The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has issued its Final Report on the Salmonella Newport outbreak that sickened 27 patrons who ate at Luxe Burger Bar located at 5 Memorial Boulevard in Providence, RI from May 4 to May 9, 2010.  Below is a summary of the findings in that report. Having reviewed literally [...]

This Friday, I will have the pleasure of distributing millions of dollars to victims – including the parents of several children – of the peanut butter Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that sickened over 714 people in and killed 9 during 2008-2009. The contaminated peanut butter and peanut paste was manufactured by PCA at its peanut processing plants [...]

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. [...]

Here is more video of my Hillandale Farms inspection – this one from CBS: Call Simon & Luke Ron Simon and Simon & Luke have represented over 2000 victims of food poisoning in the past three years alone, recovering over $400,000,000 for their clients.  They publish articles on food poisoning at www.myfoodpoisoninglawyer.com and are frequently [...]

The NBC affiliate in Iowa ran a video of my inspection of the Hillandale Farms egg plant in Iowa.  Hillandale has already been linked to a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis that has sickened over 1600 victims nationwide. The contamination inside the plant was documented by federal investigators last month. Here is the link to [...]

An outbreak of salmonella has claimed 15 victims in three Oklahoma counties.  Investigators are now looking into the outbreak of a similar strain of salmonella identified in Iowa and Nebraska, said Laurence Burnsed, the Oklahoma Health Department’s communicable disease division director.  Only a couple of cases have been reported in those states to date. The [...]

This morning I am in West Union, Iowa to inspect Hillandale Farms – one of the two Iowa egg farms (the other is Wright County Egg) linked to contaminated eggs that have sickened over 1600 people nationwide since May.  I’ll be taking a photographer and videographer into the plant to document the conditions that have [...]

I’ve been quite busy lately working on the salmonella egg outbreak that has sickened over 1600 nationwide.   The contaminated eggs have been linked to two Iowa egg farms – Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms. In between television interviews, fielding hundreds of calls from salmonella victims, and filing lawsuits, I took my 9-year old daughter, [...]

Food Safety Attorney to Inspect Egg Farms National food safety attorney Ron Simon of Houston-based Simon & Luke will inspect the Hillandale Egg Farm in Union City, Iowa on Thursday, September 30.  Hillandale Farms is one of two Iowa egg farms at the center of a Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak linked to contaminated eggs that has [...]

The CDC has issued its final report on the Salmonella Chester outbreak linked to Marie Callender’s frozen entrees that sickened 44 people in 18 states natiowide.  Below are the details. As of August 27, 2010, a total of 44 individuals infected with a matching strain of Salmonella Chester were reported from 18 states since April [...]