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Fred Pritzker On Newsmakers
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Pritzker Olsen Files Suit for Bison E. coli Victim
9, July 2010
Our law office has issued a press release about a Colorado buffalo E. coli lawsuit we filed this week in Jefferson County District Court with local counsel in Denver, Reilly Pozner LLC. This is the first lawsuit filed in connection…
Young HUS Victim From Ohio Escaped Death
11, May 2010
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…
Freshway Foods Lettuce E. coli Outbreak Underscores Need for Food Safety Reforms
8, May 2010
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention freely admits that outbreaks of E. coli O145 go unreported because few clinical laboratories test for the pathogen even though it is every bit as dangerous as its toxic cousin, E. coli O157:H7.
The failure to…
Let’s Start Protecting Against Non-O157 E. coli
30, April 2010
This press release is going out from our office today. The university E. coli outbreak in Ohio, Michigan and New York is a timely opportunity to return this issue to the spotlight. The current outbreak involves E. coli O145.
FOR IMMEDIATE…
Encouraging Consumers to Hold Restaurants Accountable For Food Poisoning
10, April 2010
Already this year we’ve seen two serious outbreaks of foodborne illness at restaurants, including a Subway Shigella outbreak in Lombard, Illinois, where we are representing many of the victims. Here’s a press release from our office reminding consumers of the…
A Call for Full Disclosure in Steak E coli Restaurant Outbreak
8, January 2010
Here’s a press release that went out today from my office:
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 7, 2010—Applebee’s and Olive Garden have been added to the list of restaurants affected by a Dec. 24 recall of nearly 250,000 pounds of steaks, medallions and other…
Restaurants May be Involved in Possible Steak E. coli Outbreak
18, December 2009
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…
Technologists, FDA Collaborate on Tracebacks
23, November 2009
A recent collaboration involving the Institute of Food Technologists and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is intended to improve product tracing in food production and distribution. That study, released in October 2009 and entitled Traceability (Product Tracing) in Food Systems,…
