FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE– April 14, 2010 – MY-A & CO. of Cheverly, MD is recalling its 3.5oz jars of Ground Black Pepper Double Golden Fish because they may be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems.  Healthy [...]

With all of the recent salmonella and E. coli outbreaks – beef, peanut butter, cookie dough, spices, and others – the food poisoning lawyers at Simon & Luke have been fielding a huge volume of calls from concerned citizens who want to know whether they have a viable food poisoning case.  The answer is a [...]

Simon & Luke recently settled two cases for victims who contracted Salmonella  I 4,[5],12:i:- after consuming Banquet chicken pot pies manufactured by ConAgra Foods, Inc.  The cases were settled for confidential amounts. Between January and October 2007, 272 isolates of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:-  (commonly pronounced as “Salmonella eye four five twelve eye minus”) were collected from ill persons in 35 states: Arizona [...]

We talk with people every day who want to know whether they may have a viable food poisoning case.   Here is how we go about answering that question for them. First, it is important to understand that most food poisoning illnesses are never specifically identified.   Almost everyone has suffered from food poisoning at one time or another in their lives.   [...]