Comments for The Food Safety Lawyer http://thefoodsafetylawyer.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 27 May 2010 03:54:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Young HUS Victim From Ohio Escaped Death by Pritzker Olsen E. coli-HUS Client Featured in New York Times Article | The Food Safety Lawyer http://thefoodsafetylawyer.com/2010/05/young-e-coli-hus-victim-from-ohio-escaped-death/comment-page-1/#comment-422 Pritzker Olsen E. coli-HUS Client Featured in New York Times Article | The Food Safety Lawyer Thu, 27 May 2010 03:54:15 +0000 http://thefoodsafetylawyer.com/?p=571#comment-422 [...] client Emily Grabowski was featured in a May 27, 2010 New York Times article about the E. coli O145 outbreak involving [...] [...] client Emily Grabowski was featured in a May 27, 2010 New York Times article about the E. coli O145 outbreak involving [...]

]]> Comment on WI Raw Milk Sickens 35 With Campylobacter by Fred Pritzker http://thefoodsafetylawyer.com/2009/09/wisconsin-raw-milk-sickens-35-campylobacter-food-poisoning/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Fred Pritzker Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:17:20 +0000 http://thefoodsafetylawyer.com/?p=102#comment-398 Terry, I understand your frustration, but it does not alter the fact that companies large and small should be held responsible for illnesses caused by their food. By holding companies responsible, we are deterring others from selling food contaminated with foodborne pathogens that can kill people. As lawyers, we have to have solid evidence of "causation" to sue someone. This means that there has to be be a very persuasive connection between the problem with the food and a specific illness in a specific person. This connection cannot be made as of yet with genetically modified food. Further advances in technology and new research may change that, but we could not ethically pursue these cases now. I am not out to get the little guy. I have gone after large fast food companies and won. What I care about is making it clear to the food industry that at every level all possible measures need to be taken to prevent foodborne pathogens from contaminating food. There are no good excuses for poor sanitation. Terry, I understand your frustration, but it does not alter the fact that companies large and small should be held responsible for illnesses caused by their food. By holding companies responsible, we are deterring others from selling food contaminated with foodborne pathogens that can kill people.

As lawyers, we have to have solid evidence of “causation” to sue someone. This means that there has to be be a very persuasive connection between the problem with the food and a specific illness in a specific person. This connection cannot be made as of yet with genetically modified food. Further advances in technology and new research may change that, but we could not ethically pursue these cases now.

I am not out to get the little guy. I have gone after large fast food companies and won. What I care about is making it clear to the food industry that at every level all possible measures need to be taken to prevent foodborne pathogens from contaminating food. There are no good excuses for poor sanitation.

]]> Comment on WI Raw Milk Sickens 35 With Campylobacter by Terry Bithwell http://thefoodsafetylawyer.com/2009/09/wisconsin-raw-milk-sickens-35-campylobacter-food-poisoning/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Terry Bithwell Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:03:23 +0000 http://thefoodsafetylawyer.com/?p=102#comment-397 Why don't these lawyers fight to make GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS ILLEGAL? This is the real danger to our health. The Zinnikers are wonderful people with excellent, healthy milk. I am sure this bacteria was planted by someone who wants to shut the Zinnikers down. Their farm is VERY CLEAN. There are some big companies who may not care about people's health, but the Zinnikers do. And to Fred's comment above "When a retailer sells a product that it knows can severely sicken and kill someone, the retailer, even if it is a family dairy, needs to take responsibility for that." Then go after all the fast food restaurants and processed food companies, because these fake foods with hydrogenated oils are sickening and killing an entire new generation of people with diabetes and cancer, and the companies know that. Fred, please fight the vaccine producers who are DESTROYING health with poisons injected into our next generation of Americans. (Our e-mail is changing soon. You may not be able to respond to me.) Why don’t these lawyers fight to make GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS ILLEGAL? This is the real danger to our health. The Zinnikers are wonderful people with excellent, healthy milk. I am sure this bacteria was planted by someone who wants to shut the Zinnikers down. Their farm is VERY CLEAN. There are some big companies who may not care about people’s health, but the Zinnikers do.

And to Fred’s comment above “When a retailer sells a product that it knows can severely sicken and kill someone, the retailer, even if it is a family dairy, needs to take responsibility for that.” Then go after all the fast food restaurants and processed food companies, because these fake foods with hydrogenated oils are sickening and killing an entire new generation of people with diabetes and cancer, and the companies know that.

Fred, please fight the vaccine producers who are DESTROYING health with poisons injected into our next generation of Americans.

(Our e-mail is changing soon. You may not be able to respond to me.)

]]> Comment on Wisconsin Issues Advisory Against Farm’s Milk by Linda George http://thefoodsafetylawyer.com/2009/11/wisconsin-issues-advisory-against-farms-milk/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Linda George Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:04:21 +0000 http://thefoodsafetylawyer.com/?p=327#comment-393 There was a time I believed our raw milk was safe enough to drink. We run a small dairy farm in Upstate New York. Within the past 5 plus years run off and chemicals have contaminated our drinking water. We once swore we never would never purchase water, because of hard work and the cost, it is to produce milk. I used to tell the kids don't tell Dad I bought this bottle of water. Now it is common practice to purchase all our drinking water. We have drank our raw milk for decades. But without clean fresh water we will no longer drink our own raw milk. Run off in our water sources are a poison to raw milk. These are the times we live in, when our land is not protected, and environmental laws are not abide by. We no longer can trust our own fresh raw milk. Most every agency in our State was contacted to help us to prevent poisons from flowing on to our property. It is not until a family member gets so ill, and weak, we realize it is big business that dictates the way we must live. Buy pasteurized milk. Buy bottled water. There was a time I believed our raw milk was safe enough to drink. We run a small dairy farm in Upstate New York. Within the past 5 plus years run off and chemicals have contaminated our drinking water. We once swore we never would never purchase water, because of hard work and the cost, it is to produce milk. I used to tell the kids don’t tell Dad I bought this bottle of water. Now it is common practice to purchase all our drinking water. We have drank our raw milk for decades. But without clean fresh water we will no longer drink our own raw milk. Run off in our water sources are a poison to raw milk. These are the times we live in, when our land is not protected, and environmental laws are not abide by. We no longer can trust our own fresh raw milk. Most every agency in our State was contacted to help us to prevent poisons from flowing on to our property. It is not until a family member gets so ill, and weak, we realize it is big business that dictates the way we must live. Buy pasteurized milk. Buy bottled water.

]]> Comment on Pepper Salami Recall List Published in Full by Pritzker Olsen Representing Victims of Salami Salmonella Outbreak | The Food Safety Lawyer http://thefoodsafetylawyer.com/2010/01/salami-recall-list-in-full-for-daniele-inc-peppered-salamisalame/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Pritzker Olsen Representing Victims of Salami Salmonella Outbreak | The Food Safety Lawyer Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:26:49 +0000 http://thefoodsafetylawyer.com/?p=453#comment-177 [...] to this outbreak, Daniele recalled some of their salami products on January 23. Since then, the company has expanded the list of recalled salami products three times and the total now exceeds 1.7 million pounds of potentially contaminated [...] [...] to this outbreak, Daniele recalled some of their salami products on January 23. Since then, the company has expanded the list of recalled salami products three times and the total now exceeds 1.7 million pounds of potentially contaminated [...]

]]> Comment on WI Raw Milk Sickens 35 With Campylobacter by steeny betker http://thefoodsafetylawyer.com/2009/09/wisconsin-raw-milk-sickens-35-campylobacter-food-poisoning/comment-page-1/#comment-117 steeny betker Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:53:57 +0000 http://thefoodsafetylawyer.com/?p=102#comment-117 The Zinnikers have sold cow shares for years and nothing ever happened. The milk was wonderful. I miss it very much. Store bought milk tastes like chalk compared to raw organic milk. I believe the camphobacter was planted by a government source. You obviously have not read: The Milk Book, or The Untold Story of Milk by Ron Schmid, ND The Zinnikers are wonderful people and their farm is pristine clean. I would go back to raw milk in a heart beat. Steeny Betker The Zinnikers have sold cow shares for years and nothing ever happened. The milk was wonderful. I miss it very much.
Store bought milk tastes like chalk compared to raw organic milk.

I believe the camphobacter was planted by a government source.

You obviously have not read: The Milk Book, or The Untold Story of Milk by Ron Schmid, ND

The Zinnikers are wonderful people and their farm is pristine clean. I would go back to raw milk in a heart beat.

Steeny Betker

]]> Comment on WI Raw Milk Sickens 35 With Campylobacter by Fred Pritzker http://thefoodsafetylawyer.com/2009/09/wisconsin-raw-milk-sickens-35-campylobacter-food-poisoning/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Fred Pritzker Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:50:18 +0000 http://thefoodsafetylawyer.com/?p=102#comment-17 Our law firm has represented people sickened with Campylobacter who suffered incomprehensible pain and life-changing illness. It is possible you do not consider Campylobacter a serious illness because you have never known anyone who contracted campylobacteriosis. When a retailer sells a product that it knows can severely sicken and kill someone, the retailer, even if it is a family dairy, needs to take responsibility for that. Our law firm has represented people sickened with Campylobacter who suffered incomprehensible pain and life-changing illness. It is possible you do not consider Campylobacter a serious illness because you have never known anyone who contracted campylobacteriosis. When a retailer sells a product that it knows can severely sicken and kill someone, the retailer, even if it is a family dairy, needs to take responsibility for that.

]]> Comment on WI Raw Milk Sickens 35 With Campylobacter by nancy http://thefoodsafetylawyer.com/2009/09/wisconsin-raw-milk-sickens-35-campylobacter-food-poisoning/comment-page-1/#comment-16 nancy Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:34:47 +0000 http://thefoodsafetylawyer.com/?p=102#comment-16 Why don't you go after the government and the pharmaceutical companies killing people with all these toxic vaccines and do something worthwhile rather than going after small family farms providing people with REAL FOOD and espousing UNTRUTHS about raw dairy! Did the government shut down the farm(s) that produced ecoli in spinach, or the giant agriculture meat producers with ecoli contaminated meats from SICK animals in CAFOs and factory farms??? SPEND YOUR TIME ON worthwhile issues! Why don’t you go after the government and the pharmaceutical companies killing people with all these toxic vaccines and do something worthwhile rather than going after small family farms providing people with REAL FOOD and espousing UNTRUTHS about raw dairy! Did the government shut down the farm(s) that produced ecoli in spinach, or the giant agriculture meat producers with ecoli contaminated meats from SICK animals in CAFOs and factory farms??? SPEND YOUR TIME ON worthwhile issues!

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