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Marler Blog
Arizona, California, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Utah and Wisconsin hardest hit in Salmonella Cantaloupe Outbreak
By Bill Marler
Since the last update on December 7, 302 people infected with one of the outbreak strains of Salmonella have been reported from 42 states. Illnesses started on dates ranging from…
Food Poison Journal
FDA updates Outbreak Table with Salmonella, Listeria and Lead Outbreaks
By Bill Marler
For the outbreak of Salmonella Newport (ref # 1201), the case count has increased from 40 cases to 42 cases. For the outbreak of Salmonella Sundsvall (ref #1203) linked to cantaloupe, the recall was…
Marler Blog
Past Salmonella and Listeria Cantaloupe Outbreaks and Lawsuits
By Bill Marler
Marler Clark has been in the lead for all the Cantaloupe Outbreaks Lawsuits over the last decades. Here is a sampling: Caito Foods Melon Salmonella Outbreak – Multistate (2018) Chamberlain…
Marler Blog
FDA Active Outbreak Investigations – what do we know this Sunday Night?
By Bill Marler
The FDA is busy trying to find the links to two E. coli outbreaks that have thus far sickened 12 and 37. Interestingly, neither the FDA, CDC nor any state…
Food Safety News
Iceland saw a low number of illnesses and outbreaks in 2022
By News Desk
Icelandic officials have published data on the number of confirmed foodborne infections and outbreaks in the country in 2022. Iceland recorded four infections caused by E. coli. This included three…
Food Poison Journal
Shigella Outbreak hits conference at Westin Bonventure in Los Angeles
By Patti Waller
Outbreak of Shigellosis likely associated with a Conference at Westin Bonventure Hotel Venue in Downtown Los Angeles, August 21-24, 2023. Alameda County Public Health Department, in coordination with the California Department…
Food Safety News
More than 260 patients in daycare outbreak; inspectors find roaches in kitchen
By Coral Beach
Overnight, more patients were lab-confirmed as being infected with E. coli, bringing the total to 264 people infected in an outbreak linked to daycare centers in Calgary, Canada. A total…
Food Poison Journal
E. coli Outbreak tied to Fueling Brains Daycare hits 128 with 25 hospitalized and 9 with hemolytic uremic syndrome
By Bill Marler
According to press reports, the number of lab-confirmed cases of E.coli connected to an outbreak at Calgary daycares has ballooned to 128, Alberta Health Services said in an update Thursday. …
Food Safety News
Salmonella outbreak linked to ShopRite ground beef declared over by CDC
By Coral Beach
The CDC has declared an outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul infections to be over with 18 people having been sickened. Investigators linked the outbreak to ground beef sold at ShopRite stores…
Food Safety News
FDA won’t say what brand of Pico de Gallo was source of Salmonella in outbreak
By Coral Beach
The FDA is reporting that Pico de Gallo was behind a Salmonella outbreak that sickened almost 40 people. Although investigators identified the cause of the outbreak, the Food and Drug…