Simon & Luke Prosecuting Tainted Turkey Claims Houston-based food safety law firm Simon & Luke has filed more claims against Cargill on behalf of victims who contracted Salmonella Heidelberg after consuming ground turkey manufactured by the company.  The claims were filed on behalf of residents of Michigan, South Dakota, Arizona, and Illinois.  In August, the [...]

Tainted Turkey Now Claims 129 Victims in 34 States The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has just upped its victim count for the Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak linked to tainted Cargill ground turkey. Since February 27, 2001, a total of 129 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from in 34 [...]

Cargill Recalls More Tainted Turkey – Salmonella is Again the Culprit The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today that ground turkey from Cargill, which only just recently began limited production of some ground turkey products, has again tested positive for a drug-resistant strain of Salmonella Heidelberg.  According to FSIS, [...]

Tainted Cargill Turkey Outbreak Claims 119 Victims The CDC has reported that 119 individuals in 32 states have been infected with Salmonella Heidelberg linked to the consumption of ground turkey produced by a single Cargill, Inc. subsidiary, according to the most recent CDC outbreak update. The largest number of outbreak cases were reported in Texas, [...]

Troutdale Infant Identified as First Oregon Illness Linked to Tainted Turkey On Thursday, Lynne Terry of the Oregonian identified a Troutdale infant, pictured here, as the first confirmed salmonella case in Oregon linked to contaminated turkey produced by Cargill. Cargill on Wednesday issued a recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey products due to [...]

Updated Information on Salmonella Ground Turkey Outbreak On August 4, 2011, the CDC issued another update regarding the multistate outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg associated with consumption of contaminated ground turkey. The update follows a Wednesday recall by Cargill Value Added Meats Retail of approximately 36 million pounds of fresh and frozen ground turkey products. Nationwide, [...]

First Ground Turkey Salmonella Lawsuit Against Cargill Filed by Texas Food Poisoning Attorney Ron Simon Ron Simon of Simon & Luke has filed the first salmonella lawsuit stemming from a national outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg linked to contaminated ground turkey produced by Minneapolis-based Cargill, Inc.  The suit was filed this morning in United States District [...]

Seven Salmonella Turkey Victims in Illinois The Cargill ground turkey recall has caused illnesses in Illinois.  The seven confirmed outbreak cases in Illinois make it the state with the fourth-most confirmed cases.  Only three states have more confirmed cases: Michigan and Ohio, with 10 each, and Texas, with nine.  The cases are part of an [...]

Turkey Salmonella Outbreak Claims Two Kentucky Victims This morning, officials at the Kentucky Department for Public Health confirmed to Simon & Luke the details of the outbreak cases in that state.  The department has identified two salmonella cases related to the national Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak, confirmed Barbara Fox, Public Information Officer at the Cabinet for [...]

Simon & Luke To File First Ground Turkey Salmonella Lawsuit Against Cargill Tomorow morning, food safety lawyers at Simon & Luke will file the first salmonella lawsuit stemming from a national outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg linked to contaminated ground turkey produced by Minneapolis-based Cargill, Inc. The suit comes after Cargill Value Added Meats Retail, a [...]