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Food Poison Journal
97 Confirmed Foodpoisoning Cases Linked to Chinn’s Crab House, Wheeling, Illinois
By Dave Babcock
The Cook County Department of Health has confirmed that 97 people have been stricken with a gastrointestinal illness after eating at Bob Chinn’s Crab House in Wheeling, Illinois. It is…
Food Safety News
Congressional Probe Finds Many to Blame for Listeria Cantaloupe Outbreak
By Dan Flynn
The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce might have substituted a photo for its brief investigation report, released Tuesday, on the outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infection from contaminated cantaloupes…
Food Poison Journal
Notable Listeria, Campylobacter and Botulism Illness Outbreaks of 2011
By Bill Marler
Over at Outbreak Database, we have been keeping track of foodborne illness outbreaks – small and large – over the last 12 months. Here are some of the more interesting…
Food Poison Journal
Salmonella Lawsuits Filed in New York and Illinois by Marler Clark
By Bill Marler
Marler Clark, the nation’s leading law firm dedicated to representing victims of Salmonella filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a Chicago El Gran Burrito restaurant. This is the second lawsuit…
Marler Blog
Real Raw Milk Facts – Organic Pastures 2011 E. coli Outbreak
By Bill Marler
According to a California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Press Release - Raw milk products produced by Organic Pastures of Fresno County, with the exception of raw colostrum, have…
Food Poison Journal
CDC Outbreak Response Team – 2011 was a Busy Year
By Bill Marler
While many of us have been wondering what the Kardashians will do next, or who will be cut from dancing with the stars, or what silly thing the Republican Presidential…
Food Safety News
Letter From The Editor: Is That All There Is?
By Dan Flynn
Peggy Lee always sang girl songs with an edge. Consider the one that included these lyrics:Is that all there is, is that all there is If that's all there is my…
Listeria Blog
Listeria outbreak traced to Colorado leaves damaged survivors in its wake
I posted this over at Marler Blog: Michael Booth and the Denver Post should get the Pulitzer for their extensive coverage of the Colorado homegrown Listeria outbreak that is now…
Marler Blog
Another Raw Milk Dairy E. coli Outbreak in Washington and a bad month for Raw Milk
By Bill Marler
Over Thanksgiving week, Cozy Vale Creamery’s raw milk products were recalled because they were linked to three E. coli O157:H7 illnesses and after environmental swabbing at the facility discovered that…
E. coli Blog
St. Louis E. coli Outbreak Hits 36
By Bill Marler
Missouri health officials on Wednesday raised to 36 the total number of people sickened since October 7 in an E. coli outbreak in the St. Louis area. There have been…