Author: McKenna Madison Coveny

Food Poisoning Outbreak Strikes Wedding Again – this Time in Spain  The importance of properly storing food and keeping it fresh remains a vital issue, one that is continually proven to be so, even today. This is evident in the unfortunate outcome of one wedding in Ulea, Spain on July 6, 2024, where 40 of the 200 guests became ill after consuming the buffet-style served food. According to reports, the guests started to become ill around midnight on the night of the wedding, exhibiting symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea. At approximately 3 a.m., after around half of the affected…

Ensuring Food Safety When Severe Weather Strikes Up until recent times, food safety during inclement weather has been overlooked, largely at the cost of many consumers’ wellbeing. Thankfully, knowledge of food safety has increased as of late, leading many to correctly acknowledge that it is an incredibly vital that proper food practices are in place for keeping the general public healthy. This awareness is even more important with the rise of both inconsistent and troublesome weather. Inclement weather often leads to food instability, shortages, and to power outages, floods, and more.   Why is this important? Well, extreme weather, such as…

Lawsuit Alleges LA Fitness Fraud and Deceit – Many Have Experienced This First Hand The LA Fitness class action was filed in the Central District of California – and states in part: “this action against Defendant Fitness International, LLC, d/b/a LA Fitness, Esporta Fitness, and City Sports Club (hereinafter “LA Fitness” or “Defendant”) to obtain damages, restitution, and injunctive relief from Defendant . . .Defendant has violated California state laws and breached the terms of its contract by engaging in deceptive and predatory cancellation policies to continuously gain a profit from consumers who no longer wish to utilize gym membership…

E. coli O145 Outbreak in the United Kingdon Attributed to Contaminated Lettuce At least 256 victims have been identified (a small portion of the number of suspected illness) in an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O145 (STEC) that has hospitalized at least 86 consumers. Officilas do believe the worst is past, as all the victims identified so far have onsets of May 31 or before. According to the UK Health Security Agency, this is good news – of a sort. It noted: “Although the rate of cases has now slowed, we expect the figure to rise as NHS laboratories refer specimens…

There are Hidden Dangers to Eating Leftovers – A primer of Safe Re-Eats So many people pick up food from a fast-food restaurant, or have it delivered to their homes, and enjoy the goodness of their favorite cuisine. Many times, however, there is too much to eat in one setting and it seems a waste to throw it away! Other times, consumers whip up something delightful and, again, are unable to consume it all. Both situations lead to saving food for later consumption. But doing so can be dangerous. Just because food was safe and edible the first time it…

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, know as the CDC, has now identified 2 carriers of a new drug-resistant variant to the flu. This is significant because, while variants are very common (the flu is constantly mutating), there are only a handful of protocols for defeating the onset and severity of the flu, one of which is oseltamivir phosphate, aka Tamiflu. This new drug-resistant strain, known as the Dual Mutant, may render Tamiflu ineffective as a treatment. According to one report in the CDC’s Emerging Infectious Diseases journal at least 15 countries have identified carriers of the Dual…

Japan Only One of the Entities Seeing a Spike in Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS) With a mortality rate of nearly one-third, the 977 streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) cases in Japan, as of June 2, 2024, has resulted in 77 deaths – the most on record at this stage in the year since accurate tracking of the disease has been performed (going back to 1999).  Last year there were 97 deaths over the full year, the second most even counted.  The reporting indicates that number will be far surpassed this year. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

Over 300 victims adn this is just the proverbial “tip of the iceberg”, says Ron Simon, whose salmonella law firm has launched an investigation into the salmonella cucumber outbreak that has rocked the nation with hundreds identified – thousands suspected – in this massive nation-wide outbreak of Salmonella Africana and Salmonella Braenderup. His law firm , which solely practices food safety litigation, is the nation’s leader in salmonella litigation, serving thousands of salmonella victims against numerous fortune 500 companies responsible for importing, harvesting, manufacturing, distributing, an/or selling salmonella contaminated food in the U.S. Salmonella Cucumber Law Firm Looking Into Fresh…

162 Salmonella Africana and 158 Salmonella Braenderup illnesses across much of the United States (at least 25 states). As many as three quarters of the victims in the Africana outbreak recall eating cucumbers during the incubation period. This outbreak has been linked to Florida grown cucumbers, and has hospitalized more than 50. Fresh Start Produce Sales, Inc., of Delray, Florida, has issued a recall after one of its product samples tested positive for salmonella. While it remains to be seen if other producers products are also implicated, swift action was taken to avoid further illnesses. State and federal agencies are…

Lead Poisoning Identified in Hundreds of Children Who Ate WanaBana Applesauce Sold by Dollar Tree Ironically, on Halloween of last year (October 31 of 2023),  a day noted for kid’s treats, a company called WanaBaba was compelled to recall Ecuadorian apple sauce pouches (mostly for consumption by kids) after reports its apple cinnamon puree was laced with dangerous levels of lead.  WanaBaba (mostly sold at Dollar Tree), was joined by Schnuck’s and Weis brands of similar products, all produced by Austrofoods, a manufacturer and importer of the tainted product.  The Food and Drug Administration, which goes by its initials, “FDA”,…