fred_banner_media new_ecoli_banner

E. coli Facts

E. coli HUS Threat Lingers in Schools Supplied With Recalled Beef from Huntington Meat Packing

The threat of school children contracting HUS E. coli from recalled beef made by Huntington Meat Packing Co. is continuing to prompt warnings.

The latest comes from the Kern County Department of Public Health in Bakersfield, California. Kern County officials announced that beef…

Continue reading...

 

Toil and Trouble E. coli Bubbles; Tracebacks Needed to Vet Witch’s Brew of Ground Beef

It’s a little scary to know how unsafe raw ground beef can be and how poorly regulated it is.

We learned from a New York Times investigative story in October 2009 that much of the mainstream ground beef sold in the U.S.…

Continue reading...

 

E. coli Steak Recall Restaurant List Still Too Little, Too Late

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 beef products that may have been tainted with  E. coli O157:H7, according to Nation’s Restaurant News. Previously…

Continue reading...

 

Beef Processors Should Take Responsibility for Contaminated Meat

by Attorney Fred Pritzker

It is a sad fact of life that meat processors selling adulterated products that harm or kill unsuspecting citizens often do whatever it takes to avoid responsibility for the harms and losses caused by their products.

Rather than…

Continue reading...

 

E. coli, HUS and TTP from Restaurant Steak

Steak E. coli O157Our E. coli lawyers are investigating cases of E. coli O157 that may be associated with steak served at restaurants in Ohio, Minnesota and other states.  If you or a family member has been diagnosed with E. coli poisoning, hemolytic uremic…

Continue reading...

 

Shaws E. coli Lawsuit Involving Fairbank Farms Ground Beef

If your child contracted an E. coli infection from ground beef you purchased at a Shaw’s grocery store,
IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT THAT YOUR CHILD IS SICK.

Hamburger E. coliThe Shaw’s ground beef you purchased may have been part of a recall of over 500,000…

Continue reading...

 

New Hampshire E. coli Cases and One Death Linked to Fairbank Farms Hamburger

Hamburger E. coliThree E. coli O157:H7 cases and one E. coli death in New Hampshire have been linked to a recall of 545,699 pounds of Fairbank Farms ground beef products.  The CDC has a cluster of 26 E. coli cases in 11 states, including New Hampshire,…

Continue reading...

 

Fairbank Farms E. coli Outbreak Grows

ecoli-bacteriaThe multi-state outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that has been linked to Ashville, N.Y.-based Fairbank Farms ground beef has now sickened at least 28 people in 12 states: California (1), Connecticut (4), Massachusetts (8), Maryland (1), Maine (2), Minnesota (1), New Hampshire…

Continue reading...

 

Ground Beef E coli Outbreak Claims Second Life

A second death, this one in New York, has resulted from the ground beef E. coli outbreak affecting New England and other Eastern states.

The multi-state outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 has been associated with fresh ground beef produced in mid-September by Ashville, N.Y.-based…

Continue reading...

 

Contaminated E. coli Cookie Dough Came From Different Batches

Two microbiologists who led the lab investigation of E. coli O157:H7 in Nestle cookie dough say they found evidence that the contaminated product didn’t come from just one batch.

“We found it was produced over several months,” Gerry Gomez and Mike Humphrys…

Continue reading...