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Lessons Learned From Recent Food Safety Outbreaks
Shawn K. Stevens National Food Safety Attorney Gass Weber Mullins LLC 309 North Water Street Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 224-7784 www.defendingfoodsafety.com LESSONS LEARNED FROM RECENT FOOD SAFETY OUTBREAKS LESSONS LEARNED FROM RECENT FOOD SAFETY OUTBREAKS LESSONS LEARNED FROM RECENT FOOD SAFETY OUTBREAKS PREVENTING LITIGATION MANAGING OUTBREAKS AND, DEFENDING CLAIMS www.defendingfoodsafety.com LESSONS LEARNED FROM RECENT FOOD SAFETY OUTBREAKS LESSONS LEARNED FROM RECENT FOOD SAFETY OUTBREAKS WHY DO WE CARE FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS OUTBREAK SURVEILLANCE RECENT HIGH-PROFILE OUTBREAKS LESSONS LEARNED From The Media, The Government, And The Lawyers REDUCING OUR OWN RISK AND EXPOSURE WHY DO WE CARE? 1992-1993 Jack In The Box Undercooked hamburgers sickened 600 and killed 4 (mostly children – 50 cases of HUS) Settlements in Excess of $100,000,000 WHY DO WE CARE? 1993 - 2009 WHY DO WE CARE? 2007 Ground Beef Recall – 21.7 Million Pounds [Most of which was safe] WHY DO WE CARE? We also care . . . WHY DO WE CARE? WHY DO WE CARE? Many People Continue To Improperly Handle Raw Foods WHY DO WE CARE? The Stakes Can Be Very High Annual Food-borne Illness Cases In The United States (Such as Listeria, Campylobacter, Hepatitis A, Norovirus, Salmonella, Staphylococcus, Shigella and E. coli O157:H7) WHY DO WE CARE? Just one example . . . FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS OUTBREAK SURVEILLANCE FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS OUTBREAK SURVEILLANCE Historically, Food-borne Illnesses were very difficult to identify or track Public Health Approach Now Requires Mandatory Reporting (Botulism; Campylobacter; Cryptosporidium; E. Coli O157:H7; Hepatitis A; Salmonella; or Shigella) FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS OUTBREAK SURVEILLANCE FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS OUTBREAK SURVEILLANCE RECENT HIGH-PROFILE OUTBREAKS - PREVIOUS ASSUMPTIONS WERE CHALLENGED - RECENT HIGH-PROFILE OUTBREAKS 2006 Spinach E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak RECENT HIGH-PROFILE OUTBREAKS 2006 Spinach E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak – 204 people from 26 states infected with outbreak strain ; – Product supplied by patients living in 10 states; – E. coli O157: H7 Isolated from 13 packages of DOLE spinach; – “DNA fingerprints” of all 13 matched the outbreak strain; – Eleven packages with lot codes consistent with a single facility on a single day. RECENT HIGH-PROFILE OUTBREAKS 2006 Spinach E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak • 102 (51%) hospitalized ; • 31 (16%) developed hemolyticuremic syndrome (HUS); and • Three confirmed deaths. $175 Million in lost sales Millions more in Settlements RECENT HIGH-PROFILE OUTBREAKS 2008/2009 PCA Salmonella Outbreak RECENT HIGH-PROFILE OUTBREAKS 2008/2009 PCA Salmonella Outbreak RECENT HIGH-PROFILE OUTBREAKS 2008/2009 PCA Salmonella Outbreak RECENT HIGH-PROFILE OUTBREAKS 2008/2009 PCA Salmonella Outbreak RECENT HIGH-PROFILE OUTBREAKS 2008/2009 PCA Salmonella Outbreak Peanut sales down more than 25% Peanut industry lost sales and production over $1 Billion One company lost $75 million RECENT HIGH-PROFILE OUTBREAKS Other Recent Recalls EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE ALONE IS NOW SUFFICIENT RECENT HIGH-PROFILE OUTBREAKS Sprouts Cantaloupe Sprout Seeds Cookie Dough Spinach Chicken Kiev Spices Cheese Sea food Ground Beef Shrimp Whole Intact Beef Milk Peanut Butter Mayonnaise Potpies Macaroni & Cheese Peppers Lettuce Pepper Green Onions Pistachios Vegi-booties Parsley Waffles Rice Cereal