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
Our attorneys have won millions for Salmonella victims in Minnesota and throughout the United States. Contact us about a Salmonella Agona lawsuit.
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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Salmonella Outbreak Prompts Papaya Recall, 3 Minnesota Illnesses
An outbreak of Salmonella Agona has been linked by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to whole, fresh papayas imported from Mexico. A papaya recall has been issued by Agromod Produce, Inc., in McAllen, Texas. During an inspection, the FDA took samples of papaya from the Agromod facilities and from papayas being shipped to those facilities from the U.S. and Mexico border, and samples tested positive for the same strain–Salmonella Agona–that has been implicated in a multi-state outbreak.
Our law firm is the only one in Minnesota that handles Salmonella cases nationwide. About half of our practice is food poisoning cases. “It’s important for Salmonella victims to get the compensation they deserve,” said Fred Pritzker, one of the lead attorneys for our Salmonella cases. “By doing a good job for our clients, we let companies know they can’t get away with selling contaminated products.”
According to the FDA, 97 illnesses have been reported so far as part of this Salmonella Agona outbreak between January 1 and July 18, 2011. Ten of those illnesses have resulted in hospitalization. According to the FDA:
The number of ill persons identified in each state with the outbreak strain 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 (6), Ohio (1), Oklahoma (1), Pennsylvania (1), Tennessee (1), Texas (25), Virginia (2), Washington (5), and Wisconsin (2).
The recalled papayas include Blondie, Yaya, Mañanita, and Tastylicious Brand papayas and only include those sold before July 23, 2011. Each brand has a distinct label, all of which are pictured to the right.
Consumers who have purchased papayas should check to see if they bear one of these Agromod brand stickers. Consumers who are unsure whether their papayas are included in this recall may contact the retailer where they purchased the fruit to see if it was distributed by Agromod. The FDA has advised retailers to discard any recalled papayas they may still have in stock, and has warned consumers that they should throw away and be sure not to consume any recalled papayas.
Salmonella Food Poisoning From Papayas: Information from Salmonella Lawyer
Consumers who think they may be sick with Salmonella poisoning should contact a health care provider, and also alert their local health department. Salmonella poisoning, or Salmonellosis, may at first cause flu-like symptoms such as nausea, severe abdominal pain and diarrhea. In severe cases, Salmonella can develop into a serious condition known as Reiter’s Syndrome.
For Salmonella food poisoning lawsuit information, contact the Salmonella lawyers at Pritzker Olsen. Set up a free consultation today.
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Salmonella Egg Outbreak Facilities Inspected by Pritzker Olsen Attorneys
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct.8, 2010—Salmonella attorneys from food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen have inspected the Hillandale Farms and Wright County Egg facilities, which were at the center of a nationwide Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak late this summer and early fall. The two Iowa egg producers were linked to the August recall of more than 500 million eggs and 1,600 illnesses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Pritzker Olsen represents dozens of clients throughout the United States sickened in this outbreak. The firm filed the first egg lawsuit in Minnesota on behalf of a woman sickened in June after eating at Mi Rancho, a Bemidji restaurant that served eggs purchased from Hillandale Farms. The case was filed in Beltrami County District Court (no. 04-CV-10-3168). Pritzker Olsen food safety attorneys continue to take on new cases related to this outbreak.
Attorneys Brendan Flaherty and Ryan Osterholm hired a poultry processing and products microbiology expert to accompany them in the inspection of the egg production facilities at Hillandale Farms in New Hampton, Iowa and Wright County Egg in Galt, Iowa, on Sept. 30 and Oct. 5, respectively.
“It was important for us to personally inspect these facilities and have our expert document the numerous food safety violations that the Food and Drug Administration found there,” Flaherty said. “Seeing firsthand the conditions that led to our clients’ illnesses allows us to prove their cases and see that they are compensated for the physical, emotional and financial hardships the contaminated eggs caused them.”
The FDA documented such unsanitary conditions as: live mice in chicken barns, numerous live and dead flies, manure piles up to eight feet high, uncaged hens tracking manure throughout the facilities, and others. Last year, Pritzker Olsen food safety attorneys also attended inspections of the Peanut Corporation of America facilities as part of their litigation on behalf of victims of the 2009 Salmonella peanut butter outbreak. The firm represents the families of three victims who died in that outbreak—more than any law firm involved in the PCA litigation. That case recently settled for $12 million.
Pritzker Olsen, P.A., of Minneapolis, Minn., has obtained some of the largest verdicts and settlements in foodborne illness cases. Attorneys Brendan Flaherty and Ryan Osterholm are available for consumer and media contact at 1-888-377-8900 (TOLL FREE). More information on the ongoing egg litigation can be found on the firm’s blog: foodpoisoning.pritzkerlaw.com.
Brendan Flaherty, 612-338-0202
brendan@pritzkerlaw.com
Ryan Osterholm, 612-338-0202
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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.
