Personal Injury Law

$12M fund set aside for Peanut Corporation of America salmonella victims' claims

Posted on October 02, 2009
Today U.S. Bankruptcy Judge William E. Anderson ordered Peanut Corporation of America's insurance carrier Hartford to set aside $12 million to reimburse people for health complications that resulted from eating tainted peanut products. Peanut Corporation of America declared bankruptcy in February...

California Warns Consumers Not to Eat "Queen Victoria" and "Tubby" Bunched Spinach

Posted on September 18, 2009
The California Department of Public Health warned consumers not to eat 'Queen Victoria' and 'Tubby' bunched spinach because they may be contaminated with salmonella, which can cause serious illness.  The 12-count and 24-count spinach bunches were bound with a twist tie which says'PLU 4090 UPC 33383-65200...

Oregon Says Nationwide Salmonella Outbreak Likely Caused By Shredded Lettuce

Posted on September 14, 2009
A mid-summer Salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 124 people across the country probably was due to contaminated lettuce. At least that's the opinion of William Keene, senior epidemiologist at Oregon's Public Health Division. The outbreak ran from mid-July to mid-August with one cluster of cases being in the Portland area where seven became sick and two required hospital stays...

Muranaka Farm Knows Where Parsley Was & Where It's Going--Now Wants It Back

Posted on September 13, 2009
Salmonella-related recalls lately have been all over the spice rack. This time, parsley is on the recall list, but no illnesses have yet been associated with it. Moorpark, CA's Muranake Farms Inc. is recalling 1,005 cases of 60-count bunched parsley because it may be contaminated with Salmonella...

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Michigan Candy Maker Recalls Chocolate-Covered Peanuts

Posted on September 12, 2009
Kilwin's Quality Confections, Inc. of Petoskey, MI, on Sept. 10 recalled all of our seven ounce packages of chocolate-covered peanuts, and bulk chocolate-covered peanuts, sold in our retail stores prior to April 1, 2009. These package may be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems...

Salinas Produce Company Recalls Mexican Onions Over Salmonella Contamination

Posted on September 10, 2009
  Two California produce shippers have recalled thousands of cases of green onions supplied by an onion farm in Mexicali, Mexico, over fears the onions could be contaminated with salmonella. U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors found salmonella in a routine test taken in New York last month...

Red Pepper Spice Recalled By Texas Coffee Co. For Salmonella Contamination

Posted on September 01, 2009
Red pepper spice sold by retailers in southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana is being recalled due to possible Salmonella contamination. A Beaumont, TX -based coffee and spice packager issued the red pepper recall. The Texas Coffee Co. said 3- and 8-ounce packages of Texjoy red pepper are being recalled because of potential contamination by salmonella bacteria...

Third Party Testing Fails In Latest Slow-Moving Cantaloupe Recall

Posted on August 29, 2009
Melon Acres has recalled cantaloupes distributed through Farm-Wey Produce of Lakeland, FL due to possible salmonella contamination. The cantaloupes were shipped August 13th and 14th and were identified as 41 MG 10, Bin Numbers 4753-4980. These bins were distributed to Aldi's in Greenwood, Indiana and Meijer in Lansing, Michigan, Newport, Michigan, and Tipp City, Ohio...

Sprouts Thought To Be Serving Up Salmonella Cubana In Canada

Posted on August 14, 2009
Up in Canada, sprouts may be serving up an outbreak of Salmonella Cubana, a rare sub-type that in some cases can lead to fatal infections. The Salmonella Cubana outbreak appears centered on the Ontario area where seven confirmed cases have been logged to date...

Six days after FSIS announces the recall of Salmonella Newport beef from Beef Packers (Cargill) and still no list of where the beef went?

Posted on August 13, 2009
On August 6, 2009 Beef Packers, Inc., of Fresno, California recalled approximately 825,769 pounds of ground beef products linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis (disease that can be caused by antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Newport). This was announced on the U...

California Produce Firm Recalls Jumbo Green Onions Out Of Fear of Salmonella

Posted on August 13, 2009
Salinas, CA-based NewStar Fresh Foods  has recalled 772 cartons of iced jumbo green onions it distributed under the Omo and Fu Choy brand names in Georgia, Michigan, and California. The company fears the onions may be contaminated with Salmonella...

Cargill's Beef Packers Inc Was Cited For Not Being Very Nice To Cattle

Posted on August 12, 2009
According to Garance Burke, super AP reporter, USDA records show that Cargill linked - Beef Packers, Inc., that recalled tons of hamburger meat due to salmonella fears was slapped with humane handling violations in a government review of meatpacking plants last year...

Safeway Joins In Beef Packers Inc.'s Salmonella Recall In Nine Western States

Posted on August 11, 2009
In cooperation with Beef Packers, Inc.'s (Cargill's) recall of 825,769 pounds of ground beef linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis, Pleseanton, CA-based Safeway Inc. is recalling fresh ground beef products sold between June 6 through July 14, 2009, at stores in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota and Wyoming...

Multi-State Salmonella Newport Outbreak Leads To Huge Ground Beef Recall; Consumers At Risk In Four Western States

Posted on August 06, 2009
The multi-state Salmonella Newport outbreak centered on Colorado has taken new twist with a huge beef recall out of California being announced today by the  U. S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety & Inspection Service.  Target of the recall is an estimated 825,769 pounds of ground beef products manufactured by Fresno, CA-based Beef Packers Inc...

Salmonella Newport Proving Resistant To Antibiotics Might Be Caused By Ground Beef Still Being Sold

Posted on August 04, 2009
Colorado doctors and hospitals are combating Salmonella Newport infections that resistant to the most commonly used antibiotics.   Twenty-one people spread mostly up and down the Front Range are being treated for Salmonella Newport. Cases have been reported in eight other states as well...

Colorado Salmonella Outbreak(s) Bring Warning From State Not To Eat Ground Beef Or Be Real Sure Its Cooked Throughout!

Posted on August 01, 2009
A second Salmonella outbreak, or maybe the second stage of the first one, is underway in Colorado. It adds up to 21 confirmed cases of Salmonella from the end of June into July.   First reports of Salmonella in Colorado coincided with the July 22ND recall of nearly 500,000 pounds of ground beef by the Kroger owned grocery store chain know as King Soopers, based in Denver...

One "Lot" Of Cilantro Recalled By Frontera Produce; Keeps Retailer List Secret

Posted on July 30, 2009
Frontera Produce, of Texas, is recalling a lot of cilantro that may be contaminated with Salmonella, according to The Packer.    Frontera is not, however, releasing  to the public the names of the retailers that received the recalled lot...

Memphis Father & Son Sue A&R Bar-be-que, LLC After Suffering Salmonella Poisoning

Posted on July 30, 2009
A lawsuit stemming from the recent outbreak of Salmonella illnesses was filed today in the Circuit Court for Shelby County, Tennessee against A&R Bar-be-que, LLC. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a Memphis father and son by Seattle foodborne illness law firm Marler Clark and by John Day of the Tennessee firm Day & Blair...

King Soopers Recall First Time Ground Beef Recalled For Salmonella; And Strain Is A Dangerous One.

Posted on July 27, 2009
The 466,236 pound recall of ground beef by the Denver-based King Soopers grocery chain is going now in the history books as historic for two reasons: 1.  For the first time in history, the United States Department of Agriculture's  (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has recalled ground beef that is tainted with salmonella...

14 Sick In Colorado As Denver-Based King Soopers Grocery Chain Recalls Nearly Half Million Pounds Of Ground Beef For Salmonella Contamination

Posted on July 23, 2009
From the Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture: WASHINGTON, July 22, 2009 - King Soopers, Inc., a Denver, Colo., establishment, is recalling approximately 466,236 pounds of ground beef products that may be linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis, the U...

Another Fresh Produce Recall; This Time It's Romaine Lettuce Due To Salmonella

Posted on July 22, 2009
  From a Company Press Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2009 Tanimura & Antle, Inc. of Salinas, Calif. is voluntarily recalling one lot of romaine lettuce because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. No illnesses have been reported to date, and the company is working with FDA to inform consumers of this recall...

FDA Testing Finds Salmonella Contamination In Fresh Cilantro From Texas Company

Posted on July 19, 2009
The McAllen, TX-based Sweet Superior Fruit Company Saturday recalled 104 cases of fresh cilantro because testing by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) was positive for salmonella. No illnesses have yet been associated with this recall. The tainted cilantro was sold from July 13 to 16 at the Sweet Superior outlet in McAllen...

Egg Producers Look To Be More Ready Than Not For "New" Regulations

Posted on July 10, 2009
Some reform, some recycled policies, and something the bureaucracy could dust off and make new.   Those are among the comments that can be made about the recommendations made earlier this week by the President's Food Safety Working Group. The 'new' are the 'public health regulation(s) to improve egg safety and reduce salmonella illnesses...

Milk Coop's Ingredient Recall Is Growing Rapidly--202 Products To Date

Posted on July 09, 2009
After the Plainview Milk Products Cooperative, located in Plainview, MN, discovered salmonella contamination on its equipment, it asked on June 29th that the ingredients its sold over the past two years to others-- instant nonfat dried milk, whey protein, fruit stabilizers and gums (thickening agents)--be recalled...

Virginia And Texas Communities Combat Local Salmonella Outbreaks

Posted on July 07, 2009
Charlottesville, VA and Lockhart, TX are the latest examples of communities dealing with nasty little outbreaks of Salmonella. In Central Virginia, a half dozen patrons of the Mona Lisa Pasta Shop were sickened with salmonella that apparently came from frozen lasagna product...

Salmonella Contamination Causes Wegmans To Pull Anaheim Peppers

Posted on July 03, 2009
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. the 73-store supermarket chain with stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland, is recalling all Anaheim peppers its sold since June 11, 2009. On July 2nd, Wegmans removed fresh Anaheim peppers from its produce departments due to the possibility of salmonella contamination...

Dunkin' Donuts Stops Pouring Beverages With Coop's Milk Products

Posted on June 30, 2009
When it learned that one of its suppliers had equipment contaminated with salmonella, Dunkin' Donuts removed hot chocolate and its Dunkaccino beverages from its menu.   Behind that action was the decision by Minnesota's Plainview Milk Products Cooperative to recall all the instant nonfat dried milk, whey protein, fruit stabilizers and gums or thickening agents that it has manufactured over the past two years because of possible Salmonella contamination...

Yes, It's Looking Like The Caterer Did It --She Raised Chicks And Did Business Without A License

Posted on June 26, 2009
If you raise chicks and you are in the catering business, you need to be extra careful not to cross contaminate the food you serve with salmonella from the chicks you keep. It's looking like that's what happened in North Dakota where an unlicensed caterer linked to three separate incidents of salmonella food poisoning that sickened more than 75 people and hospitalized nine turned out to also be a chicken rancher...

Orca Repacked And Sold Setton Pistachios As California Prime Products & Orange County Orchards

Posted on June 24, 2009
 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned consumers not to eat two brands of pistachios repacked by Orca Distribution West Inc. of Anaheim, California.  The brands are: California Prime Produce Orange County Orchards The pistachios may be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems...

Same Caterer In North Dakota May Have Spread Salmonella To Two Events

Posted on June 23, 2009
There was a wedding in Washburn and a family reunion in Wilton that will probably be remembered for a long time. Both North Dakota towns are north of Bismarck.  There apparently was a common ingredient at both events--salmonella.  And it was not pretty...

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