Sprout Outbreak Update – 125 Victims and Growing The US Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) has just updated the number of salmonella illnesses linked to contaminated alfalfa sprouts.  Since November 1, 2010, 125 individuals have become infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella serotype I 4,[5],12:i:-.  The victims reside in 22 states and the District of Columbia. [...]

ConAgra has just released this statement concerning the latest recall of Marie Callender’s frozen meals that has been linked to 30 Salmonella Chester illnesses in 15 states (California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota,  Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and Virginia). ConAgra Foods Recalling Marie Callender’s Cheesy Chicken and Rice Frozen [...]

Simon & Luke recently settled two cases for victims who contracted Salmonella  I 4,[5],12:i:- after consuming Banquet chicken pot pies manufactured by ConAgra Foods, Inc.  The cases were settled for confidential amounts. Between January and October 2007, 272 isolates of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:-  (commonly pronounced as “Salmonella eye four five twelve eye minus”) were collected from ill persons in 35 states: Arizona [...]

Simon & Luke has settled 752 cases for individuals across the United States who became ill from salmonella poisoning after consuming Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter manufactured by ConAgra Foods, Inc.  In November 2006, public health officials at CDC and state health departments detected a substantial increase in the numbe of reported Salmonella Tennessee illnesses.  Illness [...]