Attorney William Marler is a partner at Marler Clark, the law firm that issued a class action lawsuit on behalf of people who reported getting sick after eating contaminated peanut butter. Since 1993, Bill Marler has represented...
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Attorney William Marler is a partner at Marler Clark, the law firm that issued a class action lawsuit on behalf of people who reported getting sick after eating contaminated peanut butter. Since 1993, Bill Marler has represented thousands of victims of E. coli, Salmonella, Hepatitis A, Listeria, Shigella, Campylobacter and Norovirus foodborne illnesses. As a trial lawyer, Bill has been involved in several cases of national importance.
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Home / Post of the Day / Update on FDA’s List of Food Recalled From The Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak of 2009
January 27, 2009
Update on FDA’s List of Food Recalled From The Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak of 2009. FDA has determined that PCA distributed potentially contaminated product to more than 70 consignee firms, for use as an ingredient in hundreds of different products, such as cookies, crackers, cereal, candy and ice cream.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday ordered tougher steps to curb salmonella and E.coli contamination in U.S. food processing plants and created a new deputy food commissioner post to coordinate safety in the wake of a salmonella outbreak. The administration, concerned by delays in identifying the source of the salmonella contamination that sickened more than 700 people in 46 states earlier this year, also moved to create a better tracing system for identifying the... Read Full Story
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Home / Featured / 2009 Peanut Butter Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak-Per The FDA
January 27, 2009
2009 Peanut Butter Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak-Per The FDA, As of January 26, 2009. A combination of epidemiological analysis and laboratory testing by state officials in Minnesota and Connecticut, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have enabled FDA to confirm that the sources of the outbreak... Read Full Story
The family of a 78-year-old man whose death may be linked to the widespread peanut butter salmonella outbreak has sued an Ohio company in connection with his death. The family of Clifford Tousignant filed the lawsuit against Kanan Enterprises, owner of the King Nut peanut butter brand, on Monday in U.S. District Court in Minnesota. Marler Clark — a Seattle-based law firm specializing in food-borne illnesses — and Minneapolis-based Jardine, Logan & O'Brien are representing the family... Read Full Story
The salmonella-tainted peanut butter was released into the market by a processor who allegedly knew that the food was tainted.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found that on 12 occasions in 2007 and 2008, Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) sent out peanut butter and peanut paste (ground roasted peanuts used in baked goods and candies sold in supermarkets) even though it knew there was salmonella in the ingredients or finished products, officials said yesterday during a press... Read Full Story
Peanut butter tainted with salmonella has claimed the life of a 72-year-old resident at a Minnesota Nursing Home. Consequently, the family of Shirley Mae Almer, have filed a food poisoning lawsuit against the manufacturer and distributer of the peanut butter in Hennepin District County in Minneapolis for her death.
The lawsuit names Peanut Corporation of America and King Nut Companies as the defendants in the matter. Peanut Corporation manufactured the contaminated peanut butter over the... Read Full Story
* FDA finds dead mice, droppings at Texas peanut plant * CDC sees new cases seen as consumers eat recalled foods * Senators introduce bill to expand FDA food safety powers (Updates throughout with FDA inspection report) CHICAGO (Reuters) - Dead mice and rodent droppings
were found throughout a Texas plant run by a company whose
peanut products caused one of the biggest food recalls in U.S.
history, food inspectors reported Tuesday. U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspectors who for the... Read Full Story
ATLANTA (AP) — Federal officials have not yet identified the cause of a salmonella outbreak striking almost 400 people in 42 states, but state officials in Minnesota said Friday they believe peanut butter may be involved.
On Friday, the Minnesota Department of Health said preliminary laboratory testing found salmonella bacteria in a 5-pound container of King Nut brand creamy peanut butter. The tests have not linked it to the type of salmonella in the national outbreak, but additional... Read Full Story
I have no words for this. I just found this post and wanted to send it to you immediately. I am really pissed off! When are we going to seriously start regulating the food and beverage industry! I could have eaten some of this peanut butter!!
FWO: Forwomenonline.com
Factory Knowingly Sent Contaminated Peanut Butter, Officials Say
By Lyndsey Layton Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, January 27, 2009; 8:03 PM
The Georgia peanut plant linked to a salmonella outbreak that has killed... Read Full Story
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It seems like everytime I write about a food problem it seems to involve Salmonella. Well this week we see a lot about Peanut Butter. This is a fast moving salmonella scare so I suggest that you watch the news and see whether your Peanut Butter is poisonous or not.
U.S. health authorities urged consumers Saturday to avoid eating peanut butter and products that contain it until they can... Read Full Story
