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Fred Pritzker On Newsmakers
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steak e coli
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…
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…
Steak E. coli O157:H7 Danger Should be Labeled
3, January 2010
Here’s the latest press release from my office:
MINNEAPOLIS, January 2010 — National food safety lawyer Fred Pritzker is calling on USDA to require E. coli O157:H7 warning labels on steaks and other beef products that have been mechanically tenderized.
In 1999, the federal agency charged…
Silence by Health Officials Smacks of Favoritism
27, December 2009
In a post that appeared on our web site a week before the USDA-FSIS announced a recall of contaminated beef produced by National Steak and Poultry, an Owasso, Oklahoma establishment, we advised of the possibility that blade tenderized steak may be…
Restaurants Need Prevention Training to Curtail Risk of Steak E. coli Outbreaks
19, December 2009
An investigation by national food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen into a possible beef steak E. coli outbreak associated with at least one national restaurant chain raises the issue once again of bacterial contamination in non-intact cuts of beef.
There are preliminary indications that…
