Author: Tony Coveny, Ph.D
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.
Backyard Poultry Salmonella Outbreak over 1,000 infected in 49 States. The ongoing multistate outbreak of salmonella linked to backyard poultry continues to grow and is on track to exceed the 2017 toll of 1,120 people who got sick from contact with backyard poultry. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that as of August 30th the total number of people affected by this multistate outbreak was 1,003. According to the CDC in the month of August there were 235 reported cases of salmonella linked to contact with back yard poultry. This multistate outbreak has already become the…
Listeria Poses Threat to Unborn Children: Three Women Miscarry from Recent Listeria Outbreak in Spain In a recent outbreak of listeria in southern Spain, 197 cases have been confirmed. The origin of this outbreak is being investigated as possibly from a pork package called ‘Mecha’ distributed from a Seville-based Magrudis. Spain’s Health Minister has called for the removal of all meat under investigation. The majority of the cases have occurred in Seville. In healthy people, listeriosis often only causes fever, diarrhea, and vomiting lasting up to a week. However, in some cases, such as those with poor immune systems, listeria…
Abogado de la Salmonela Informe sobre las Orejas de Cerdo: Brutus & Barnaby Retiran sus Productos de Orejas de Cerdo para los perros. A medida que el brote de multi-estado de salmonella causado por golosinas de Oreja de Cerdo para los perros sigue creciendo otra empresa, Brutus & Barnaby, ha emitido un retiro de todos sus productos de Oreja de Cerdo. La compañía de suministro para los perros Brutus & Barnaby emitió un retiro del mercado sus variaciones de orejas de cerdo para los perros el 27 de agosto de 2019. El retiro se debió a una contaminación posible de…
Young Woman Develops Rare Form of Flesh-eating Vibrio, Confirming its Growth During the week of August 17, 2019, the CDC’s National Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Conditions, United States: Weekly Tables report 22 cases of some form of Vibrio. With the increase of Vibrio lately, the story of one 25-year old woman who contracted a flesh-eating form of Vibrio in 2017 is trending. Owens had been deep-sea fishing with her parents in the Gulf Coast of Florida when she woke up the next morning with a bump forming on her limp foot. She was rushed to the hospital. An autopsy revealed…
Mendham Golf and Tennis Club Hepatitis A Outbreak: One death Among the 27 Reported Cases. The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDH) reported on Monday, August 26, the death of a person who was sickened by a hepatitis outbreak which took place in the Mendham Golf and Tennis Club, in Mendham NJ. According to the NJDH the cause of the outbreak can be traced to an infected food handler at the Mendham Township Club, the infected food handler worked from June 9th to June 30th. Department of Health officials stated that there have been a total of 27 confirmed cases…
Is Global Warming Leading to Rise in Infectious Diseases? If so, what can consumers do to protect themselves? The question is whether or not available evidence shows Global warming leading to rise in infectious diseases, such as Vibrio, E. coli, Hepatitis A, or Cyclospora. The circumstantial evidence says yes, with warmer waters leading to a large increase in warm-water bacterial infections from Vibrio (often infecting clams, oysters, and other shell fish), and an array of flesh eating bacteria that rarely made headlines until the last couple of years. In addition, global warming is being blamed for extreme weather conditions, such…
Proper Handling of Poultry to Avoid Food Poisoning: The Unsuspected Danger of Washing Poultry The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently gathered experimental statistics on the perceived benefits of washing raw poultry before cooking and what they found is surprising. Out of the participants who washed/rinsed their raw poultry, 60 percent of their sinks were found to be splattered with bacteria afterwards. Furthermore, even after cleaning their sinks, 14 percent of these were still found to have bacteria. Finally, 26 percent of these participants contaminated their fresh, ready-to-eat salads with this bacteria. The USDA did find, however, that those…
E. coli in Water: Water in Marshall, Washington Possibly Contaminated with E. Coli The city of Marshall discovered possible E. Coli contamination in their water system while replacing the 40-year old water pump, two weeks ago. When Marshall’s city-wide water pump stopped working, a crew was sent to install a new one. Routine water sampling tests after the new installation detected traces of E. Coli bacteria within the water. The Water Association will be performing additional tests to determine when the water is safe for use again. Meanwhile, all water use in the city has been cut-off except for boiled…
Cyclosporiasis Outbreak Connected to Basil Imported from Mexico The bulk of what Mexico exports, nearly eighty percent, comes to the United States and Canada. Valued in the billions, these imports are a part of our everyday lives, including the fruits and vegetables we try our hardest to work in to our diets. It isn’t surprising, then, that an outbreak of Cyclospora impacting eleven states is connected to basil imported from Mexico. The company out of Morelos, Mexico, Siga Logistics de RL de CV, issued a recall of this product in late July. So far, there are reports of the Cyclospora…
Dole Spinach Salmonella Recall: Michigan, Wisconsin Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee Implicated Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. the company headquartered in Westlake Village, California, is the most prolific producer of fruits and veggies. Larger than any other fruit and vegetable producer in the world, they dole out more than 300 products to more than 90 countries. Not immune to pathogenic contamination, Dole is currently in the midst of a recall of some packages of baby spinach, due to a possible salmonella exposure. According to the Food and Drug Administration, Dole is voluntarily recalling a select…