Seattle attorney William Marler called today on Cargill to front medical costs for victims of an E. coli outbreak traced to the company’s frozen ground beef patties. Victims of the outbreak include families of children who have been hospitalized in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
“Without assistance in the form of monetary compensation for
Arko Veal Co., a Forest Park, Ga., establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 1,900 pounds of ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
The beef products were were distributed to restaurants in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. There was no retail distribution of these products.
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Federal regulators will be meeting to discuss the incidence of E. coli outbreaks and illnesses that can be attributed to E. coli strains that produce Shiga-toxins, but are not E. coli O157:H7.
For years, E. coli 0157:H7 has been the only strain being the focus of government oversight and has prompted massive nationwide food recalls.
Three students from Wisconsin and two North Carolina children were added to the number of E. coli illnesses caused by consumption of E. coli-contaminated ground beef patties produced by Cargill and sold by Sam’s Club today.
The Wisconsin students all ate hamburgers served at a cookout before a soccer game on campus. The North
At least five Wisconsin residents have been diagnosed with E. coli, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
Health officials are working to determine whether the Wisconsin cases have a link to earlier cases reported in Minnesota that were traced back to consumption of E. coli-contaminated hamburgers produced by Cargill and sold at Sam’s Club.
One of
An E. coli outbreak among children who attend Galena Elementary School may not have come from a source inside or close to the school.
DNA test results have shown a link between the strain of the E. coli in the Galena cases with an isolated case reported outside the county in August.
“This finding suggests
Marler Clark client Emily McDonald’s mom Catherine is thankful that doctors did not treat her daughter with antibiotics without knowing whether she was suffering from E. coli or not. The administration of antibiotics is believed to be a potential contributing factor to children developing hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Antibiotics and painkillers can slow the expulsion
Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation is voluntarily recalling approximately 845,000 pounds of frozen ground beef patties produced at its Butler, Wis., location because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
The frozen ground beef patties were produced on various dates from Aug. 9 through Aug. 17, 2007, and were distributed to retail establishments, restaurants
The Minnesota Department of Health have announced that ground beef patties purchased from Sam’s Club stores in Minnesota have been identified as the source of an E. coli outbreak.
Hamburger patties purchased from Sam’s Club stores in Eagan, Maple Grove and White Bear Lake have been implicated as the cause of 4 cases of E.
Topps Meat Company, the company whose ground beef products were identified as the source of an E. coli outbreak and recalled over 21 million pounds of ground beef in recent weeks, closed today. It is closing its business six days after it was forced to issue the second-largest beef recall in U.S. history and 67