Archive for December, 2009
New Jersey health officials are investigating a food poisoning outbreak which may be linked to Iberia Peninsula Restaurant located in Newark, New Jersey.
The outbreak occured following a party held at the restaurant on Sunday evening. There is the possibility that the foodborne pathogen, Salmonella, is responsible for the illnesses.
At least one person has been hospitalized and is in intensive care at the Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the Law Firm of Eric H. Weinberg represents victims of food poisoning outbreaks nationwide, including Peanut Butter Corporation of America, Banquet Pot Pie, Veggie Booty, Arby’s Restaurant, and Peter Pan outbreaks.
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December 30th, 2009
The following announcement has been posted on the USDA’s FSIS website.
Beef Packers, Inc., a Fresno, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 22,723 pounds of ground beef products that may be linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The products subject to recall include:
60 pound cases of “GRD Beef Fine 93/07 10/60.” Each case bears the identifying case code W69363 with Use/Freeze by dates of 10/11/09. A retail distribution list can be seen here.
The ground beef products were produced on September 23, 2009 and bear the establishment number “EST. 31913″ printed on the case code labels. The ground beef products were distributed to a retail distribution center in Arizona. Because these products were repackaged into consumer-size packages and sold under different retail brand names, consumers should check with their local retailer to determine whether they may have purchased any of the products subject to recall.
As a result of an ongoing investigation into illnesses from Salmonella Newport associated with ground beef products, the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) notified FSIS of the situation. Epidemiological and traceback investigations conducted by FSIS and ADHS determined that there is an association between the fresh ground beef products and two (2) illnesses reported in Arizona. The Salmonella Newport strain was isolated both from the patients and from ground beef produced by Est. 31913. They were also linked by their uncommon pulse-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) pattern found in PulseNet, a national network of public health and food regulatory agency laboratories coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Law Firm of Eric H. Weinberg represents victims of food poisoning outbreaks nationwide, including Peanut Butter Corporation of America Injury Lawsuit, Banquet Pot Pie Injury Lawsuit, Veggie Booty Injury Lawsuit, Arby’s Injury Lawsuit, and Peter Pan Injury Lawsuit outbreaks. We are ready to help you. If you have been injured as a result of food poisoning and you have a question concerning you legal rights, please call us toll free at 1-877-934-6274, or click Free Legal Case Evaluation.
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December 8th, 2009
The Consumer Reports’ January 2010 magazine has profiled how safe, or unsafe, it can be to consumer whole broiler chickens.
A study was conducted where 382 chickens were sent to a lab for testing. The chickens were analyzed for the foodborne bacteria Salmonella and Campylobacter.
As reported by Consumer Reports, the results were as follows.
Whole broiler chickens from more than 100 supermarkets, gourmet- and natural-food stores, and mass merchandisers in 22 states were tested. We tested three top brands—Foster Farms, Perdue, and Tyson—as well as 30 nonorganic store brands, nine organic store brands, and nine organic name brands. Five of the organic brands were labeled “air-chilled” (a slaughterhouse process in which carcasses are refrigerated and may be misted, rather than dunked in cold chlorinated water).
Campylobacter was in 62 percent of the chickens, salmonella was in 14 percent, and both bacteria were in 9 percent.
Only 34 percent of the birds were clear of both pathogens. That’s double the percentage of clean birds we found in our 2007 report but far less than the 51 percent in our 2003 report.
Among the cleanest overall were air-chilled broilers. About 40 percent harbored one or both pathogens. Eight Bell & Evans organic broilers, which are air chilled, were free of both, but our sample was too small to determine that all Bell & Evans broilers would be.
Store-brand organic chickens had no salmonella at all, showing that it’s possible for chicken to arrive in stores without that bacterium riding along. But as our tests showed, banishing one bug doesn’t mean banishing both: 57 percent of those birds harbored campylobacter.
The cleanest name-brand chickens were Perdue’s: 56 percent were free of both pathogens. This is the first time since we began testing chicken that one major brand has fared significantly better than others across the board.
Most contaminated were Tyson and Foster Farms chickens. More than 80 percent tested positive for one or both pathogens.
Among all brands and types of broilers tested, 68 percent of the salmonella and 60 percent of the campylobacter organisms we analyzed showed resistance to one or more antibiotics.
The Law Firm of Eric H. Weinberg represents victims of food poisoning outbreaks nationwide, including Peanut Butter Corporation of America Injury Lawsuit, Banquet Pot Pie Injury Lawsuit, Veggie Booty Injury Lawsuit, Arby’s Injury Lawsuit, and Peter Pan Injury Lawsuit outbreaks. We are ready to help you. If you have been injured as a result of food poisoning and you have a question concerning you legal rights, please call us toll free at 1-877-934-6274, or click Free Legal Case Evaluation.
For the past 25 years the Law Firm of Eric H. Weinberg has represented victims of defective drug products, including Vioxx Injury Lawyers and Baycol. To learn about our recent pharmaceutical litigation efforts, please see Yaz Injury Lawyers, Reglan Injury Lawyers, Zicam Injury Lawyers, Hydroxycut Injury Lawyers, and Levaquin Injury Lawyers.
December 2nd, 2009
The Timco Worldwide Inc. company is recalling their “MelonUp!” seedless watermelons. This came after analyses were performed on the melons by a distribution company. The tests revealed the presence of Salmonella on the exterior of the melon on the rind portion.
According to the company, “[t]he Large Seedless Watermelons included in this voluntary recall were distributed to select grocers, wholesalers and processors in California and Texas.”
The Large Seedless Watermelons are stickered with the “MelonUp!” label with the PLU (Price Look Up) # 4032 and UPC # 0 33383 40240 6.
Symptoms of Salmonella infection may include diarrhea (sometimes bloody), abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, fever, chills, headache, muscle pain, and joint pain. Symptoms usually appear within 12-72 hours after the ingestion of contaminated food.
To learn more, please see About Salmonella and Salmonella Symptoms or go to Salmonella Laywers to see information regarding previous outbreaks.
The Law Firm of Eric H. Weinberg represents victims of Salmonella outbreaks nationwide, including Peanut Butter Corporation of America, Banquet Pot Pie, Veggie Booty, Arby’s, and Peter Pan outbreaks. We are ready to help you. If you have been injured as a result of Salmonella food poisoning and you have a question concerning you legal rights, please call us toll free at 1-877-934-6274, or click Free Legal Case Evaluation.
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December 2nd, 2009
