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State Laws Vary in Recognizing Harms Suffered by Parents of Children with E. coli-induced HUS

State Laws Vary in Recognizing Harms Suffered by Parents of Children with E. coli-induced HUS

Part of our job as food safety attorneys is to understand and explain the harms and losses – short and long-term – associated with foodborne illness. This means keeping abreast of the medical and scientific literature. But also, and more importantly,…

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Young HUS Victim From Ohio Escaped Death

Young HUS Victim From Ohio Escaped Death

A young woman from Ashtabula, Ohio, has retained me to represent her in connection with a nearly fatal E. coli O157:H7 infection she suffered in connection with an outbreak and beef recall late last year by National Steak and Poultry…

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Comcast Airs In-Depth News Interview with Attorney Fred Pritzker on Food Safety

Comcast Airs In-Depth News Interview with Attorney Fred Pritzker on Food Safety

The producer of Comcast Newsmakers, a topical news  program that features in-depth interviews with national experts in their respective fields, requested an interview recently on my favorite subject.  Here is a news recap of the interview conducted by news anchor…

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Restaurants May be Involved in Possible Steak E. coli Outbreak

In the first published epidemiological report on an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with steak products, the authors warned that restaurants should be warned about the increased risk of E. coli infection from undercooked steaks previously tenderized with blades and injections of…

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Timeline for Reporting E coli O157:H7 Cases

Timeline for Reporting E coli O157:H7 Cases

ecoli-timelineWhen it comes to common source outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7 — regardless of whether the vehicle of transmission is ground beef, fresh produce, raw milk or fruit juice — the time from the beginning of the patient’s illness to the confirmation…

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CDC, States Still Investigating E coli Outbreak

CDC, States Still Investigating E coli Outbreak

There has been a dropoff in the number of newly confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7 in relation to the Fairbank Farms ground beef E. coli outbreak, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is properly concerned that people will continue…

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More Vaccine in Works To Stop Hamburger E. coli

More Vaccine in Works To Stop Hamburger E. coli

A Minnesota company made headlines earlier this year by winning conditional license to market a vaccine to reduce the prevalence of E. coli O157:H7 in beef cattle.

Now a graduate student at the University of Saskatchewan is said to have created a vaccine…

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E. coli HUS: How it Gets Made Into Hamburger

E. coli HUS: How it Gets Made Into Hamburger

A  New York Times report on ground beef E. coli outbreak dangers associated with industrial level hamburger grinding is still gaining attention around the country, including on the floor of the U.S. House and the office of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Vilsack…

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