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After multiple Jimmy John’s outbreaks the FDA warns them to fix the problems

Bill Marler

From the FDA: Although you stated that corrective actions were implemented following the 2019 and 2012 outbreaks, you have not provided FDA with any information demonstrating long-term, sustainable corrections have been implemented throughout your organization to prevent this violation from recurring in the future. Multistate E.

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Outbreak Database – Decades of Cantaloupe Outbreaks – Chemicals, Campylobacter, Salmonella, E. coli, Norovirus and Listeria

Bill Marler

Cantaloupes were purchased whole and pre-cut. The cantaloupe was purchased whole or eaten as part of a fruit salad or garnish. Kunik Company of McAllen, Texas, who had purchased it from a Mexican producer. Among persons for whom information is available, reported illness onset ranged from July 31, 2011, through October 27, 2011.

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What to know during a romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak

Bill Marler

The FDA must require, and the industry must implement, better environmental controls and more rigorous testing of products. coli outbreak: The FDA, CDC, state and Canadian health authorities are presently investigating an outbreak of illnesses caused by E. Throw it away or return it to the place of purchase. States/Provinces.

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“Sproutbreak” – Punitive Damages claim levied against JIMMY JOHN’s, LLC, an Illinois Limited Liability Company, and INSPIRE BRANDS, INC., a Delaware corporation

Bill Marler

After purchasing and consuming a Billy Club Sandwich from D&L’s restaurant on February 21, 2020, Plaintiff Travis Knorr began to develop symptoms consistent with a STEC O103 infection and within the typical STEC incubation period on February 26, 2020. purchased a majority share of Jimmy John’s, LLC. In late 2019, an outbreak of E.

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WaPo – Romaine Industry, time to get your s**t together.

Bill Marler

We also advised people not to eat any romaine they had purchased and to throw it away instead. Last month, the FDA retroactively identified an outbreak involving romaine lettuce that occurred in late summer, causing 23 illnesses. Now, right before Thanksgiving, it’s happening again. But these recommendations were easy ones to make.

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A brief Marler Clark history with Wendy’s and E. coli Lawsuits

Bill Marler

The FDA is reporting that the likely ingredient is a hybrid romaine iceberg lettuce used on hamburgers. I wonder when the leafy green industry and the FDA will take the challenge that the beef industry and FSIS took and “put me out of business – please.”. 2011 Romaine E. However, now with the CDC reporting nearly 40 E.

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Questions & Answers About Food Color Additives

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversees the safety of food additives and allows only the use of those that are deemed safe. the FDA is responsible for determining the safety of all food colors for their specified intended use. In 2025, the FDA completed its reevaluation of Red Dye No. In the United States, the U.S.

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