Larry Schultz Organic Eggs Contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis Sicken 6 in Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) are investigating Salmonella illnesses in at least six people in Minnesota that are connected with a recall of organic shell eggs due to contamination with Salmonella Enteritidis. The contamined eggs were traced back by the MDA to Larry Schultz Organic Farm of Owatonna, where environmental testing confirmed the presence of Salmonella Enteritidis. Prompted by this Minnesota Salmonella outbreak, Larry Schultz Organic Farm has issued a voluntary recall of the products.
Routine reportable disease monitoring by state health officials identified six cases of Salmonella Enteritidis infection with the same DNA fingerprint. The individuals became ill between August 12 and September 24. The illnesses occurred in both children and adults, and all are residents of the seven-county metropolitan area. Three of the cases were hospitalized but have since recovered. Five of the six cases have reported eating eggs from the Larry Schultz Organic Farm purchased at grocery stores or co-ops. The Larry Schultz recalled eggs may have been delivered to the following grocery stores and co-ops in Minnesota:
Kowalski’s Markets at all locations
Grass Roots Coop, Anoka
Valley Natural Foods, Burnsville
Lakewoods Natural Foods Chanhassen
Whole Foods Co-op Duluth
Cook County Coop, Grand Marais
Harvest Moon Coop, Long Lake
Bryn Mawr Market, Minneapolis
Eastside Food Co-op, Mpls
Grass Roots, Mpls
Linden Hills Food Co-op, Mpls
Seward Food Co-op, Mpls
The Wedge, Mpls
Whole Foods Minneapolis
Lakewinds Natural Foods, Minnetonka
Whole Foods Minnetonka
Sydney’s Health Market, Moorhead
Bread N’ Honey Pantry, Mora
Just Foods, Northfield
Fresh and Natural, Plymouth
Mazopiya Natural Foods, Prior Lake
Good Food Store Co-op, Rochester
Fresh & Natural Shoreview
Hampden Park Foods, St. Paul
Mississippi Market, Selby Ave., St. Paul
Mississippi Market, Randolph Ave., St. Paul
Whole Foods St. Paul
St. Peter Food Coop, St. Peter
River Market, Stillwater
Bluff County Co-op, Winona
Eggs affected by this recall were also distributed to restaurants and foodservice companies in Minnesota. If you contracted a Salmonella infection (salmonellosis) after eating eggs at any location in Minnesota or Wisconsin, our attorneys are available for a free consultation.
Eggs from Larry Schultz Organic Farm are packaged under the following brand names: Lunds & Byerlys Organic, Kowalski’s Organic, and Larry Schultz Organic Farm. Eggs are packed in bulk and varying sizes of cartons (6-egg cartons, dozen egg cartons, 18-egg cartons). Cartons bearing Plant Number 0630 or a “Sell by” date are not included in this recall.
Eggs included in the recall include the following:
- Larry Schultz Organic Farm, extra large, large, jumbo, medium and bulk organic eggs with a Jullian date “286 EXP NOV 12″ or “286 NOV12.” (If the carton has a plant number or any addtional numbers or letters it is not part of the recall and if the carton has a “Sell by” date it is NOT recalled.)
- Lunds & Byerly’s large and extra large organic eggs with a Jullian date “286 EXP NOV 12″ or “286 NOV12.”
- Kowalski’s Organic Egg with a Jullian date “286 EXP NOV 12″ or “286 NOV12.”
Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in very young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy people infected with Salmonella often experience diarrhea, fever, and abdominal pain. Victims of Salmonella outbreaks have hospital bills and victims and their families have to take time off of work. Justice requires compensation. Our Minnesota Salmonella lawyers are one of the few law firms in the nation who practice extensively in the area of food safety litigation. They have successfully won money for Salmonella victims sickened by eggs. Contact our Salmonella lawyers for a free consultation regarding a lawsuit against Larry Schultz Organic Farm and others.
Papaya Salmonella Outbreak Update, 3 Minnesota Cases
Papaya salmonella outbreak map
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Although there are still three Salmonella Agona illnesses in Minnesota related to the nationwide papaya Salmonella outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new numbers for the outbreak as a whole. Now, according to the CDC, 99 illnesses are part of the outbreak in 23 states and 10 have been hospitalized.The illnesses reported as part of the outbreak occurred between Jan. 1 and July 22, 2011. People sick in this outbreak range from less than 1 year old to 91 years old. Median age is 19. 41 percent of those ill are children younger than 5 and 60 percent are women.
According to the CDC, the distribution of people ill across the 23 states invovled in the outbreak is as follows:
Arkansas (1), Arizona (3), California (7), Colorado (1), Georgia (8), Illinois (17), Louisiana (2), Massachusetts (1), Minnesota (3), Missouri (3), Nebraska (2), Nevada (1), New Jersey (1), New Mexico (3), New York (7), Ohio (1), Oklahoma (1), Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee (1), Texas (25), Virginia (2), Washington (5), and Wisconsin (2).
Salmonella Papaya Lawsuit Information
An epi curve is used to track cases in the Papaya Salmonella outbreak
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MN Salmonella Lawyers Investigating Salmonella Montevideo Outbreak
Minnesota Salmonella lawyers at Pritzker Olsen law firm are investigating a Salmonella Montevideo outbreak that may be associated with salami manufactured by Daniele, a Rhode Island firm. I84 people from 38 states have a matching strain of Salmonella Montevideo:
AL (2), AZ (5), CA (30), CO (2), CT (4), DE (2), FL (2), GA (3), IA (1), IL (11), IN (3), KS (3), LA (1), MA (12), MD (1), ME (1), MI (1), MN (4), NC (9), ND (1), NE (1), NH (1), NJ (7), NY (15), OH (9), OK (1), OR (8), PA (3), RI (2), SC (1), SD (3), TN (3), TX (7), UT (7), VA (1), WA (14), WV (1), and WY (2).
Among the 125 patients with available information, 35 (28%) were hospitalized. Salmonella can cause serious complications, including Reiter’s syndrome (a form of arthritis), enteric fever (typhoid fever), meningitis (infection of the brain and spinal cord), sepsis (infection of the blood) and death.
Daniele Salami Recall
On January 23, 2010, Daniele International Inc., a Rhode Island firm, recalled approximately 1,240,000 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) varieties of Italian sausage products, including salami/salame, because the products may be contaminated with Salmonella, according to a USDA-FSIS recall announcement. These products were sold under the following brands: Daniele, Black Bear of the Black Forest, Dietz and Watson, Boar’s Head, and possibly others. The FSIS has not yet released a full retail list.
During the course of the outbreak investigation conducted by state and federal health officials, a sample of Daniele salami found in commerce was tested by a state health department and found to contain Salmonella, although not Salmonella Montevideo, the strain involved in the outbreak:
The product tested was similar to products bought by customers who later became sick in the Montevideo investigation, but currently there is not a direct link. The Salmonella strain in the tested product does not appear to be the Montevideo strain of interest and further testing of the sample is ongoing at a state health partner laboratory. Daniele believes that black pepper used in the recalled Daniele salami and other sausage products is a possible source of the Salmonella contamination. The company, therefore, has recalled all Daniele products in commerce associated with black pepper.
The products subject to the Daniele salami recall include the following:
- 10-ounce packages of “DANIELE NATURALE SALAME COATED WITH COARSE BLACK PEPPER.”
- Catch weight packages of “DANIELE PEPPER SALAME.”
- 9-ounce packages of “BLACK BEAR OF THE BLACK FOREST BABY GENOA PEPPER SALAME.”
- 20-ounce packages of “DANIELE DELI SELECTION, GENOA SALAME, SMOKED SALAME, PEPPERED SALAME, RUSTIC SALAME.”
- 340- and 454-gram packages of “DANIELE SURTIDO FINO ITALIANO, SALAMI GENOA CON PIMIENTA, LOMO CAPOCOLLO, SALAMI CALABRESE.”
- 16-ounce packages of “DANIELE ITALIAN BRAND GOURMET PACK, HOT CALABRESE, PEPPER SALAME, HOT CAPOCOLLO.”
- 8-ounce packages of “DIETZ & WATSON ARTISAN COLLECTION PARTY PLATTER PACK, HOT CALABRESE, PEPPER SALAME, HOT CAPOCOLLO.”
- 8-ounce packages of “DANIELE ITALIAN BRAND GOURMET PACK, HOT CALABRESE, PEPPER SALAME, HOT CAPOCOLLO.”
- 16-ounce packages of “DANIELE GOURMET COMBO PACK, PEPPER SALAME, CAPOCOLLO, CALABRESE.”
- 500-gram packages of “DANIELE ITALIAN BRAND GOURMET PACK EMBALLAGE ASSORTI GOURMET ITALIEN, HOT CALABRESE, PEPPER SALAME, CALABRESE PIQUANT, SALAMI AU POIVRE, HOT CAPOCOLLO, CAPOCOLLO PIQUANT.”
- 8-ounce packages of “BOAR’S HEAD BRAND ALL NATURAL SALAME COATED WITH COARSE BLACK PEPPER.”
- Catch weight packages of “DIETZ & WATSON ARTISAN COLLECTION, BABY GENOA PEPPER SALAME, MADE WITH 100% PORK COATED WITH BLACK PEPPER AND PORK FAT.”
- 20-ounce variety packages of “DANIELE DELI SELECTION, GENOA SALAME, SWEET SOPRESSATA, PEPPERED GENOA, MILANO SALAME.”
- 21-ounce variety packages of “DANIELE GOURMET ITALIAN DELI SELECTION, SWEET SOPRESSATA SALAMI, PEPPERED GENOA SALAMI, HOT SOPRESSATA SALAMI, MILANO SALAMI, SALAMI SOPRESSATA DOUX, SALAMI GENOA POIVRÉ, SALAMI SOPRESSATA PIQUANT, SALAMI MILANO.”
- 7-ounce packages of “DANIELE SALAME BITES PEPPER SALAME.”
- 14-ounce packages of “DANIELE GOURMET ITALIAN DELI SELECTION ASSORTMENT DE FINES CHARCUTERIE ITALIENNE, SWEET SOPRESSATA SALAMI, MILANO SALAMI, SALAMI SOPRESSATA DOUX, SALAMI MILANO.”
- Catch weight packages of “DANIELE NATURALE SALAME COATED WITH COARSE BLACK PEPPER.”
- 32-ounce variety packages of “DANIELE DELI SELECTION, GENOA SALAME, SWEET SOPRESSATA, PEPPERED GENOA, MILANO SALAME.”
Each package of recalled Daniele salami and other sausage bears a label with establishment number “EST. 9992″ or “EST. 54″ inside the USDA mark of inspection.
Pritzker Olsen, a Minnesota personal injury law firm, represents Salmonella victims nationwide. Attorney Fred Pritzker has appeared on national television discussing food safety and Salmonella litigation. To contact a Minnesota injury lawyer at Pritzker Olsen about a Daniele salami lawsuit, please call 1-888-377 (toll free), email Attorney Fred Pritzker or submit our online form for a free consultation. Read about Minnesota food poisoning lawyer Fred Pritzker.
Minnesota Alfalfa Sprouts – Salmonella Lawyer
State and federal health officials have linked a multistate Salmonella outbreak to eating raw alfalfa sprouts.
In response to this outbreak, FDA and CDC are recommending that consumers not eat raw alfalfa sprouts, including sprout blends containing alfalfa sprouts, until further notice.
Given the far-reaching nature of the outbreak, CDC suspects that certain alfalfa seeds are contaminated with Salmonella Saintpaul.
Our Minnesota law firm is representing persons sickened by alfalfa sprouts in Minnesota and other states. If you or a loved one has been sickened, please contact our law firm. Attorney Fred Pritzker has recently appeared on CBS News and Fox News discussing Salmonella outbreaks and litigation.
According to the CDC:
Since mid-March, 35 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Saintpaul have been reported from 7 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Michigan (17), Minnesota (4), Ohio (3), Pennsylvania (6), South Dakota (2), Utah (1), and West Virginia (2). Cases are still being reported, and possible cases are in various stages of laboratory testing, so illnesses may be reported from other states.
Some of the people sickened ate alfalfa sprouts at a restaurant. These people may have a claim against the restaurant in addition to the grower, processor, distributor and others.
If you have been diagnosed with Salmonella, please contact a Salmonella lawyer at our law firm:
- 612-338-0202
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Minnesota Salmonella Death: 2 Minnesota Deaths Tied to Salmonella
A second death in Minnesota has been reported by health officials in connection with a nationwide Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that has hit the state hard. The overall wave of 425 illnesses in 43 states has been tied to bulk packages of peanut butter by health investigators in Minnesota and at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Doug Schultz, a spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Health, told the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) that the second Minnesota patient who died with the Salmonella infection was a man in his 70s who lived in a nursing home and had numerous underlying health problems. Previously, a 72-year-old woman who also had underlying health conditions also died after being sickened by the bacteria. Two other outbreak-related deaths were reported in Virginia.
Top food safety lawyer Fred Pritzker of Minneapolis said Wednesday that he has been retained to represent the heirs of the Minnesota woman who died. Pritzker, whose firm is one of the few in the country that practices extensively in foodborne illness litigation, has experience in practically all major food poisoning outbreaks, including the 2007 Salmonella outbreak associated with Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter.
To contact Fred Pritzker, please call (612)-338-0202, call 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free) or submit our free consultation form.
Minnesota now has 33 confirmed cases associated with the outbreak, up from 30 cases last week, the state department of health said. Schultz told CIDRAP that 12 of the patients were living in nursing homes and 13 were hospitalized.
After Minnesota investigators found Salmonella Typhimurium last week in a five-pound tub of King Nut creamy peanut butter that had been in use at a nursing home, Ohio-based King Nut Companies announced a voluntary recall of all of its peanut butter products. The brand, made under contract by Peanut Corporation of America, is sold only to foodservice accounts like long-term care facilities, hospitals, schools, and other institutions. Additional testing of the peanut butter in Minnesota confirmed a genetic match between the Salmonella in the peanut butter and the Salmonella found in the 43-state outbreak.
On Wednesday, more recalls were announced.
Virginia-based Peanut Corporation of America recalled King Nut and Parnell’s Pride peanut butter produced in its Blakely, Georgia, processing plant “because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.”
Later, Kellogg Company of Battle Creek, Mich., said it was putting a hold on all of its inventories of Austin and Keebler branded peanut butter sandwich crackers, peanut butter and jelly sandwich crackers, cheese and peanut butter sandwich crackers and peanut butter-chocolate sandwich crackers.
Kellogg said it was taking the step as a precaution and was unaware of any illness complaints. The company said the move was prompted by the Salmonella outbreak because Peanut Corporation of America supplies some of the peanut paste that goes into the peanut crackers.
