Salmonella Found at Peanut Plant Before
The Georgia food plant that federal investigators say knowingly shipped contaminated peanut butter also had mold growing on its ceiling and walls, and it has foot-long gaps in its roof, according to...
View ArticleFederal Officials Want Criminal Investigation of Peanut Company
Federal officials said on today they're pursuing a criminal investigation of a peanut processor that they say sold food contaminated with salmonella.The decision comes months after the start of a...
View ArticlePunitive Claims Added to Peanut Butter Suit in Light of FDA Report
The law firm that filed the first lawsuit tied to the recent salmonella outbreak in certain brands of peanut butter has added claims for punitive damages in light of the U.S. Food and Drug...
View ArticleFeds Rarely File Charges in Tainted Food Cases
As federal officials launch a criminal investigation into a Georgia peanut processor at the center of a deadly salmonella outbreak, food safety experts say they hope it's a signal that the government...
View ArticlePeanut Product Recall Took Company Approval
WASHINGTON — Even though federal health officials have begun a criminal investigation into whether the Peanut Corporation of America deliberately sold contaminated products, the government still...
View ArticleMinnesota E. coli Lawsuit Settled
OMAHA, Neb. - A Nebraska meat processor's claim that a Minnesota church should be held responsible for tainted meatballs served at a smorgasbord has been settled, and two families will receive...
View ArticleHealth Dept: E. Coli Cases May Be Linked To Stock Show
DENVER -- Health officials are investigating an outbreak linked to Colorado's largest stock show after 20 people, including 17 kids, came down with E. coli.A lab has confirmed 20 E. coli cases but the...
View ArticleE. coli strikes 19 Colorado kids, may be linked to Stock Show
State health officials are investigating an outbreak of a serious strain of E. coli that may be linked to last month's National Western Stock Show. Sixteen of the 20 people infected, all children,...
View ArticleThe Hartford Asks Court To Clarify Liability In Peanut Salmonella Cases
The peanut processor at the center of the nation's deadly salmonella outbreak could be in an even stickier mess because its insurer — The Hartford — has rushed to court to limit what it might have to...
View ArticlePulsenet: Q & A on the Computer Network that Warned of Salmonella
U.S. health officials were first alerted to the current peanut-based salmonella outbreak through a government computer network called PulseNet. But the system relies on doctors testing patients and it...
View ArticleGerms Fail to Distract Visitors at Petting Zoo
Three-year-old Logan Boehme grasped the tail of a pregnant goat in his tiny fist and grinned.When the gates opened Sunday morning to the petting zoo at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, kids...
View ArticlePeanut Scandal's Weakest Victims
Peanut and peanut products tainted with salmonella have made 604 people sick, sent 187 to the hospital and killed eight.But those are mere statistics. They do nothing to communicate the anguish that a...
View ArticleLab tests show possible salmonella at Texas PCA plant
ATLANTA — Private lab tests show there may have been salmonella at a second plant operated by the peanut company at the center of a national outbreak, but the potentially tainted products were not...
View ArticlePeanut Corp. of America files Chapter 7 bankruptcy
The parent company of the Plainview peanut processing plant that was shut down with all of its products recalled due to health concerns has filed for bankruptcy protection.Virginia-based Peanut...
View ArticlePeanut Corporation's Bankruptcy Doesn't Stop Lawsuits
Peanut Corporation of America (PCA)—the peanut processor responsible for a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium—has filed for bankruptcy protection, but attorney Bill Marler is working to...
View ArticleThe peanut recall: From start to end
A behind-the-scenes look of how Lunds responded to one of the largest and most complicated food recalls in recent memory shows how complicated our food supply system is.When food goes bad, it's Chris...
View Article17 Oklahoma wells near outbreak positive for E. coli
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma officials say 17 private water wells have tested positive for E. coli bacteria near a town where an outbreak last summer killed one man and sickened hundreds of other...
View Article21 Kids Contract E. coli at Lemont Day Care
Twenty-one children and one adult have contracted E. coli at a Lemont day care in an outbreak that began earlier this month.The Cook County Health Department has mandated all children and adults at...
View ArticlePeanut poisoning lawsuit blames Kellogg Co.
Earlier this month, a Wilsonville boy put a face on the salmonella outbreak that has sickened scores nationwide.Three-year-old Jacob Hurley sat, wearing a big-knotted tie in an angry congressional...
View ArticleWill tainted peanuts land anyone in jail?
The salmonella outbreak associated with Peanut Corp. of America’s peanut products is one of the biggest tainted-food cases in recent history.“In 15 years of litigating most of the major foodborne...
View ArticleSalmonella outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts
A salmonella outbreak in eastern Nebraska has been preliminarily linked to alfalfa sprouts from an Omaha grower.Cases in Iowa also have been tied to the outbreak.The U.S Food and Drug Administration...
View ArticleFood Safety Problems Slip Past Private Inspectors
When food industry giants like Kellogg want to ensure that American consumers are being protected from contaminated products, they rely on private inspectors like Eugene A. Hatfield. So last spring...
View ArticleMore Iowans stricken by sprout-linked salmonella, tests show
Lab tests have confirmed that several more people were sickened by salmonella poisoning, possibly linked to tainted alfalfa sprouts, health officials said Thursday.The Iowa Department of Public Health...
View ArticlePeanut processor filing has no money for injuries
Sickened consumers who sued the peanut processor blamed for a national salmonella outbreak could have trouble recovering damages from company accounts because assets listed in a bankruptcy filing...
View ArticleBlaine man sues Kellogg Co. over salmonella case
A Blaine man has filed a lawsuit against Kellogg Co., alleging he and his 3-year-old daughter were sickened by salmonella from tainted peanut butter crackers.In the lawsuit, attorney William Marler of...
View ArticleSalmonella Outbreak Spreads to Five States
The U.S. Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy says a Nebraska salmonella outbreak with sprouts as the possible source has spread to five states.Approximately 50 cases in Iowa, Kansas,...
View ArticleUpdates From the Tainted-Peanut Front
The Food and Drug Administration has issued "guidance" advising makers of peanut products on how to avoid salmonella contamination. The advice boils down to this: Be careful not to allow salmonella...
View ArticlePeanut Corp.’s leaky roof a suspect in salmonella cases
There were rodents, roaches and generally nasty conditions that nobody properly addressed at Peanut Corp. of America’s plant in Blakely.But one culprit behind the largest food-borne illness outbreak...
View ArticleSalmonella Worries Prompt Pistachio Recall
A Central California company is recalling about 1 million pounds of pistachios over concerns of possible salmonella contamination. Food safety officials are looking through Setton Farms' plant in...
View ArticleSalmonella Fears Hit Pistachios
Hungry? There are slim pickings today when it comes to eating nuts. On top of an enormous peanut recall, health officials now warn consumers to stay away from pistachios, too, due to separate concerns...
View ArticleNebraska Man Sues Sprout Company Linked to Outbreak
Attorneys for an Omaha man who said he was sickened after eating contaminated alfalfa sprouts is suing a local company tied to a multistate salmonella outbreak.Stephen Beumler said he became ill after...
View ArticleFeds Move Quickly to Combat Latest Salmonella Scare
Chastened by a costly and deadly salmonella outbreak that spawned the country's largest ever food recall, government and industry players moved quickly to try to combat the latest scare involving...
View ArticlePistachios had tested positive for Salmonella for months
TERRA BELLA, Calif. — The company that recalled 2 million pounds of pistachios on Monday had been receiving positive salmonella tests for as long as five months, federal officials say.Salmonella in...
View ArticlePistachios had been found to have salmonella three times in recent months...
Kraft Foods had been bedeviled with positive salmonella tests in products containing pistachios for months prior to its recall last week of a pistachio-laden trail mix, the company said Friday.Shortly...
View ArticlePistachio Recall Signals Tough Stance on Safety
WASHINGTON — As the nation’s second-largest processor of pistachios agreed Monday to recall its entire 2008 crop despite no confirmed illnesses, the Obama administration issued a tough warning to all...
View ArticleMontrose dairy must abide by conditions after illness outbreak
State health officials Tuesday announced a Montrose dairy must meet a series of conditions before it resumes distribution of raw milk, a week after revealing a series of people were sickened by a...
View ArticleFamily sues peanut butter maker over death linked to salmonella outbreak
The family of an elderly Minnesotan whose death was linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak has sued the manufacturer of the peanut butter the man had eaten.Clifford Tousignant, 78, originally of...
View ArticleLawyer representing victims of salmonella outbreak finds leaks, holes in...
An attorney representing victims of the salmonella outbreak says he saw leaks and openings animals could crawl into while touring a Peanut Corp. of America processing plant in Texas.State inspectors...
View ArticleSalmonella victims seek justice
Christopher Meunier was feeling fine on the morning of Nov. 25 last year.By that night, the 7-year-old was violently ill with diarrhea and vomiting his parents initially thought was the flu.It wasn't...
View ArticleAlfalfa sprout warning issued
The Food and Drug Administration is recommending consumers not eat raw alfalfa sprouts until further notice because the popular crunchy greens have been linked to a salmonella saintpaul outbreak in...
View ArticleBig Fresno Fair Settles E-Coli Poisoning Lawsuit
ive years after a young Fresno girl became critically ill following a visit to the Big Fresno Fair; the fair has agreed to pay her more than two-million dollars.Angela Malos is facing on-going health...
View ArticleFirm in Cold Spring woman's E. coli case gives $25,000
The Seattle law firm that represents clients nationwide in food-borne illness cases has donated $25,000 to Rocori High School for science scholarships.Marler Clark, which represented Rocori graduate...
View ArticleJudge OKs Minnesota woman, Cargill E. coli settlement
A judge has approved a settlement between the meatpacking arm of agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. and a Minnesota woman who became ill with an E. coli infection from a tainted hamburger.U.S. District...
View ArticleWoman sues Subway over sickening sandwich
CHICAGO - A suburban Chicago woman who claims she went to the emergency room after eating a Subway sandwich is suing the restaurant chain following a salmonella outbreak that sickened nearly 100 of...
View ArticleSubway restaurants still suffering from Salmonella reports
Sales continue to be down by one-third to one-half at Springfield-area Subway restaurants more than a month after dozens of Subways in central and northern Illinois threw out all vegetables suspected...
View ArticleLawsuit filed in salmonella case
A Pleasant Prairie woman sickened in a recent salmonella outbreak connected to a Kenosha restaurant has filed a lawsuit against the eatery.Tanja Dzinovic was among the nearly 30 people who got sick in...
View ArticleWedding Attendees Claim Food Poisoning at Banquet Hall
The Will County Health Department is investigating a claim that between five and 10 people received food poisoning at a south suburban banquet hall while attending a wedding two weeks ago. One of the...
View ArticleTaco Bell linked to 21-state salmonella outbreak
Irvine-based Taco Bell is the prime suspect in a nationwide food scare that has sickened more than 150 people in 21 states.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said victims were made ill...
View ArticleGetting back to normal: Locust Grove recovering from E. coli outbreak
David Waddle was "never the same" after eating a down-home meal two years ago at a popular Locust Grove restaurant.On July 30, the Cabot, Ark., man died in his sleep at age 63.His widow, Pat Waddle,...
View Article228 Million Eggs Recalled After Salmonella Outbreak; First Lawsuit Filed
One of the nation's largest egg producers is recalling millions of eggs because of a salmonella outbreak. Hundreds of people have become sick, and one lawsuit has already been filed against the egg...
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