I asked our AI friends – What are the pros and cons of replacing FDA Commissioner Makary with me – here is the response? This is a very timely question — Makary resigned as FDA Commissioner today, May 12, 2026, amid reports of internal tensions and policy clashes, with the vaping dispute reportedly being a […]
Michael Schroeder of the Journal Gazette reports that since a server at the Coventry Pizza Hut was diagnosed with hepatitis A nearly two weeks ago, no related cases have been reported. But health officials – fully aware of the virus’ average month-long incubation period during which infected persons exhibit no outward symptoms – are keeping […]
In an article titled "Eateries fear ugly backlash: E. coli in hamburger," Chris Kitching of the Winnipeg Sun reports that a Winnipeg burger joints that unknowingly sold E. coli-contaminated beef from an outside source are worried the publicity will turn people away from their food. Mrs. Mike’s, Dairi-Wip Drive-In on Marion Street, and VJ’s Drive-In […]
I expect soon to receive the below email commenting on the recent tragic death and thirty illnesses tied E. coli contaminated hamburger served at a Minnesota church dinner: “It is not the failure of the Meat Industry in not keeping cattle feces out of hamburger that sickened the people. It is the fault of the […]
Marler Clark has seen an increase in business recently, and in light of the current E. coli outbreak in Minnesota, I think that increase might be courtesy of the United States Department of Agriculture. This is the agency that is responsible for, among other things, testing ground beef to ensure that the consuming public has […]
Recently at the 93rd annual meeting for the International Association for Food Protection in Calgary, Alberta, Canada I spoke on: “Making Foods Safer: How Outbreaks Can Influence Change,” on the topic of whether litigation helps food safety in the United States. I also spoke on the topic of raw milk consumption and sale, addressing legal […]
Lois Collins of the Deseret Morning News has reported more on the Wendy’s outbreak: Wendy’s restaurant chain is being sued by a Weber County family after the Weber-Morgan Health Department identified a North Ogden Wendy’s as the probable link in four confirmed E. coli infections in June. Seattle law firm Marler Clark and Salt Lake […]
BE VIGILANT ON E. COLI SAYS MUM A MOTHER whose toddler daughter almost died after contracting the E.coli bug has issued a warning for parents to be vigilant. The 29-year-old woman and her 18-month-old daughter were both admitted to South Tyneside District Hospital in April with the 0157 strain of the infection. The youngster’s condition […]
Marler Clark today filed a lawsuit against Wendy’s, the Dublin, Ohio-based restaurant chain whose North Ogden, Utah, restaurant was traced as the source of an E. coli O121:H19 outbreak in late June, 2006. Marler Clark filed the lawsuit on behalf of Weber County residents William and J. Corey Cohron and their two young sons. The […]
GREAT ARTICLE – NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DID A STORY ON THE JACK IN THE BOX CASE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. Sean Markey for National Geographic News August 7, 2006 The bacteria that cause a common food-borne illness show low drug resistance in Australia, unlike similar strains from the United States and Europe, a study has found. Scientists […]
The below is the Press Release directly from the Weber-Morgan Health Department. Although the vector of the illnesses seems to be lettuce, it is most likely that the cause was not directly lettuce, but cross-contamination between hamburger and lettuce – See earlier post Another Wendy’s E. coli Outbreak? PRESS CONFERENCE RELEASE Weber-Morgan Health Department (Utah) […]
It is interesting that of the four confirmed cases, three developed Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), a severe, life-threatening complication of an E. coli O157:H7 bacterial infection. Although most people recover from an E. coli O157:H7 infection, about 5-10% of infected individuals goes on to develop HUS. If 5-10% develop HUS, one would think that the […]
A story by Reed Cowan of ABC4 finally named Wendy’s as the source that exposed 100 people to E. Coli at convention. From the article: An E. Coli outbreak in North Ogden has health department officials pointing fingers at a Wendy’s fast-food restaurant. It happened in June when some three hundred educators were attending a […]
The Associated Press reported last night that more than 100 people were exposed to E. coli bacteria, possibly from tainted lettuce served at a convention in June, and at least three were confirmed as contracting the disease, according to the Weber-Morgan Health Department. The health department said “the June 28-30 convention was catered by a […]
In the last few weeks Marler Clark has been contacted by victims, mostly parents of young children, of E. coli O157:H7. The food they consumed is primarily hamburger, but lettuce has also been implicated. Four recalls of E. coli O157:H7 contaminated meat have also been announced in the last month. There are at least two […]
We have it on good authority that the restaurant discussed in the Standard-Examiner’s article “Officials mum on E. coli outbreak” may be Wendy’s. The Health Department was expected to confirm in a press conference Friday. Interesting, Wendy’s was implicated in another lettuce-related outbreak in Oregon a few aears ago. Here is the analysis we did […]