Simon & Luke files Salmonella Egg Lawsuit Last week, the salmonella lawyers at Simon & Luke filed another salmonella lawsuit against Wright County Egg.  Tainted eggs produced by Wright County Egg were identified in 2010 as the source of the largest salmonella outbreak in US history. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Montanna Arterson, [...]

Austin “Jack” DeCoster Abandons Egg Production in Ohio It appears that Austin “Jack” DeCoster – the owner of two Iowa egg farms at the center of a national salmonella outbreak that sickened over 2000 last year – is getting out of the egg business, at least in Ohio. According to the Des Moines Iowa Register, [...]

National food safety firm Simon & Luke continues to prosecute claims linked to last year’s Salmonella Enteritidis egg outbreak that sickened almost 2000 people nationwide – making it the largest Salmonella outbreak in United States history. If you were sickened with Salmonella after eating eggs, it is not to late to get help and file [...]

Ohio Fresh Eggs Receives Stern Warning Letter from the FDA In November and December, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviewed the records of Ohio Fresh Eggs, and found that 13 FDA environmental samples from four of its egg layer sites were confirmed positive for Salmonella Enteritidis (SE). The FDA propounded, in WARNING LETTER [...]

Reno, Nevada Firkin & Wolf Restaurant linked to Salmonella Egg Outbreak On July 23, 2010, the staff of the Communicable Disease Program (CDP) of the Washoe County Health Department began investigating a local salmonella outbreak.  The CDP identified four cases of Salmonella Enteritidis withpositive results dated between July 19-22, 2010.  After a thorough investigation, utilizing intensive questionnaires, the [...]

The salmonella lawyers at the Houston-based food safety firm Simon & Luke continue to prosecute cases linked to last year’s Salmonella Enteritidis egg outbreak that sickened almost 2000 people nationwide thus far – making it the largest Salmonella outbreak in United States history.  If you were sickened with Salmonella after eating eggs, it is not [...]

CDC Updates Salmonella Egg Illness Count – Now 1939 Victims Nationwide In July 2010, CDC identified a nationwide sustained increase in the number of Salmonella Enteritidis isolates with PFGE pattern JEGX01.0004.  From May 1 to November 30, 2010, a total of 3,578 illnesses were reported.  However, some cases from this period may not have been [...]

The salmonella lawyers at Simon & Luke continue to pursue claims on behalf of citizens who contracted salmonella after consuming eggs and egg products this year.  The illnesses have been linked to contaminated eggs produced by Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms.  Both are located in Iowa.  The CDC has released new data showing that [...]

The CDC has just released updated data on the Salmonella Enteriditis Egg Outbreak linked to contaminated eggs produced at Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms in Iowa. The victim count has now risen to 1813 nationwide. Between May 1 and October 15, 2010, 2010, a total of 3,182 illnesses of an identical In July 2010, [...]

I’m back in Houston now, fresh from a day-long inspection of Wright County Egg Farm and its feed mill in Galt, Iowa.  Wright County Egg is one of two Iowa egg farms (the other is Hillandale Farms) linked to the national salmonella egg outbreak that has sickened over 1600 people since May of this year. [...]