Restaurant Law Group

Aunt Mid’s Produce Co. is denying that its lettuce was the source of an e. coli outbreak that sickened some three dozen Michiganders.
The Detroit company is basing its defense against a lawsuit on Michigan Agriculture Department findings that say the lettuce was clean. However, a statement for the department says that their tests were based on lettuce [...]

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The number of E. coli cases linked to iceberg lettuce processed in Detroit has risen to 35, according to the Detroit News.
The company, Aunt Mid’s, has suspended shipments while it continues to search for the source of the E. coli. The lettuce was only shipped to restaurants and institutions, not to grocery stores.
Five people have [...]

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The number of cases of e. coli infection at Michigan State University has risen to 23, though public health officials haven’t yet tied them all to the same strain.
The source has not been located either though school officials say that all of the additional cases are from “the original epidemic,” so they are expecting the [...]

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Your Beetle is full of bugs! According to British microbiologists, bacteria like E. coli and salmonella are all over the inside surfaces of cars.
Not to worry too much, they say, unless you have pets or children, who are more at risk. The scientists also warn that the amount of germs on the typical dashboard is [...]

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As the number of new cases of E. coli has virtually halted, experts from Atlanta’s Centers for Disease Control are heading to northeast Oklahoma to determine the source of the bacteria that has claimed one life and sickened over 200 others.
Though they have not found any evidence of E. coli at the Country Cottage Restaurant, near [...]

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Though the chances are low to contract food-borne illnesses from prebagged salads, scientists in the UK are predicting an increase in food poisoning because consumers are increasingly preferring them.
Part of the problem is that the salads are often marked “pre-washed,” so consumers don’t think they need to wash them again — thoroughly.

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The restaurant officials believe is the source of the Oklahoma E. coli outbreak is reported to have had numerous violations in the past couple of years, many more than average and more than any other restaurant but one.
Though two surprise inspections of the Country Cottage Restaurant in Locust Grove have not turned up any violations, [...]

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The E. coli outbreak in northeastern Oklahoma has hospitalized forty people, according to health officials, including one death. Affecting 27 adults and 13 children, the source was thought to be a restaurant in a town outside of Tulsa, but a surprise inspection revealed nothing. Three children are suffering from kidney failure.

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Whole Foods, which has worked hard to build a reputation for high quality in its mostly natural and organic products, is working overtime to regain its customers’ trust.
Some of the ground beef it sold was responsible for several e-coli illnesses, and it recalled all of the ground beef from all of its stores that had [...]

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Nebraska Beef is recalling over a million pounds of beef because of possible E. coli contamination, according to the USDA’s FSIS (Food Safety and Inspection Service). The products were produced in June and July and distributed nationwide.
Fred Meyer and Whole Foods Market removed all the unsold beef in question from its shelves. On Friday, Whole [...]

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