About Marler Clark, Inc., PS Marler Clark is the nation’s most prominent law firm representing victims of foodborne illnesses. For over nearly 33 years, we have advocated for food safety and represented thousands of individuals and families who have been […]
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If you’ve read much about the cattle drives of the 1800s, you likely know that once delivered to the railroads, the cattle ended up at one of the few meatpacking houses, most in Chicago. Food safety was, well, not a
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A farm owner on the Isle of Wight has been fined after an outbreak resulting in more than 250 people being infected with Cryptosporidium. Sharon Wheeler ran an animal bottle feeding activity at a petting farm at Hazelgrove Farm in
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The Food and Drug Administration inspected the food manufacturing facility of Fresh & Ready Foods LLC in San Fernando, CA, from March 31 to April 15, 2025, according to a warning letter issued Sept. 5 and made public this past
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A trade union in New Zealand has criticized planned changes to meat export inspection requirements. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is reviewing inspection and examination requirements for exported meat from cattle, sheep, goats, and deer. The goal is to
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The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are
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A U.S. representative is pressing the FDA for information about ByHeart Inc., the company linked to an outbreak of infant botulism poisonings. In a letter to FDA Administrator Marty Makary, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, demanded that all inspection records of
The number of sick babies in an outbreak of infant botulism poisoning has jumped to 23. The outbreak has been traced to ByHeart powdered, organic infant formula. ByHeart Inc. has recalled all of its infant formula, including cans and single
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The company linked to an outbreak of infant botulism closed one of its manufacturing plant this year after federal inspectors found numerous safety violations, according to a story by the New York Times. ByHeart Inc. is implicated in the outbreak
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With so much news bombarding them, most consumers don’t realize that U.S. agriculture has reached a “pivotal moment” in its history. No, we’re not talking about production numbers or prices. We’re talking about a record agricultural trade deficit within just
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