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Fred Pritzker On Newsmakers
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Guest Speaking on Food Poisoning Litigation
21, April 2010
The Illinois Environmental Health Association has invited me to be guest speaker at the group’s Central Chapter Annual Education Conference May 13- 14. My speech is entitled, “Representing Foodborne Illness Survivors: How lawyers evaluate and prove foodborne illness claims.” 
I’m looking…
Wisconsin Should Drop Raw Milk Bill
31, March 2010
This press release went out from out office earlier this week. The bill in question has passed a committee vote and could possibly go to a floor vote in the Assembly, but leaders could still stop it:
Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) March…
Comcast Airs In-Depth News Interview with Attorney Fred Pritzker on Food Safety
2, March 2010
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…
Danger Still Lurks in Packaged Salad Greens
5, February 2010
Foodborne illness outbreaks and recalls involving pre-packaged leafy greens have sickened thousands and killed scores of Americans during the past decade.
For example, just one incident, the 2006 California baby spinach outbreak, caused 205 confirmed illnesses and three deaths. In the face of…
Standing Up For Victims of Food Poisoning
24, January 2010
More than a year after Peanut Corp. of America caused a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella that killed nine people and sickened more than 700 others, victims and their families are still waiting for justice.
The late Nellie Napier: Beloved mother, grandmother and baseball…
Report Says FDA’s Food Facility Registry is Inept
13, December 2009
Recent outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella involving peanut butter, peppers, and spinach have raised serious questions about FDA’s ability to protect our nation’s food supply. Those aren’t my words, they are the words of federal investigators who have studied the…
Timeline for Reporting E coli O157:H7 Cases
6, December 2009
When 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…
Hepatitis with Your Happy Meal
4, December 2009
A McDonald’s food handler in Milan, Illinois, was potentially serving Hepatitis A with every hamburger bun she touched while not wearing gloves to cover her improperly washed hands.
The result? Thirty-four confirmed cases of Hep A, including 14 people who were…
School Lunch Risk Uncovered by USA Today
4, December 2009
As a story this week in USA Today reminds us, the government has a “zero-tolerance” policy for the pathogens E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella in ground beef bound for schools via the national school lunch program. The program actually has a very good track…
Garbage Plant or Meat Warehouse?
1, December 2009
After reading a story by Courthouse News about filthy conditions inside a Fort Worth, Texas, meat warehouse, you wonder if it was really just a garbage plant that contained animal flesh.
The discovery of conditions inside Halal Import Food Market’s warehouse…
