The Impact of Global Commerce on Food Safety and Liability in 2009 with Bill ...Bill Marler
Marler Clark's Bill Marler speaks on the impact of global commerce on food safety and liability to the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors in 2009
Facing a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigation into whether its dog food is contaminated with a drug that is used to euthanize animals, including dogs, Smuckers announced Wednesday that it is planning to voluntarily stop selling “specific shipments” of its dog food brands.
OC response via CEO Frank Kim to claims by animal activists re OCAC at Board ...No Kill Shelter Alliance
OC response via CEO Frank Kim to claims by animal activists re OCAC at Board of Sups meeting March 22 2016
NOTE THAT NKSA HAS PREPARED A COUNTER RESPONSE - SEE
http://www.slideshare.net/NoKillShelterCA/nksa-response-to-oc-ceo-frank-kim-memo-re-ocac-failures-board-of-sups-march-22-2016
The Impact of Global Commerce on Food Safety and Liability in 2009 with Bill ...Bill Marler
Marler Clark's Bill Marler speaks on the impact of global commerce on food safety and liability to the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors in 2009
Facing a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigation into whether its dog food is contaminated with a drug that is used to euthanize animals, including dogs, Smuckers announced Wednesday that it is planning to voluntarily stop selling “specific shipments” of its dog food brands.
OC response via CEO Frank Kim to claims by animal activists re OCAC at Board ...No Kill Shelter Alliance
OC response via CEO Frank Kim to claims by animal activists re OCAC at Board of Sups meeting March 22 2016
NOTE THAT NKSA HAS PREPARED A COUNTER RESPONSE - SEE
http://www.slideshare.net/NoKillShelterCA/nksa-response-to-oc-ceo-frank-kim-memo-re-ocac-failures-board-of-sups-march-22-2016
CDC Webinar: Foodborne illness Outbreaks and Law with Attorney Bill MarlerBill Marler
Attorney and food safety expert William Marler give a May 2012, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webinar on foodborne illness litigation and the role of public health officials.
NKSA Response to OC CEO Frank Kim memo re OCAC failures Board of Sups March 2...No Kill Shelter Alliance
NKSA Response to OC CEO Frank Kim memo re OCAC failures Board of Sups March 22 2016
OC original memo is here
http://www.slideshare.net/NoKillShelterCA/oc-response-via-ceo-frank-kim-to-claims-by-animal-activists-re-ocac-at-board-of-sups-meeting-march-22-2016
The long, bizarre history of euthanasia drugs in pet food
Smuckers is the latest but not the first brand to admit that its dog food is contaminated with pentobarbital
APIC "Futures Summit" Presentation April 2006Noel Eldridge
This was a presentation that I was invited to give at a "Summit" - Special Board meeting with invited guests - of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control. I remeember Rick Shannon also speaking and being impressed by his work, and CDC being there too. I was invited to talk about incentives for improving patient safety in VA, and I also added in slides about my frustration with the data on HAIs at that time.
Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak and Recall: The Good, the Bad, and the UglyBill Marler
Food safety expert and attorney William Marler gives an in depth presentation on a 2011 Listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupe produced by Colorado-based Jensen Farms. Killing over 32 people, the outbreak became the deadliest the nation has seen in decades.
How To Lobby in an Era of Divided Government with Bill MarlerBill Marler
Food safety attorney Bill Marler's presentation at the 2011 Guiding Lights Weekend in Seattle on how to lobby for your cause in an era of divided government.
2011 IAFP Meeting Speech with Bill MarlerBill Marler
Food safety advocate and leading food poisoning attorney Bill Marler's presentation on the progression of food safety in America at the 100th annual 2011 IAFP conference in Milwaukee, WI.
Learning Objectives:
James gave us our overview of the following points:
1. Why security is dead and rugged is the new currency.
2. Why automating security tests and putting them in your deployment pipelines is where security can add business value.
3. And, learn more about Gauntlt, the open source framework that helps you accomplish the technical side of automating security tests.
2011 Food Defense Summit: Legal Risks and Responsibilities for Producing Safe...Bill Marler
Bill Marler of Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm gives a presentation at the 2011 Food Defense Summit in Denver about the legal aspects of food safety in food production and reducing foodborne illness.
2011 NCASM Conference: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff with Bill MarlerBill Marler
Marler Clark Managing Partner Bill Marler's presentation to the Northern California American Society for Microbiology about the process of food safety plaintiff litigation
Pros and Cons of Irradiation: A Legal Perspective with Bill MarlerBill Marler
Premiere food safety law firm Marler Clark Managing Partner Bill Marler's presentation on the pros and cons of irradiation in the produce industry. Originally given at the 2009 IFT conference. Marler Clark.
CDC Webinar: Foodborne illness Outbreaks and Law with Attorney Bill MarlerBill Marler
Attorney and food safety expert William Marler give a May 2012, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webinar on foodborne illness litigation and the role of public health officials.
NKSA Response to OC CEO Frank Kim memo re OCAC failures Board of Sups March 2...No Kill Shelter Alliance
NKSA Response to OC CEO Frank Kim memo re OCAC failures Board of Sups March 22 2016
OC original memo is here
http://www.slideshare.net/NoKillShelterCA/oc-response-via-ceo-frank-kim-to-claims-by-animal-activists-re-ocac-at-board-of-sups-meeting-march-22-2016
The long, bizarre history of euthanasia drugs in pet food
Smuckers is the latest but not the first brand to admit that its dog food is contaminated with pentobarbital
APIC "Futures Summit" Presentation April 2006Noel Eldridge
This was a presentation that I was invited to give at a "Summit" - Special Board meeting with invited guests - of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control. I remeember Rick Shannon also speaking and being impressed by his work, and CDC being there too. I was invited to talk about incentives for improving patient safety in VA, and I also added in slides about my frustration with the data on HAIs at that time.
Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak and Recall: The Good, the Bad, and the UglyBill Marler
Food safety expert and attorney William Marler gives an in depth presentation on a 2011 Listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupe produced by Colorado-based Jensen Farms. Killing over 32 people, the outbreak became the deadliest the nation has seen in decades.
How To Lobby in an Era of Divided Government with Bill MarlerBill Marler
Food safety attorney Bill Marler's presentation at the 2011 Guiding Lights Weekend in Seattle on how to lobby for your cause in an era of divided government.
2011 IAFP Meeting Speech with Bill MarlerBill Marler
Food safety advocate and leading food poisoning attorney Bill Marler's presentation on the progression of food safety in America at the 100th annual 2011 IAFP conference in Milwaukee, WI.
Learning Objectives:
James gave us our overview of the following points:
1. Why security is dead and rugged is the new currency.
2. Why automating security tests and putting them in your deployment pipelines is where security can add business value.
3. And, learn more about Gauntlt, the open source framework that helps you accomplish the technical side of automating security tests.
2011 Food Defense Summit: Legal Risks and Responsibilities for Producing Safe...Bill Marler
Bill Marler of Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm gives a presentation at the 2011 Food Defense Summit in Denver about the legal aspects of food safety in food production and reducing foodborne illness.
2011 NCASM Conference: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff with Bill MarlerBill Marler
Marler Clark Managing Partner Bill Marler's presentation to the Northern California American Society for Microbiology about the process of food safety plaintiff litigation
Pros and Cons of Irradiation: A Legal Perspective with Bill MarlerBill Marler
Premiere food safety law firm Marler Clark Managing Partner Bill Marler's presentation on the pros and cons of irradiation in the produce industry. Originally given at the 2009 IFT conference. Marler Clark.
Chapter 11 DiscussionLearning ObjectivesBy the end.docxbartholomeocoombs
Chapter 11 Discussion
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, the reader will be able to:
State three measures for preventing foodborne illnesses
Discuss 10 microbiological agents that are implicated in foodborne illness
Explain the significance of foodborne illness for the world’s population
List five categories of contaminants in the food supply
Describe one major regulation for protecting the safety of food from carcinogens
Foodborne Diseases/Infections
“illnesses acquired by consumption of contaminated food; they are frequently and inaccurately referred to as food poisoning”
An outbreak indicates “the occurrence of a similar illness among two or more people which an investigation linked to consumption of a common meal or food items, except for botulism (one case is an outbreak)”
Burden of Illness Pyramid
Risk Factors for Foodborne Illness – USA
63% Inadequate cooling and cold holding temperatures
29% Preparing food ahead of planned event
27% Inadequate hot holding temperatures
26% Poor personal hygiene/infected persons
25% Inadequate reheating
9% Inadequate cleaning of equipment
7% Use of leftovers
6% Cross-contamination
5% Inadequate cooking or heating process
… List goes on…
Risk Factors for Foodborne Illness
So what are some of the prevention measures we can take?
Clean, separate, cook, & chill
Hand hygiene
Irradiation of food (common for meats)
Risk Factors for Foodborne Illness
Investigating Foodborne Outbreaks
Detecting a possible outbreak
Defining and finding cases
Generating hypotheses about likely sources
Testing the hypotheses
Finding the point of contamination
Controlling an outbreak
Deciding an outbreak is over
Investigating Foodborne Outbreaks
Detecting a possible outbreak
Defining and finding cases
Generating hypotheses about likely sources
Testing the hypotheses
Finding the point of contamination
Controlling an outbreak
Deciding an outbreak is over
First step of process
Generally through public health surveillance (usually passive)
Nationally Notifiable Conditions
Establish a normal baseline incidence of a given disease
Detect an increase in the incidence, or a “cluster”
If the cluster has something in common, then it is considered an outbreak
Investigating Foodborne Outbreaks
Detecting a possible outbreak
Defining and finding cases
Generating hypotheses about likely sources
Testing the hypotheses
Finding the point of contamination
Controlling an outbreak
Deciding an outbreak is over
Usually the first cases identified are only a small part of the total outbreak
Develop a “case definition”, including:
Pathogen & symptoms
Time range & geographic area
Other criteria (common source or DNA/PFGE fingerprint)
May distinguish probable vs. confirmed
Using the case definition, active surveillance for additional cases
Surveying individuals
Looking through health records/laboratory reports
Reaching out to other health officials
Investigating Foodborne Outbreaks
Detecting a poss.
2018 Royal Society for Public Health SpeechBill Marler
Later this month I will be giving a talk to the Royal Society for Public Health. The talk will be a bit of history of E. coli and the Jack in the Box case.
Acute hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).
Post-diarrheal hemolytic uremic syndrome (D+HUS) is a severe, life-threatening complication that occurs in about 10 percent of those infected with E. coli O157:H7 or other Shiga toxin-producing (Stx) E. coli (STEC).
The cascade of events leading to HUS begins with ingestion of Stx-producing E. coli (e.g., E. coli O157: H7) in contaminated food, beverages, animal to person, or person-to-person transmission. The bacteria rapidly multiply in the gut, causing inflammation and diarrhea (colitis) as they tightly bind to cells that line the large intestine. This snug attachment becomes a route for the toxin to travel from the gut into the bloodstream, where it attaches to weak receptors on white blood cells (WBCs). From there, WBCs carry the toxin to the kidneys and other organs.
To induce toxicity in target cells, Shiga toxins must first bind to specific receptors on their surface (Gb3 receptors). Organ injury is primarily a function of Gb3 receptor location and density. They are found on epithelial, endothelial, mesangial, and glomerular cells of the kidney, as well as microvascular endothelial cells of the brain and intestine. Because this attachment causes these organs to be susceptible to the toxicity of Shiga toxins, this distribution explains the involvement of the gut, kidney, and brain in STEC-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).
Within the target organ, Shiga toxins disrupt the cellular machinery, resulting in cell injury and/or death. Within the intestine, infectious bacterial lesions cause derangements in the intestinal lining, disrupting the structure of the villi, affecting absorption in the gut, and eventually leading to watery diarrhea. Damage to the intestinal endothelium also causes mucosal/submucosal edema and, hemorrhage, introducing blood into the diarrhea.
Within the circulatory system, Shiga toxins are directly involved in platelet activation and aggregation (clot formation). The thrombotic microangiopathy that characterizes hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) occurs when platelet microthrombi (tiny clots) form in the walls of small blood vessels (arterioles and capillaries) causing platelet consumption. This pathologic reduction in platelets is called thrombocytopenia and is one of the hallmarks of HUS. Within the microvasculature of the kidney these clots disturb blood flow to the organ, causing acute kidney injury and kidney failure.
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) chris edits 7.31.23.pptxBill Marler
Acute hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).
Post-diarrheal hemolytic uremic syndrome (D+HUS) is a severe, life-threatening complication that occurs in about 10 percent of those infected with E. coli O157:H7 or other Shiga toxin-producing (Stx) E. coli (STEC).
The cascade of events leading to HUS begins with ingestion of Stx-producing E. coli (e.g., E. coli O157: H7) in contaminated food, beverages, animal to person, or person-to-person transmission. The bacteria rapidly multiply in the gut, causing inflammation and diarrhea (colitis) as they tightly bind to cells that line the large intestine. This snug attachment becomes a route for the toxin to travel from the gut into the bloodstream, where it attaches to weak receptors on white blood cells (WBCs). From there, WBCs carry the toxin to the kidneys and other organs.
To induce toxicity in target cells, Shiga toxins must first bind to specific receptors on their surface (Gb3 receptors). Organ injury is primarily a function of Gb3 receptor location and density. They are found on epithelial, endothelial, mesangial, and glomerular cells of the kidney, as well as microvascular endothelial cells of the brain and intestine. Because this attachment causes these organs to be susceptible to the toxicity of Shiga toxins, this distribution explains the involvement of the gut, kidney, and brain in STEC-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).
Within the target organ, Shiga toxins disrupt the cellular machinery, resulting in cell injury and/or death. Within the intestine, infectious bacterial lesions cause derangements in the intestinal lining, disrupting the structure of the villi, affecting absorption in the gut, and eventually leading to watery diarrhea. Damage to the intestinal endothelium also causes mucosal/submucosal edema and, hemorrhage, introducing blood into the diarrhea.
Within the circulatory system, Shiga toxins are directly involved in platelet activation and aggregation (clot formation). The thrombotic microangiopathy that characterizes hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) occurs when platelet microthrombi (tiny clots) form in the walls of small blood vessels (arterioles and capillaries) causing platelet consumption. This pathologic reduction in platelets is called thrombocytopenia and is one of the hallmarks of HUS. Within the microvasculature of the kidney these clots disturb blood flow to the organ, causing acute kidney injury and kidney failure.
31 of the Biggest Recalls in Food Safety HistoryBill Marler
In November 2018 Cheyenne Buckingham and John Harrington wrote “31 Food Recalls That Poisoned the Most People.” Here is the Marler Clark view of the same list.
I will be giving a talk on the 2011 Listeria Outbreak in the US that sickened 147 and killed at least 33. Over 100 have died from Listeria in South Africa in the last year.
The Fresh Produce Safety Centre (FPSC) provides open access to actionable information for fresh produce businesses and government to continually enhance the safety and quality of fruit and vegetables.
We aim to raise awareness and to increase the collaboration between stakeholders of the Australian and New Zealand fresh produce industry, as well as establish global partnerships to better utilise the information available.
Any outbreak of foodborne illness will impact the entire fresh produce sector, therefore fresh produce safety and traceability is of the utmost importance for all levels of the supply chain including growers, packers, processors, distributors, wholesalers and retailers.
The FPSC website covers all aspects of fresh produce safety by supplying valuable information and resources, providing research with practical application, and identifying knowledge gaps in fresh produce safety.
Horticulture New Zealand Incorporated, in conjunction with Pipfruit New Zealand Incorporated and industry association partners: Process Vegetables New Zealand, Tomatoes New Zealand Incorporated and Vegetables New Zealand Incorporated, are pleased to announce our joint conference in 2016. We are delighted to host the inaugural New Zealand Horticulture Conference at the Rutherford Hotel, Nelson from the 3rd to the 5th August 2016.
The theme "Innovate from seed to plate" aims to interest and benefit the widest range of growers and horticulturalists and will have an emphasis on technology and innovations that can assist us to further improve our growth and delivery of the world's best fruit and vegetables.
New Zealand horticulture leads the world in third party assurance and HortNZ invited a selection of high calibre experts to come and talk about where we can go next to continue to satisfy consumer and trade needs.
2016 Michigan State Speech on the Risk of Criminal ProsecutionsBill Marler
2016 Michigan State Speech on the Risk of Criminal Prosecutions in Food Production. This will be an overview of cases in the last several years when CEO's and others have been prosecuted for violations of the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act
2016 Michigan State Speech on the Risk of Criminal Prosecutions
2008 Current and Emerging Trends in Foodborne Illness Litigation with Bill Marler
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5. Negligence The legal standard applied to non-manufacturers The reason for excluding non-manufacturing retailers from strict liability is to distinguish between those who have actual control over the product and those who act as mere conduits in the chain of distribution. See Butello v. S.A. Woods-Yates Am. Mach. Co., 72 Wn. App. 397, 404 (1993).