Author: Tony Coveny, Ph.D
Tony Coveny, has been practicing infectious disease litigation exclusively for more than a decade, settling cases against major agro-industrial companies, international suppliers, and domestic distributors and manufacturers. Tony Coveny, alongside Ron Simon, has tried cases against restaurants, distributors, national manufacturers, and foreign corporations to recover damages against their clients. From the main office in Houston, which he manages, he speaks to potential and current clients on a daily basis.
Outbreak of STEC in Minnesota’s Acapulco Mexican Restaurant Minnesota’s Department of Health declares E. coli Outbreak in Minnesota is linked to Mexican Restaurant, Acapulco. This week Minnesota’s Department of Health declared an outbreak of E. coli illnesses in Andover, Minnesota. The outbreak is suspected to be linked to Acapulco Mexican Restaurant in Andover. The department has given very little information to the public as to the number and severity of cases involved. However, Doug Schultz, Minnesota’s Department of Health Communications officer, came out recently with a statement which confirmed suspicion of the Andover restaurant and states that the investigation is…
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that at least one in six people in the United States will suffer from foodborne illness this, and every, year. As it is, most people have had or will have food poisoning in their lifetime. Most often, food poisoning causes symptoms like aching stomach, cramping, nausea, fever, vomiting, and diarrhea that can last for a few hours, days, weeks, and in some cases, years. The traditional “stomach bug,” which lasts on average 24 to 48 hours, is typically caused by norovirus, a common virus that is easily transferred from person to…
Cyclospora Lawsuits Filed Against Cooper’s Hawk and Nordstrom’s Bazille By Cyclospora Attorneys as CDC Announces the End of the Multistate Cyclospora Outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on September 30th, 2019, the end of the multistate cyclospora outbreak caused by fresh Mexican basil. The multistate outbreak linked to fresh basil from Siga Logistics de RL de CV of Morelos, Mexico, was first announced by the FDA on July 25th, 2019. According to the FDA, as of September 27, 2019, there have been a total of 241 reported cases of…
Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) y la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos (FDA) anunciaron el 30 de septiembre de 2019, el fin del brote multiestatal de cyclospora causado por la albahaca mexicana fresca. El brote multiestatal relacionado con la albahaca fresca de Siga Logistics de RL de CV de Morelos, México, fue anunciado por primera vez por el FDA el 25 de julio de 2019. Según el FDA, desde el 27 de septiembre de 2019, se han reportado un total de 241 casos de cyclospora vinculados al brote, 6 de los cuales requirieron hospitalización. Los…
Salmonella and Listeria Contamination: Performance Dog Raw Pet Food The FDA releases warning against Performance Dog Raw Pet Food due to Salmonella and Listeria Contamination. On September 26, 2019 the FDA published a warning against Performance Dog frozen raw pet food for all dog owners. Several samples were taken and tested from Bravo Packaging, Inc., the processor for Performance Dog frozen raw pet food. Two of the samples returned positive for Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes. Of the two contaminated samples, only one has been distributed to stores, including Performance Dog raw pet food, lot code: 072219. Inspectors believe the contaminated…
Backyard Chicken Salmonella Outbreak: Officially Over 1000 Victims It is not entirely uncommon for folks living even in residential areas to raise chickens and harvest eggs from them. Unfortunately though, thus far in 2019 it is becoming overwhelmingly common for residents raising chickens in their backyard or coming into close contact with these chickens to be contracting salmonella. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that over 1,000 Americans have been infected with salmonella related to backyard chickens this year. As of September 4, this number was officially at 1,003 total cases reported. Of these reported cases, there…
General Mills Flour E. Coli Recall – Once Again Flour at Center of E. coli Scare General Mills is calling for 600,000 pounds of its own product to be thrown after one of its facilities tested positive for a strain of E. coli. The product in question is their Gold Medal Flour, specifically their “5-pound bags of Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose Flour,” per the Star Tribune. This recall affects upwards of 120,000 distributed units of product. The facility in question is based in Kansas City. General Mills announced that the presence of E. coli was found at this location…
In early September, the Philadelphia Department of Health addressed a series of fourteen E. coli related sicknesses from August by issuing a public health warning to the city’s residents and visitors, confirming that there was and may still be an active outbreak of the infectious bacteria. This statement from September 5 confirmed that at least some of the fourteen infected citizens had some restaurant visits in common, but declined to name the restaurants or their locations to the public. The infected range from seven to ninety years of age, and all presented with moderate to severe stomach issues, including “acute…
Hummus from Moby Dick House of Kabob potentially linked to 9 Salmonella Cases. The Maryland Department of Health has announced its investigation of a cluster of salmonella cases believed to be linked to hummus sold by the restaurant chain Moby Dick House of Kabob, with locations in the Virginia, Maryland, and D.C. area. As of September 10, 2019, a total of 9 people have been reported with Salmonella infection to the Maryland Department of Health. This number is expected to grow as more victims seek medical treatment and their cases come up through the reporting process. Dr. Clifford Mitchell, the…
Hummus de Moby Dick House de Kabob esta potencialmente vinculado a 9 casos salmonella. El Departamento de Salud de Maryland ha anunciado su investigación sobre un grupo de casos de salmonella que se cree estár vinculados al hummus vendido por la cadena de restaurantes Moby Dick House de Kabob. A partir del 10 de septiembre de 2019, un total de 9 personas han sido reportadas con infección de Salmonella al Departamento de Salud de Maryland. El Dr. Clifford Mitchell, Director de Salud Ambiental del Departamento de Salud de Maryland, declaró que aún no se ha determinado la causa de las…