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During my time at Marler Clark, I have had the chance to witness and work on some of the most tragic and profoundly disturbing foodborne illness outbreaks our firm has encountered. 

Here are a few of the recent, particularly alarming outbreaks—some of which I had extensive

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The Food and Drug Administration continues using 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 listed below. 

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The number of sick people in an outbreak of Salmonella infections traced to cantaloupe is growing in Canada.

There are now 164 laboratory confirmed patients, up from 129 patients reported on Dec. 7 by the Public Health Agency of Canada. One more person has died, bringing the total number of

Continue Reading Cantaloupe outbreak in Canada kills another person; patient list continues to grow

More patients have been identified in the Salmonella outbreak traced to cantaloupe. The outbreak is now spread across 42 states. Mexican officials have closed the implicated cantaloupe operation.

Since the most recent update, on Dec. 7, another 72 patients have been confirmed, bringing the total number of sick people to

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Twenty-eight more cantaloupe products have been recalled in Canada because of a link to a Salmonella outbreak that has killed five people in that country.

According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the new recall is for unbranded pre-cut cantaloupe sold nationwide. The CFIA did not report the name of

Continue Reading More cantaloupe linked to outbreak recalled in Canada; death toll increases to 8 in bi-national outbreak

The number of patients in a Salmonella outbreak traced to cantaloupe has doubled since Nov. 30, and one more person has died.

As of today, Dec. 7, 230 people across 38 states have been infected. Of the people with information available, 96 have required hospitalization. Three people have died, two

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TGD Cuts LLC has initiated a recall of some of its fresh-cut fruit cup, clamshell and tray products because they contain cantaloupe from TruFresh, which has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

Because of the expanded recall of fresh, whole cantaloupes by TruFresh on Nov. 28, TGD Cuts LLC

Continue Reading Another company recalls pre-cut cantaloupe products because of Salmonella outbreak

The Food and Drug Administration continues using 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 listed below. 

Click here to go to the FDA

Continue Reading FDA steps up enforcement on imported cantaloupe, cheese and seafood

Sixteen more freshcut cantaloupe products have been recalled in Canada because of links to a deadly international Salmonella outbreak.

The most recent outbreak update for Canada, posted Nov. 24, showed 63 confirmed patients with 17 of them hospitalized and one dead.

As of Nov. 30, there were 117 confirmed patients

Continue Reading More cantaloupe products recalled in Canada because of possible link to deadly outbreak