The salmonella lawyers at national food safety law firm Simon & Luke have filed another salmonella claim against Subway. The claim was filed today on behalf of Robert Hussey, a 19-year old college student who contracted Salmonella Hvittingfoss after eating a sandwich at the Subway restaurant located at 610 East Daniel in Champaign, Illinois in [...]

The South Dakota Department of Health has just reported that 8 individuals have tested positive for the outbreak strain of Salmonella Enteritidis linked to contaminated eggs that has sickened over 1500 victims nationwide.  The contaminated eggs were produced by Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms in Iowa and distributed to several states, including South Dakota. [...]

In the wake of an outbreak that has sickened over 1500 and forced the recall of over 550 million eggs due to contamination with Salmonella Enteritidis, another company has issued an egg recall of its egg brands. Sparboe Farms is voluntarily recalling shell eggs produced by Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms which were packaged [...]

The Minnesota State health department has linked a cluster of 7 illnesses to the national egg recall. Spokesman Doug Schultz says seven Salmonella Enteritidis illnesses were reported May 20 as part of an outbreak at a Bemidji restaurant called Mi Rancho.  The illnesses were traced to shell eggs from Hillandale Farms of Iowa. So far, [...]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Colorado public health officials have solved the mystery as to what was the source of a Colorado Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak in mid-July: contaminated eggs produced by Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms in Iowa.  All of the Colorado victims became ill after eating at The Fort Restaurant [...]

As the number of Salmonella Enteritidis illnesses continues to grow (it is now over 1500 nationwide), so do the number of recalled eggs. Below is the most current egg recall list showing each egg brand involved in the recall: Brand Name Pack Size Plant Numbers and Julian Dates Albertson 6-egg cartons, dozen egg cartons, 18-egg [...]

Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. of  Wyalusing, Pa. has recalled 8500 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O26. The recalled products include 42-pound cases of “GROUND BEEF FINE 90/10,” containing three 14 pound chubs each.  The products have a “use/freeze by” date of “07/01/10,” and an identifying product code of [...]

NBC does it again.  Super reporter Dave Scott of KXAN TV did another great piece on the salmonella egg recall that has sickened over 1500 nationwide.   He featured my client, Amanda Sanchez, of Austin, Texas, who has filed the first Texas salmonella egg lawsuit against Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms.  She was hospitalized for 4 days as [...]

The Colorado Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak that sickened 28 people in June has now been linked to the nationwide Salmonella egg recall that has claimed 1500 victims nationwide. Rattlesnake Cakes (with bad eggs) are the source In June, health officials noted a cluster of Salmonella Enteritidis illnesses 4 times greater than the normal expected case amounts.  [...]

Wisconsin state health officials have now linked a June salmonella outbreak that sickened 30 diners at the Baker Street Restaurant and Pub in Kenosha to the nationwide recall of 550 million eggs by Iowa egg producers Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms.  The Wisconsin salmonella cases bring the national total to over 1500. An investigation [...]