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Deadly Listeria Cheese Outbreak began in 2014

Bill Marler

Illnesses started on dates ranging from June 15, 2014, to December 10, 2023. Among people who remembered specific brands, three people who got sick between 2014 and 2022 reported Don Francisco brand queso fresco or cotija. WGS showed that bacteria from sick people’s samples from 2014 to present are closely related genetically.

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Deadly outbreak of Listeria infections linked to cheese began in 2014; new patients identified

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The outbreak began in 2014 with the most recent patient having become sick in December 2023. Among people who remembered specific brands, three people who got sick between 2014 and 2022 reported Don Francisco brand queso fresco or cotija. This suggests that people in this outbreak got sick from the same food. On Monday, Feb.

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So, what’s the cause of the recent E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak?

Bill Marler

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) – I do not recall a CDC post recently that included working with both the FSIS (regulates, Beef, Pork, Poultry and Catfish) and the FDA (regulates everything else). Ground beef, 2014, 12 cases, 42% female.

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Could Dole and Fresh Express face criminal charges for Listeria Outbreaks?

Bill Marler

A food product is also considered “adulterated” if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance, which may render it injurious to health. The 1938 Act, and the recently signed Food Safety Modernization Act, stand today as the primary means by which the federal government enforces food safety standards.

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Poisoned to be made into Documentary

Bill Marler

coli outbreak and the rise of Bill Marler as a food safety attorney. Founded in 2014 and headed by producer and CEO Ross Dinerstein, Campfire is a production company known for its broad bench of content. The 2011 book, Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. About Campfire.

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More food products with Rizo-Lopez Cheese recalled due to Listeria illnesses and deaths – Marler Clark retained by victims

Bill Marler

Illnesses started on dates ranging from June 15, 2014, to December 10, 2023. Among people who remembered specific brands, three people who got sick between 2014 and 2022 reported Don Francisco brand queso fresco or cotija. WGS showed that bacteria from sick people’s samples from 2014 to present are closely related genetically.

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Seriously, why in hell are the USDA and CDC not protecting the public from Salmonella Infantis in Chicken?

Bill Marler

Information from more than 6,000 REPJFX01 isolates from non-human sources has been reported to PulseNet, with the earliest in 2014. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. Most isolates are from chicken samples collected by the U.S. Although whole genome sequencing (WGS) data from U.S.