Simon & Luke files E. coli Lawsuit in California The E. coli lawyers at Simon & Luke have filed an E. coli lawsuit against JBS Swift Beef Company (“JBS Swift”). The suit was filed on behalf of a 44 year old Stacey Barenchi, a California resident who contracted E. coli O157:H7 after consuming contaminated ground [...]

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 [...]

National Steak and Poultry (NSP) has just issued this statement on its website about the beef recall that has been tied to a rash of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in 6 states: Based on epidemiological evidence, provided to us by FSIS, some of our products could potentially be implicated in an outbreak. Therefore, as a [...]

As salmonella illness totals continue to rise, officials at Cargill, Inc. refuse to identify the grocery chains to which their contaminated beef was sold. Last Thursday, Beef Packers, Inc. (owned by Cargill, Inc.) recalled over 400 tons of ground beef shipped this summer because of an outbreak of a drug-resistant strain of Salmonella Newport. The [...]

Health officials have now reported that at least 27 people have fallen ill from a Salmonella Newport outbreak that prompted the recall of more than 412 tons of ground beef.  The beef was manufactured by Beef Packers Inc. in Fresno, California, a unit of Minneapolis-based agribusiness giant Cargill, Inc. So far 21 cases have been [...]