The Honorable Bill Cassidy, M.D., ChairmanThe Honorable Bernie Sanders, Ranking MemberCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsUnited States Senate428 Senate Dirksen Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510 Re: Finish what the Senate started — botulism in infant formula, the shared milk and powdered-milk supply behind two outbreaks, and the case for hearings and parent testimony Dear Chairman Cassidy, […]
As the U.S. media generally is focused on the Topps E. coli recall, Dick Kaukas, reporter for the Courier Journal has become “Mr. E. coli” over the last week covering what is arguably a far more tragic story. Floyd County confirms two more E. coli cases – 10 now linked to outbreak at school As […]
Erin Billups of Capital News 9 did a great interview of our clients last night. The full interview and video can be found by clicking on the logo above. Some of the best quotes are below: “It was a typical, last day of summer camp — water balloons, face painting, cheeseburgers and hot dogs. Didn’t […]
UPI International has continued to follow the story of the second largest meat recall in U.S. history. U.S. experts said the recall of frozen hamburger meat that may have been contaminated by E. coli is likely to create concerns of rising E. coli outbreaks. Last week’s recall of 21.7 million pounds of Topps Meat frozen […]
Staten Island Advance reported this morning: Parents: Tainted hamburger sickened our daughter A 12-year-old Great Kills girl has been hospitalized on Staten Island for E. coli poisoning and her parents are convinced she became sick after eating a helping of recalled hamburger meat. Brianna DiMartini, 12, is in the pediatric intensive care unit of Staten […]
Peter Lattman – who blogs more than I do is at it again: E. coli Outbreak Inspires Vanity-Plate Naming Contest The nation’s meat supply is “the safest in the world,” a U.S. agriculture official said today, seeking to reassure consumers following the recall of 21.7 million pounds of ground beef by Topps Meat that may […]
Elizabeth Weise and Steve Sternberg of USA TODAY wrote a few moments ago: Company Expands Hamburger Recall Topps Meat Company has expanded a recall of frozen hamburgers to 21.7 million pounds of patties because they may be contaminated with a deadly type of E. coli, making it the second-largest ground beef recall in U.S. history. […]
Impero Food and Meats, Inc. is voluntarily recalling about 65 pounds of ground beef products because it may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria. The company’s president said the meat was distributed to five pizza restaurants in the Maryland area. The company also says the E. coli was found through routine sampling. Impero Food & […]
Bill Marler, food safety advocate and E. coli attorney, whose Seattle law firm, Marler Clark, has been contacted by five victims of the E. coli outbreak traced to the Topps 21,700,000 pound hamburger recall, called today on Topps to pay the medical bills and lost wages of all individuals who became ill with E. coli […]
Earlier this year J. Patrick Boyle, President and Chief Executive of the American Meat Institute, wrote in part in the New York Times: “Since 1999, the incidence of E. coli in ground beef samples tested by the Agriculture Department has declined by 80 percent to a fraction of a percent, a level once thought impossible.” […]
In June in an Op-ed I warned about the increasing recalls and illnesses tied to E. coli-tainted hamburger and red meat. Now, according to a press release by Topps: Topps Meat Company LLC, located in Elizabeth, NJ, has voluntarily expanded its recall announced on September 25 to include 21.7 million pounds of ground beef products […]
The Associated Press and the Belleville Press Democrat have continued to cover eight cases of E. coli infection reported over the past two weeks in Eastern Illinois. Two people have reported ill in Coles County, about 40 miles south of Champaign, and six cases were reported in nearby Effingham County, health officials said. In Effingham […]
Health officials suspect another Eight Matthew Ralph of the News and Tribune has continued to follow this story: The number of laboratory-confirmed E. coli cases has reached eight with another eight suspected all from the same group of cases linked to Galena Elementary, health officials said Friday. Dr. Tom Harris, Floyd County health officer, said […]
MSNBC and AP reports: USDA finds that Topps’ plant has inadequate safety measures Federal inspectors said Friday that they suspended the grinding of raw products at the Topps Meat Co. after finding inadequate safety measures at the plant, which is being investigated because of E. coli bacteria-tainted hamburgers that may have sickened 25 people. U.S. […]
This year’s E. coli outbreak is larger than the one from the Clackamas County Fair in 2006, when the bacteria infected four people, sending one to the hospital, said William Keene, an epidemiologist for the Oregon Public Health Division. According to the Portland Oregonian, seven people who attended the Clackamas County Fair contracted E. coli […]
We have been contacted and retained by four families as of an hour ago. I thought it might be helpful to let my faithful blog readers know that this is not the first time Topps product has sickened people: www.ecoliblog.com The other interesting fact is that outbreaks and recalls of E. coli (after a several […]