Author: McKenna Madison Coveny
Many of the recent outbreaks that have hit the U.S. have also hit its neighbor to the North, Canada. “The Canadian and U.S. markets are intertwined,” says Ron Simon, a national food poisoning layer who has represented thousands of salmonella victims in the last two decades. “This outbreak is just getting started,” says Simon, “berceuse the victims are just beginning to realize what made them sick. As soon as we receive the heath deportment records from the victims we represent, we will file a salmonella cantaloupe lawsuit to enable us to get the discovery we need to find out how…
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), HMC Group Marketing, Inc., also known as HMC Farms, has issued a recall of its non-organic peaches, plums and nectarines sold in retail establishments between May 1 and November 15 of either 2022 or 2023. According to the FDA, at least 11 listeriosis illnesses have been attributed to consumption of the Peaches, Plums and Nectarines being recalled. No explanation has been given as to the selected dates, which include a span of seven-and-one-half months in each of the two most recent years. One food safety attorney posited that that coincides with…
Food Microbiology Study: Some Important Food Borne Illness Facts According to new research published by Researchers at School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Salmonella, E. coli and Listeria monocytogenes are all common sources of food borne illness outbreaks due to unique genetic adaptations. In their research, they first noted a number of facts: Salmonella: Adapting to attach According to the research, certain serotypes (or “serovars”) have unique abilities to attach to certain plants. Basil, for example, is often prone to Salmonella Enteritidis, Typhimurium and Senftenberg. Salmonella Tennessee attaches readily to lettuce. In some cases researchers believe the key is a unique genetic adaptation in the…
According to the CDC, the earliest onset of illness for a related illness was on or about April 27, 2023. Then, on May 21st adn 22nd, four additional victims became sick. This was followed by 13 more onsets up to about July 7th. According to the CDC< it is very likely the actual number of sick individuals is much, much higher. Given it takes about 3-4 weeks for an illness to go from onset to reported disease, for those who actually seek medical attention AND are tested appropriately, it is likely no more cases will be linked to this outbreak.…
Papa Murphy’s Take ‘N’ Bake Pizza Salmonella Outbreak: Raw Cookie Dough Contaminated with Salmonella Bacteria More than 2 dozen individuals in Western U.S. States, including California (2 victims), Idaho (5 victims), Oregon (8 victims), Utah (4 victims) and Washington (6 victims) states, as well as one person in Missouri, contracted salmonella after eating Papa Murphy’s raw cookie dough. The earliest case had an onset of illness on February the 24th of this year, while the latest illness onset appears to have been May 28th. Over 80 percent of the victims were women, half between 14 and 81 years of age.…
Obviously, a wedding is often the beginning of a new chapter of happiness and joy, but that beginning can be rocky when the wedding reception, a time for merriment and joy, turns ugly due to food poisoning. On September 2, 2022, that is what happened to Anthony S. and Emily B., according to a salmonella lawsuit filed in Texas against Lost Mission, a popular wedding venue in Comal County, Texas. Lost Mission provided the food for the reception which consisted of (among other things) chicken piccata, angel hair pasta, and green beans almondine. It is reported that about 300 guests…
The national food poisoning law firm of Ron Simon & Associates has already filed the first two e. coli lawsuits against the owner of Miguel’s Cocina, and may be filing more, says Ron Simon, lead attorney. “We are receiving many calls daily from victims and have found that many more people have become sick that are being reported by authorities because some either did not sought medical treatment or sought it and were treated for the symptoms without being tested for E. coli.” Miguel’s Cocina is now open, after having been shuttered in late October for ten days. It reopened…
The national food poisoning law firm of Ron Sion & Associates has now filed two lawsuits and represents over a dozen of the victims in that is outbreak, says Ron Simon, the senior partner the firm. The food poisoning law firm is believed to represent all the victims who have stepped up and sought legal representation in this E. Coli outbreak against Miguel’s Cocina to date. “We have a long track-record as an infectious disease law firm,” says Simon, adding “especially in California and in the San Diego area. Over the last few years we have represented the Marine Recruits…
An outbreak of salmonella linked to raw milk in San Diego has made headlines as three consumers are hospitalized this week. At the same time, an outbreak of E. coli from a Mexican-style food restaurant , Miguel’s Cocina (also in San Diego), has hospitalized 7 and sickened at least 17 in San Diego. And finally, Gill Onions, produced and harvested in Oxnard, California, north of Los Angles, have sicked 73 people in 22 states. The Raw Milk: Salmonella The raw milk producer is out of Fresno California, says County of San Diego health officials who have identified the victims in…
Three Salmonella Onion Lawsuits Pending Onions are once again at the center of a nation-wide salmonella outbreak that is leaving victims sick for weeks and hospitalizing at least 15, so far. Many more are expected to be identified as the investigation unfolds. [Meanwhile, two lawsuits have been filed in California in response to an outbreak of E. coli at a Mexican restaurant, Miguel’s Cocina]. The national food poisoning lawyer who filed both of the Miguel’s e. col lawsuits also happens to be the lead attorney in a large number of the onion salmonella lawsuits filed in 2020, 2021, and 2022.…