Posts Tagged ‘salmonella’
North Carolina?s Fourth Salmonella Outbreak in 2012 Leads to Another Salmonella Lawsuit
Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) June 11, 2012 The food poisoning attorneys at Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, along with Ashville law firm Roberts & Stevens, have filed a Salmonella lawsuit in Iredell County. The lawsuit, the third Salmonella-related suit filed by the two firms in 2012 [1,2], was filed on behalf of a North…
Read MoreMarler Clark Files Salmonella Lawsuit on Behalf of Child Sickened After Eating Pot Pie
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) October 11, 2007 Marler Clark filed a lawsuit today against ConAgra, whose Banquet and store-brand pot pies were identified as the source of a nation-wide Salmonella outbreak that has caused at least 152 confirmed cases of Salmonellosis and 20 hospitalizations. The lawsuit was filed in Federal District Court for the State of…
Read MoreTomatoes Source of Salmonella Outbreak: Attorney Calls on Tomato Industry to Make Food Safe for Consumers
SEATTLE, WA (PRWEB) November 3, 2006 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced today that at least 183 people in 18 states had been confirmed ill with Salmonellosis as part of a nation-wide outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium infections that has been traced to contaminated tomatoes. Twenty-two people were hospitalized during the outbreak, which…
Read MoreIn Wake of Papaya Salmonella Outbreak, Food Safety Attorney Calls on Government to Fund Food Safety Bill
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) July 27, 2011 On July 26, 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that 99 people, ranging in age from 1 to 91, are part of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak that has been traced to contaminated papayas imported from Mexico. At least 10 of the victims were hospitalized. …
Read More$1.4 billion safer food bill passed
The Senate passed legislation today to make food safer in the wake of deadly salmonella and E. coli outbreaks,this will potentially give the government broad new powers to increase inspections of food processing facilities and force companies to recall tainted food.The $1.4 billion bill passed the Senate 73-25.It will also place stricter standards on imported…
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