatrics Says Raw Milk and Raw Milk Cheese Should Not Be Sold at All. I Am Only Asking FDA for a Warning Label. Thirteen People Sick With E. coli From Graziers Cheese, Most of Them Five or Younger and Three With Kidney Failure, Say We Are Both Right.
By Bill Marler
On October 5, 2026, the American Academy of Pediatrics published a policy statement in Pediatrics calling for a ban on the sale and distribution of raw milk and raw milk products, including…
E. coli Blog
LEASA Alfalfa Sprouts Recalled for E. coli in the Seed: 4-Ounce and 6-Ounce Clamshells, Expiration Dates September 4 to 18, from a Miami Grower, as 76 People in 16 States Are Sick in the Alfalfa Sprout Outbreak
By Bill Marler
As of October 5, 2026, LEASA Industries Co., Inc. of Miami, Florida has recalled its LEASA Living Alfalfa Sprouts (4-ounce clamshells) and LEASA Alfalfa Sprouts (6-ounce clamshells) with expiration dates…
Marler Blog
Taylor Farms and Mexico’s Health Ministry Now Make the Same Cyclospora Argument. The Produce Industry’s Own Association, FDA and CDC Rejected It in September. Here Is a Specific Request to Eight People Before the Industry Meets in Orlando.
By Bill Marler
I spent four hours Sunday morning taking the deposition of an expert retained by the defense in the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak of November 2024 – the one traced to romaine lettuce…
Marler Blog
Twenty Years After Spinach: What the Produce Industry Got Right, Got Wrong, and Should Do Next
By Bill Marler
In September 2006, bagged baby spinach grown in California’s Salinas Valley sickened over 200 people with E. coli O157:H7 and killed five of them. For a few weeks you could not give…