Author: Tony Coveny, Ph.D

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), just over a half-million pounds of Kapowsin Pork are contaminated with salmonella. Kapowsin Meats, which is a meat company in Graham, Washington State, has issued a recall of about 523,380 pounds of its pork products that are at high risk of being contaminated with the uncommon strain of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:-. The initial recall was announced on August 13th, but since then, intensive testing has revealed Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:- in samples of whole hogs, sold for barbeque, as well as numerous other pork products produced at the…

The Simi Chipotle, located in Simi Valley at 1263 Simi Town Center Way, Simi Valley, CA 93063, has reopened after being compelled to close for cleaning. It also threw out the food on-hand, and brought in new food prior to reopening out of an abundance of caution, especially since investigators have yet to determine what pathogen they are dealing with. The restaurant owners, in consultation with the Ventura County Health Department (VCHD), decided to make sure the as-yet-undetermined pathogen would not resurface. New reports put the number of victims, who ate at the Simi Chipotle between Monday and Thursday last…

A Chipotle restaurant is now at the center of a food poisoning outbreak in California. The Chipotle is located in Simi Valley at 1263 Simi Town Center Way, Simi Valley, CA 93063. According to calls coming in to the offices of the national food poisoning lawyers at Ron Simon & Associates, the victims include a local school, dozens of patrons, and over two dozen employees. Local reports indicate that at least 60 customers have become ill, with one individual reporting to attorney Ron Simon that as many as 18 classmates from a single private school in the area were made…

Today the national food poisoning law firm of Ron Simon & Associates filed the first lawsuit stemming from the recent outbreak of Salmonella linked to roasted whole hogs in Washington State. One of the defendants, Kapowsin Meats, just yesterday issued a recall of about 120 thousand pounds of whole hogs following identification of 134 sickened with a rare strain of Salmonella I 4, [5],12:i:-. According to Washington State and FSIS health inspectors, samples of pork taken from Kapowsin Meats production tested positive for that rare strain of Salmonella. The lawsuit was filed in Pierce County on behalf of Tiffany and…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced a major recall of pork by Kapowsin Meats, a company in Graham, Washington. The Pierce County establishment is said to be issuing a recall of about 120 thousand pounds of whole hogs following identification of 134 people with salmonellosis – at least 12 of those are residents of Pierce County. The victims are believed to have been sickened with dangerous Salmonella bacteria after eating roasted pig that was contaminated with Salmonella. The particular strain at the center, known as “I 4, [5],12:i:-,” was found by Washington State…

The large outbreak of Salmonella food poisoning in Washington State, which has been linked to roasted pig, has grown to at least 134 cases, with over half of the victims, 84, confirmed in King County (including the greater Seattle area). The other victims are spread out over another nine counties, with Snohomish County reporting 24 victims, Pierce County (including the Tacoma area) reporting a dozen victims, and Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Kitsap, Mason, Thurston, and Yakima counties each reporting at least one confirmed case. Most of the victims report eating roasted pig at a private event or from a restaurant…

Yet another daycare center has become the conduit of dangerous E. Coli bacteria. This time, health officials in Indiana are trying to determine the extent of the outbreak, having identified some of the children infected. While unconfirmed, there are reports of one fatality. This outbreak comes on the heels of two other current daycare center outbreaks of foodborne illness being pursued by the food poisoning law firm of Ron Simon & Associates. One, also linked to E. Coli, is centered in New England, while the second is in Montgomery, AL, where nearly 100 kids were poisoned with Staphylococcus. “These cases…

Washington State investigators have now confirmed a growing number of illnesses in the outbreak of a rare strain of Salmonella, Salmonella I, 4, 5, 12:i:-, with 90 victims identified including 6 hospitalizations. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is now in taking a leading role in warning the public in Washington State about this outbreak of Salmonella, warning potential victims to be vigilant when consuming pork prepared from the roasting of whole pigs. This warning coincides with a Washington State request to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to send in…

Idaho’s Central District Health Department (CDHD) has updated the results of its investigation of an outbreak of Salmonella affecting patrons of the Boise Co-Op Deli who purchased food from June 1 – 10, 2015, including those who purchased food sold at the airport in Boise, where the Boise Co-Op sells food at airport kiosks. According to the CDHD, through the end of July investigators had identified approximately 300 cases of Salmonella food poisoning – many of these victims are represented by the Salmonella lawyers at Ron Simon & Associates, who set up a Boise Co-Op Salmonella Claim Center: 1-888-335-4901. The…

The Washington State Department of Health (WSDH) has updated its assessment of a large Salmonella Pork Outbreak, identifying 61 victims across King, Snohomish, Mason, Thurston, Pierce, Grays Harbor, Yakima, and Clark counties. The majority of the Salmonella Pork Outbreak victims are residents of King County, the county where Seattle is located, but the victims come from all over the state. The common element in this outbreak appears to be whole roasted pork that has been served at a number of private events across the state – so far, the WSDH is not naming the pork vendor implicated in the Salmonella…