Bill Marler is scheduled to speak at the National Steinbeck Center on February 28.
Mr. Marler will be the keynote speaker for an Ag Forum luncheon, and will concentrate his presentation on fresh produce contamination and litigation that follows outbreaks, such as the recent E. coli outbreak traced to fresh spinach.
The Food Safety Infosheet from the Food Safety Network focuses on pathogens that can be transmitted by pets.
Recently reported by the CDC was a study linking a household cat to E. coli in a two-year-old girl. The cat was not ill, but carried the bacteria.
Each spring, there are reports of children becoming infected
National Public Radio’s All Things Considered aired a story on lettuce production near Yuma, Arizona, the region where leafy greens are grown during the off-season in California’s Salinas Valley.
America gets much of its winter lettuce from the fields of Yuma, Ariz. But unlike the country’s other big lettuce region — California’s Salinas Valley —
The Bakersfield Californian reports that California State Senator Dean Florez will introduce controversial food safety legislation in the California legislature tomorrow. The legislation, which is being proposed in three separate bills, would:
With absolute certainty, another E. coli outbreak will explode, a visiting lecturer said Thursday.
John Besser, a clinical laboratory manager for the Minnesota Department of Health, was recently the guest lecturer a the University of Iowa. The MDH investigated an E. coli outbreak that had been traced to lettuce served at Taco John’s restaurants in
USAToday reports that one of the more controversial proposals in the food safety debate would require that farmers plow under a buffer zone between fields and "undisturbed, open, non-farmed land with evidence of wildlife," as well as ponds, rivers, wetlands and creeks. But many point out that the overwhelming evidence is that cattle manure, not
Fresh spinach contaminated with E. coli bacteria led to the death of Elizabeth "Betty" Howard of Richland, said her attorney, William Marler of Seattle.
Howard, 83, contracted E. coli O157:H7 from eating bagged spinach in September, the state Department of Health said.
The Tri-City Herald reports that Benton County Coroner Rick Corson said the cause
The Associated Press reports that California State Senator Dean Florez plans to introduce a bill that would create a system to track produce from farm to table, and would impose new regulations on the produce industry with the aim of reducing the likelihood for E. coli contamination, particularly in leafy greens.
In response to
The Moose Jaw Times Herald reports that fair organizers are increasingly addressing issues related to human-animal interaction.
The Western Fair that year had 61 cases of E. coli traced back to fair barns with seven confirmed cases, one leading to severe kidney illness. Since 2004, at least seven U.S. fairs have been sued over E.
The News-Leader, a newspaper out of Springfield, Missouri, posted questions and answers about E. coli on its Web site recently:
Q. What is E. coli?
A. E. coli is a bacteria. It is found in things with which we come into contact daily, including water and food. E. coli develops in the system when animals