Simon & Luke Collects Settlement for Victim of Luxe Burger Bar Salmonella Outbreak Today national food safety law firm Simon & Luke announced that it has collected a settlement on behalf of one of the victims of the Luxe Burger Bar Salmonella Newport outbreeak that occurred in Providence, Rhode Island from May 4 to May 9, 2010.  [...]

Ground Turkey Implicated in Nationwide Salmonella Heidelberg Outbreak The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today issued a public health alert about a Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak that may be associated with consumption of ground turkey products. Nationwide, there have been 77 Salmonella Heidelberg illnesses in 26 states with a matching [...]

A Captive Audience Made Ill by Tainted Chicken Fajitas Federal prisons officials say over 300 inmates were sickened by Salmonella poisoning at a high-security prison in Pennsylvania this last month. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced on Friday that 320 inmates and at least four staff were sickened at the U.S. Penitentiary-Canaan in Waymart [...]

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, [...]

Del Monte Cantaloupes Sicken 12 People in 4 States The CDC has now stepped in to assist in the investigation of a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Panama infections linked to consumption of Del Monte cantaloupes produced in Guatemala. So far, 12 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Panama have been reported from Oregon (5 [...]

Del Monte Recalls Cantaloupes from Guatemala Major U.S. food producer Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc. of Coral Gables, Florida has announced a recall of nearly 5,000 cartons of cantaloupes which may be contaminated with Salmonella Panama.  Each carton contains 4 plastic mesh sleeves with 3 cantaloupes per sleeve. The cantaloupes were available for sale [...]

Simon & Luke Files first Salmonella Claims Against Luxe Burger Bar Following an outbreak of Salmonella Newport among patrons who ate at Luxe Burger Bar in Providence, Rhode Island from May 4 to May 9, 2010, food safety attorney Ron Simon of Simon & Luke was the first to file claims on behalf of injured [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]