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Salmonella Lawsuit Commencing


Two more companies have announced recalls of products containing peanut butter that may be contaminated with Salmonella that is causing people to get sick across the country.

Federal health officials expect the list of recalled items to grow. Meanwhile, they are warning consumers to postpone eating any crackers, cookies, ice cream, candies, cereal or other products containing peanut butter.

The recall list will be complete when all food companies who bought potentially adulterated peanut butter and peanut paste from the South Georgia plant of Peanut Corporation of America figure out which of their products carry the ingredients. Peanut Corporation of America has recalled all peanut butter made at the plant since August 8 and and peanut paste made there since September 26.

Six deaths have been associated with the 4-month-old outbreak, including two in Minnesota, two in Virginia, one in Idaho and one in North Carolina.

Leading food safety lawyer Fred Pritzker has initiated a King Nut Companies lawsuit on behalf of the heirs of Shirley Mae Almer, 72, who died Dec. 21 after eating peanut butter on toast at a long-term care facility in Brainerd, Minnesota. State health officials later found the product to contain the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium.

The Salmonella wrongful death lawsuit is being filed in Hennepin County District Court in Minneapolis against Ohio-based King Nut Companies, the distributor of the peanut butter, and Peanut Corporation of America, based in Virginia.

Pritzker's firm is one of the few in the country that practices extensively in the area of foodborne litigation. He has been quoted as an expert on the outbreak on the ABC and CBS affiliate television stations in the Twin Cities since the outbreak began.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control say that more than 470 people from 43 states have been sickened in the 4-month-old outbreak and at least 90 of the victims have been hospitalized. The most severe illnesses have been in young children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems.
If you or someone you know was injured by the outbreak, you are entitled to compensation. Contacting the food safety lawyers at Pritzker Law is the first step.

The CDC's Dr. Robert Tauxe said many cases are releated directly to consumption of peanut butter, but others may be related to peanut butter and peanut paste (ground roasted peanuts) used as ingredients.

Kellogg Company was the first customer of Peanut Corporation of America to announce a recall of products that may contain contaminated peanut butter or paste. Kellogg widened its announcement to include snack crackers containing peanut butter and 7 million snack packs of Famous Amos Peanut Butter Cookies and Keebler Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies.

The FDA is publishing all the recall information on a special internet website page.

Hy-Vee Inc. of West Des Moines, Iowa, announced a recall including People Chow Party Mix, Lunchbox Reese's Pieces Cookies, Hy-Vee Peanut Butter Cookies and Reese's Pieces Peanut Butter Cookies.

Perry's Ice Cream of Buffalo, N.Y., announced a recall of ice cream containing the suspect peanut butter and peanut paste.

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Food Poisoning Lawyer Fred Pritzker has appeared on national television and has been quoted by national publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press and Lawyers USA. He has been named a "Super Lawyer" by Law and Politics magazine. He is also listed in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America. To contact Fred Pritzker about a food poisoning lawsuit or food safety advocacy, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit the firm's free consultation form.

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