Simon & Luke Files Tainted Cantaloupe Lawsuit Texas-based food safety firm Simon & Luke has filed a lawsuit on behalf of one of the 146 victims nationwide that have been sickened by cantaloupe contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.  The cantaloupes were produced by Jensen Farms in Colorado and distributed by Texas-based Frontera Produce, Ltd. The lawsuit was filed [...]

Simon & Luke Recovers Listeria Settlement for Family of Deceased Victim National food safety law firm Simon & Luke has settled the first listeria death claim in the United States from an outbreak linked to contaminated sprouts. The claim was settled on behalf of the family of a woman who died from listeriosis after consuming [...]

Cantaloupes Claim 29 Deaths and 139 Total Illnesses in 28 States The death toll continues to rise in the multistate Listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to contaminated cantaloupes produced by Jensen Farms of Holly, Colorado.  The cantaloupes were distributed by Frontera Produce of Edinburg, Texas As of November 1, 2011, a total of 139 persons infected [...]

Colorado, Kansas and New York Hit Again as Fatalities Reach 28: CDC’s Epi-Curve Predicts New Cases into November With newly reported fatalities in Colorado, Kansas and New York, the death toll has reached 28.  The toll has now spanned four months, and according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Epidemic curve (EpiCurve), [...]

Listeria Exhibits 21% Fatality Rate: 133 Illnesses, 28 Confirmed Deaths The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to work with public health officials in numerous states, including Colorado, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of listeriosis. As of 9am EDT on October 24, 2011, a total [...]

Bipartisan Inquest Follows Deadliest Outbreak in Quarter Century On Friday, a House of Representatives panel inserted itself into the investigation of listeria-tainted cantaloupes, which have been linked to 25 deaths in the nation’s deadliest food-borne outbreak in a quarter of a century.  The House Energy and Commerce Committee requested a staff briefing from Jensen Farms, [...]

FDA Issues Warning Letter to Jensen Farms for Listeria Contamination In a Warning Letter issued to Jensen Farms on Tuesday, the FDA has now provided its initial overview of factors that potentially contributed to the contamination of Jensen Farms cantaloupe with Listeria monocytogenes, the cause of the current multi-state outbreak that has killed 25 and [...]

New CDC Numbers:  123 Ill, 25 Dead, and 1 Miscarriage Now Linked to Jensen Farms The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that as of October 17, 2011, a total of 123 persons have been confirmed infected with any of the four outbreak-associated strains of Listeria monocytogenes in 26 states. Pennsylvania was [...]

Simon & Luke Files Another Listeria Lawsuit The food poisoning lawyers at Simon & Luke on Friday filed a listeria lawsuit in Bexar County, San Antonio, Texas. The suit was filed on behalf of Mackenzie and Ellisa Purma against Sangar Fresh Cut Produce, L.L.C. (“Sangar”).  Health authorities determined that Sangar’s celery was the source of [...]

Cantaloupe Listeria – 75 Ill, 13 Dead in TX, OK, NM, CO As the total number of infected rises to 116 in the four outbreak-associated strains of Listeria monocytogenes, the four-state region including Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Colorado has been hit hardest.  Oklahoma, also a producer of cantaloupe, has reported 11 cases and 1 fatality; Texas [...]