July 3, 2020
A Salmonella outbreak linked to grocery store prepared food containing chicken sickened 15 people in New York City in May 2019. Using SaTScan software to conduct an automated spatiotemporal analysis of notifiable diseases, researchers were able to detect the outbreak…
July 3, 2020
A recall for Valley Milk Simply Bottled raw milk and DESI Milk raw milk has been issued after samples were positive for Campylobacter in tests performed by the California Department of Food and Agriculture. The agency issued a statewide recall…
July 2, 2020
A 16-year-old boy from Gonvick, MN was struck by a car while riding his bicycle in Polk County. The crash happened on Wednesday, July 1, shortly before 8:00 AM on Highway 92 and 410th Avenue. The bicyclist, Warren Thompson (16),…
July 2, 2020
Garland Ventures Ltd. of Garland, Texas has issued a recall for Five Cheese Stuffed Shells, sold nationwide at Walmart and other stores, for Listeria risk. The company said it was unaware of any illnesses associated with the product at the…
July 1, 2020
Six people in North Dakota developed Cyclospora infections after they ate Walmart’s Marketside brand salad served at a North Dakota restaurant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This North Dakota restaurant cluster part of a multistate…
July 1, 2020
A 13-year-old girl was injured when a car struck her bicycle in Cloquet, MN. The crash happened at about 1:20 PM on Tuesday when the teen was struck by a car at the intersection of Trettle Lane and Big Lake…
June 30, 2020
Food Safety Lawyer Fred Pritzker who is representing clients in the bagged salad Cyclospora outbreak says more testing is needed to accurately define its size. Pritzker, whose firm has represented clients in every major U.S. Cyclospora outbreak, says that based…
June 30, 2020
As the bagged salad Cyclospora outbreak grows, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun an investigation of the Fresh Express plant in Streamwood, IL where all of the salads linked to the outbreak were produced. This is the…
June 29, 2020
Two separate boat explosions in Florida caused several people to suffer serious burn injuries over the weekend. With summer on its way and states starting to re-open public boat ramps, more people will be out on the water. Not only…
June 29, 2020
A FedEx truck struck a nine-year-old girl riding her bicycle in Hibbing, MN last Tuesday. The incident happened shortly after 11:30 AM at the intersection of 31st Street West and Fifth Avenue West. Rose Sajevic was biking south on Fifth…
June 29, 2020
Our food safety attorneys are filing lawsuits on behalf of people sickened by Cyclospora contaminated salads sold at ALDI, Hy-Vee, Walmart, Giant Eagle, ShopRite and Jewel-Osco. If you consumed bagged ‘Garden Salad’ or any salad containing iceberg lettuce or red…
June 28, 2020
UPDATED June 29, 2020 Fresh Express recalls all branded and private label products containing iceberg lettuce, carrots and red cabbage made at its Streamwood, IL facility for potential Cyclospora contamination. This bagged salad recall was issued in connection with a…