Our law firm is investigating the Salmonella Montevideo outbreak linked to Daniele International Inc. salami (spelled salame on most products). The outbreak has sickened over 200 people in 42 states, according to the CDC. Contact Pritzker Olsen Attorneys about a Daniele salami lawsuit.

The outbreak prompted a January 23 recall of salami manufactured by Daniele International and distributed to retail stores throughout the United States (list of retailers is below). On January 31, 2010, Daniele International expanded the recall to include 1,240,000 pounds of Daniele salami made with black pepper.

The recalled salami was sold under the Daniele brand name and other brand names, including but not limited to, Boar's Head and Dietz & Watson. The retailers listed below may also have repackaged the salami for resale, an act which could make a retailer liable to anyone sickened by the repackaged salami:

• Albertsons Stores in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming
• Beverages & More Stores in California
• Bi-Lo Stores in South Carolina and Tennessee
• BJ’s Stores Nationwide
• Bloom Stores in Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia
• Bottle King Stores in New Jersey
• Brookshire Brothers Stores in Texas
• Costco Stores Nationwide
• D’Agostino Supermarkets in New York
• Dave’s Market Stores in Rhode Island
• Earth Fare Stores in North Carolina and Tennessee
• Food Emporium Stores in New Jersey
• Fred Meyer Stores in Arkansas, Idaho, Oregon and Washington
• Fresh Fields Stores in Texas
• Fry’s Food and Drug/Fry’s Marketplace Stores in Arizona
• Giant Food Store in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia
• Haggen Stores in Oregon and Washington
• Hams Teeter Stores in Washington DC, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia
• Hilander Stores in Illinois
• Jetro Restaurant Depot Stores in Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York Pennsylvania and Rhode Island
• Kings Stores in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
• Kroger Stores in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia
• Market Basket Stores in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New Jersey
• Pathmark Stores in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania
• Piggly Wiggly Stores in South Carolina
• Quality Food Center/QFC – Fresh Fare Stores in Oregon and Washington
• Ralphs/Ralphs Fresh Fare Stores in California and New York
• Roche Brothers Stores in Massachusetts
• Sams Club Stores Nationwide
• Scotts Stores in Indiana
• Shoppers Market Stores in Maryland and Virginia
• Shop-Rite Stores in New Jersey
• Smiths/Smiths Marketplace Stores in Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming
• Stop and Shop/Super Stop and Shop Stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island
• Super K-Mart Stores in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Carolina
• The Fresh Market Stores in North Carolina
• Top Food Stores in Washington
• Waldbaums Stores in New York
• Walmart Stores Nationwide
• Wegmans Stores in New York
• Weis Stores in Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania
• Whole Foods Stores in Texas

YOU SHOULD NOT EAT ANY OF THE RECALLED PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW, AND IF YOU HAVE LEFTOVERS YOU SHOULD NOT THROW THEM AWAY UNTIL YOU ARE SURE NO ONE HAS BEEN SICKENED BY THEM (Contact our law firm about preserving evidence):

• 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 bears a label with establishment number "EST. 9992" or "EST. 54" inside the USDA mark of inspection.

Salami Recall and Salmonella Outbreak: The Smoking Gun

Washington and Iowa health departments have tested samples of Daniele International salami and found Salmonella Montevideo indistinguishable from the outbreak strain. In addition, recent test results provided by the Rhode Island Department of Health revealed that an opened container of black pepper used in the manufacturing of at least some of the recalled Daniele salami/ salame products was positive for Salmonella Montevideo and that the DNA fingerprint matched the outbreak strain. These are smoking guns that directly link the products to the nationwide Salmonella Montevideo outbreak.

If you or a family member has been diagnosed with Salmonella after eating salami, it is critical that you contact a Salmonella attorney at our law firm immediately to protect your legal rights. The following may apply to you:

• Additional stool testing and other testing may need to be done
• You may have leftover salami that needs to be tested and used as evidence
• Hospital and other medical bills may be putting a financial strain on your family
• You and others in your family may have had to take time off of work because of the Salmonella Montevideo infection
• You may have developed a serious complication, such as Reiter's syndrome (a form of arthritis) or neurological problems, that may require future medical care
• You may have questions about how much your Salmonella case is worth

Contact Pritzker Olsen Attorneys for a free consultation about a salami recall lawsuit: 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit our online free consultation form.

Salami Recall and Salmonella Outbreak: Epidemiological Evidence

During January 16-21, 2010, CDC and public health officials in multiple states conducted an epidemiologic study by comparing foods eaten by 41 ill and 41 well persons. Preliminary analysis of this study has suggested salami as a possible source of illness. Ill persons (58%) were significantly more likely than well persons (16%) to report eating salami. Additionally, 13 ill persons have been identified who purchased the same type of sliced salami variety pack at different grocery store locations before becoming ill. This salami was manufactured by Daniele International and recalled by the company on January 23.

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Our law firm has been retained to represent victims of a Salmonella outbreak in Memphis, TN that started on or after July 10, 2009. The outbreak victims were attending the 2009 Harston Family Reunion in Memphis. More than 150 family members from around the country were in Memphis for the three-day reunion that included a picnic on July 10 at Shelby Farms Park catered by A&R Bar-B-Q, 3721 Hickory Hill Road, among other activities.

Attendees began exhibiting symptoms consisting of diarrhea, stomach cramps, chills and fever starting on July 11. A number of the victims provided stool tests that later tested positive for Salmonella.

The Tennessee Department of Health is investigating the outbreak to determine its source.

The outbreak may have also sickened people who did not attend the Harston Family Reunion. If you have been diagnosed with a Salmonella infection (salmonellosis), please contact us for a free consultation. We are not paid unless you win.

Our lawyers have a national reputation and have appeared on CBS and Fox discussing food litigation and food safety. They have also been interviewed by The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Lawyers USA and others.

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The Texas Department of State Health Services is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella that has infected at least 25 people in Caldwell County.

At this point, the cause is not known. Doug McBride, a spokesman for the agency, told the Austin American-Statesman that a few of the victims has been hospitalized. The cluster of illnesses compares to the normal rate of seven to nine cases of Salmonellosis in a year in Caldwell County. Most of the cases are in and around Lockhart.

National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen Attorneys is representing Salmonella victims nationwide. The firm is involved in practically all major outbreaks of foodborne illness and has collected tens of millions of dollars on behalf of victims of food poisoning. To contact a Salmonella attorney at our firm, call 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or write to us online for a free case consultation from an attorney.

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Pasta & Co of Seattle, Washington is recalling their Chinese Vermicelli Salad and Pot Sticker Salad, because it may be contaminated with Salmonella.

The products were manufactured using chili oil recalled by Union International Food Co. because it may be contaminated with Salmonella. Our law firm is representing a victim of the Salmonella outbreak linked to Union International Food Co. products. Read about a Union International Food lawsuit. Contact Attorney Eric Hageman for more information.

If you are sickened by recalled Pasta & Co products, you may have claims for compensation against Union International Food Co., Pasta & Co, and others. compensation may include medical expenses, pain and suffering, disability and other damages.

The salads were sold through Pasta & Co retail stores at the following locations in Greater Seattle, Washington: University Village, Queen Anne, and Bellevue.

Typically, the Chinese Vermicelli Salad and the Pot Sticker Salad are sold through the café display case counter and have a food card identifying the name of the product. There are no other specific coding or UPC codes for the products.

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Ten-ounce and one-pound ready-to-eat bags of Kleen-Pak brand curly leaf spinach are being recalled from store shelves in Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota after random tests came back positive for Salmonella.

The recall was announced in a press release by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. No illnesses have been associated with the spinach and the agency said the Salmonella detected in sample packages is not related to the peanut product Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 714 people in 46 states and killed nine.

Kleen-Pak Foods is based in Milwaukee. The packages under recall are those with use-by dates of April 29, April 30 and May 1. Most of product was sold in southern or southeastern Wisconsin.
National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen attorneys will monitor the recall and look for any signs of an outbreak related to Salmonella-tainted Kleen-Pak spinach. The firm is involved in practically all major outbreaks of foodborne illness and it has recovered large sums for victims and survivors of adulterated food.

Salmonella is an organism that can cause death in young children, the elderly and other people who have weakened immune systems. Symptoms of infection include diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal cramping.

To contact a Salmonella lawyer at Pritzker Olsen, call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or write us online for a free case consultation.

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New Hampshire health officials are investigating what caused more than 50 middle school students to become infected with Salmonella while at an overnight camp near North Conway, New Hampshire.

The Eagle-Tribune newspaper quoted Dr. Jose Montero, the state's director of public health, as saying that a team of investigators has started its probe by reviewing the facility's practices, interviewing workers and interviewing students. But Montero said the cause may never be known.

"Sometimes we don't know,'' he told the newspaper. "If we are looking at a food event and the kids became ill on Thursday, then the food is long gone by now.''

The students sickened in the outbreak attend Woodbury Middle School, part of the Salem School District. Superintendent Michael Delahanty told the Eagle-Tribune that one, and possibly two, of the ill students were hospitalized.

All the students infected attended Stone Environmental School last week, an overnight camp. Students had symptoms including vomiting, diarrhea and high fever. The paper said that at least 69 students who attended the camp were out sick on Tuesday from Woodbury Middle School.

Dave Freese, director of the environmental school, said another group of children from a different school district is scheduled to attend the camp next week.

National food safety law firm PritzkerOlsen, P.A., is representing Salmonella victims around the country and is involved in virtually all major outbreaks of foodborne illness. The firm's clients currently include the families of three women who died separately in the peanut product Salmonella outbreak caused by Peanut Corp. of America. The son of one of the women killed in the outbreak testified before Congress earlier this year about the need to increase food safety.

To contact a Salmonella lawyer at PritzkerOlsen, call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or complete a free online case consultation.

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A major league domino effect of food product recalls is already in play just days after the federal government announced a finding of Salmonella contamination in California-grown pistachios distributed nationwide by a large aggregator.

The roaster and distributor, Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc., will recall about 1 million pounds of pistachios and has shut down its production while state and federal health officials investigate. The company has been a pipeline of pistachios to other companies in the food industry for more than 10 years.

Thus, companies across the United States who repackaged the pistachios or used them as ingredients in other products are notifying consumers of the Salmonella danger that got passed on.

As of late Wednesday, there were at least 65 product entries in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's online master index of recalled pistachio products.

For instance, the Fisher brand of pistachios was added to the list Wednesday after the brand's owner recalled 1.75-ounce packages of dry roasted natural pistachios and 25-pound lots of natural California pistachios sold to fund-raisers, re-baggers and bulk food stores.

The FDA fully expects the list of recalled pistachio products to expand, much like has happened in the 7-month-old Salmonella outbreak related to peanut products sold by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). That's because PCA and Setton sold largely to the wholesale and manufacturing market.

National food safety law firm PritzkerOlsen, P.A., is representing victims of the peanut butter Salmonella outbreak, including the families of three women who died from their illnesses. The firm, which is involved on behalf of victims and survivors in virtually every major outbreak of foodborne illness, is gathering information on the potential pistachio Salmonella outbreak. To contact one of our Salmonella lawyers, call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or complete a free case consultation form.

So far, no outbreak of illness has been linked to one of the types of Salmonella bacteria found in Setton's pistachios, but the FDA has said several illnesses reported by consumers may be associated with the contamination. Laboratory analysis of the potential matches is still happening.

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With the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suddenly advising U.S. consumers not to eat California-grown pistachios due to Salmonella contamination, national food safety lawyer Fred Pritzker has written an op-ed piece bemoaning the lack of progress our society has made in ridding our system of dangerous food. First we find Salmonella in peanuts, now pistachios.
Writes Mr. Pritzker, "How many more people have to die or get violently ill before we remove these "nuts'' from the marketplace.''

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Health officials in northern Nevada say they have linked white pepper sold by a California spice company to a four-state outbreak of a rare type of Salmonella.

A joint press release from the Washoe County Health District and Carson City public health officials put it this way: "Ground white pepper products from the Union International Food Co. have been linked to a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella. The discovery of Salmonella in food samples collected from restaurants and food distributors prompted these recommendations.''

The recommendations were for consumers to avoid consuming the product and for restaurants and retailers to remove it.

The Union City, Calif., seasoning maker previously recalled white pepper, black pepper and a list of other spices after health investigators in Nevada, California and Oregon recognized an association between white and black pepper and the illnesses. So far, 42 illnesses have been confirmed as matching the outbreak strain of Salmonella enterica serotype Rissen.

Thirty-three illnesses have been in California, four in northern Nevada, four in the metro area of Portland, Oregon, and one in Washington. Eight of those sickened by the pathogen were hospitalized, officials have said.

The spices recalled by Union International were sold primarily to Chinese and Vietnamese grocery stores and restaurants under the Uncle Chen and Lian How brand names.

The Salmonella attorneys at PritzkerOlsen P.A., a national food safety law firm, have years of experience and a proven track record of success in handling foodborne illness cases of all types. As an experienced practitioner in foodborne illness litigation, PritzkerOlsen is involved in virtually every major outbreak. The firm currently represents three Salmonella wrongful death victims and others who survived the national Salmonella outbreak caused by Peanut Corporation of America.

For a free case consultation, complete our online form or contact us toll-free at 1-888-377-8900.

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Consumers across the country are being advised by the federal government to avoid eating pistachios and pistachio products until investigators get a grip on the scope of a Salmonella contamination problem at a large California producer.

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Health officials in Oregon, Califonia and Nevada have jointly linked a Salmonella outbreak to pepper spices distributed by a company in California that has made a lot of sales to Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants and grocery stores.

Forty-two people, including 33 in California, have been sickened by a matching strain of the bacteria. The pathogen causes diarrhea, cramps and fever and can be fatal in children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. Eight of the 42 have been hospitalized.

Dr. William Keene, senior epidemiologist in the Public Health Division of the Oregon Department of Human Services, said in a news release that the outbreak strain of Salmonella is enterica serotype Rissen. Oregon, which has four confirmed cases (all in the Portland metro area), helped discover the link by testing Lian How brand pepper, which was a product of interest in the state's investigation into the outbreak.

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A Minnesota man in his 70s who was living in a nursing home while coping with multiple health problems is the second person in the state to die after being sickened by a peanut butter-related outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said a total of five deaths are associated with the 4-month-old outbreak: Two in Minnesota, two in Virginia and one in Idaho.

Doug Schultz, spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Health, said the extent of Salmonella's contribution to the Minnesota man's death is unknown. A week ago, Schultz said a Minnesota woman in her 70s who also had health conditions died after contracting the Salmonella bug.

She too lived in a long-term care facility. Fred Pritzker, one of the leading food safety lawyers in the U.S., said Thursday he has been retained by the heirs of the Minnesota woman who died. His firm, Minneapolis-based Pritzker Law, is one of the few firms in the country practicing extensively in the area of foodborne illness litigation.

Pritzker said he plans to commence a lawsuit very soon against the maker and distributor of contaminated peanut butter that was in use at the care facility in Brainerd, Minn., where Shirley Mae Almer was living when she contracted her Salmonella infection. She died Dec. 21 at age 72.

Officials from the Minnesota Department of Health told members of Almer's family that a five-pound tub of King Nut creamy peanut butter at Mrs. Almer's care facility tested positive for the same genetically matched strain of Salmonella that had infected Mrs. Almer. Later, the strain was genetically matched to the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium that has sickened at least 434 people in 43 states.

Pritzker said Mrs. Almer likely contracted the disease from toast topped with peanut butter shortly before she became ill.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said again Thursday that commercially sold peanut butter is the likely cause of the outbreak. To date, the CDC has said, the outbreak has not been associated with any retail brand of peanut butter sold in grocery stores.

The two companies involved in making and selling King Nut and Parnell's Pride peanut butter to nursing homes, hospitals, schools and other institutions have announced recalls of the product. The first to act was distributor King Nut Companies of Solon, Ohio. Then on Tuesday, Virginia-based Peanut Corporation of America, the maker of both brands, announced its own voluntary recall of peanut butter produced at its Blakely, Georgia, processing plant "because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.''

Peanut Corporation of America said none of the recalled peanut butter was sold in grocery stores. The containers range in size from five to 50 pounds each. Customers were asked to immediately remove all peanut butter from 21 lots of production made after July 1, 2008.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published Peanut Corporation's recall announcement. The FDA also published a related announcement from Kellogg Company of Battle Creek, Mich., relating to Keebler and Austin brand sandwich crackers containing peanut butter. Kellogg said it is voluntarily putting a "precautionary hold'' on all inventories it controls of certain sandwich crackers. Kellogg said it was taking the action because Peanut Corporation has been one of its suppliers of peanut paste.

The CDC said Thursday that it is continuing to investigate outbreak patients' exposure to peanut butter and "peanut butter-containing'' products.

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Health officials are expecting to receive confirmation in the coming week from tests on King Nut brand peanut butter -- the product suspected by the Minnesota Department of Health as the cause of a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that has sickened at least 399 people in 42 states.
The distributor of the peanut butter, Ohio-based King Nut Companies, has recalled the product and also has advised its customers to discontinue use of Parnell's Pride peanut butter. Both brands are made by Virginia-based Peanut Corporation of America.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published King Nut's recall announcement on its website.
In part, the recall announcement said: "King Nut took this action as soon as it was informed that Salmonella had been found in an open five-pound tub of King Nut peanut butter. King Nut distributes peanut butter only through food service accounts. It is not sold directly to consumers... Customers are asked to take all King Nut peanut butter and Parnell’s Pride peanut butter distributed by King Nut out of distribution immediately.''
Onset of the first known illnesses in the outbreak date back to early September. As the number of cases with matching DNA fingerprints grew, state and federal health officials worked vigorously to identify the food or foods causing the disease. The mystery came to a head last week when the Minnesota Department of Health and Minnesota Department of Agriculture found bacterium matching the outbreak strain in an open container of King Nut creamy peanut butter. The state's own epidemiological investigation had implicated King Nut creamy peanut butter as the likely source of Salmonella infections in 30 state residents, including 10 who lived in nursing homes.
Doug Schultz, a Minnesota Department of Health spokesman, has said one woman in her 70s who had other health problems died with the illness. (Minnesota Salmonella wrongful death information.)
Schultz said DNA fingerprint tests that could confirm whether the Salmonella found in the peanut butter is the same strain that caused illnesses across the United States should be finished Monday or Tuesday. Meanwhile, King Nut and FDA were waiting for Salmonella tests on peanut butter that had been in unopened containers.
CDC Response

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Minnesota health officials are advising restaurants, schools, nursing homes, hospitals and other commercial kitchens not to serve King Nut brand creamy peanut butter because tests found samples contaminated with Salmonella.

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In its first written statement about a sweeping Salmonella outbreak that has reached 42 states over the past four months, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that it is working "vigorously'' to identify the contaminated food or foods that is causing the problem.

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The same strain of Salmonella Typhimurium has sickened more than 350 people in 42 states -- an outbreak that has sparked an investigation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Charlie's Produce of Spokane, Washington has recalled Charlie's Produce Brand Cut Cantaloupe Products, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.

The products recalled by Charlie's Produce Spokane include the following fruit items containing cut cantaloupe:

Retail Products:

* Cut Fruit 4 Section – 40oz
* Cut Cantaloupe – 24oz, 16oz, 8oz
* Cut Honeydew/Cantaloupe - 16oz
* Mixed Fruit –24oz, 16oz, 8oz
* Rainbow - 24oz, 16oz, 8oz
* Cut Fruit Tray Deli – 12', 8'
* Cut Fruit Tray - 76oz, 40oz 8'
* Grab & Go Fruit Tray - 16oz

Foodservice Products:

* Cut Cantaloupe – 20lb, 64oz
* Cut Mixed Fruit – 20lb, 64oz

The above products containing cantaloupe were distributed in Eastern Washington, Idaho, and Montana to retail stores, delis, and foodservice institutions.

Products are branded with the Charlie's Produce name and logo, in a hard plastic clamshell, with a Use By date of 3 07 through 3 29 stamped on the bottom of the container.

No illnesses have been reported to date. There have been 9 cases of Salmonella Litchfield in Washington linked to cantaloupe

Cantaloupe used in these products may have been supplied from Agropecuaria Montelibano, a Honduran grower and packer, to Charlie's Produce Spokane. This recall was initiated when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an import alert regarding Agropecuaria Montelibano cantaloupe from this grower, because, based on current information, fruit from this company appears to be associated with a Salmonella Litchfield outbreak in the United States and Canada.

Consumers who have purchased these products are urged to return them to the place of purchase for full refund. If someone has been sickened by the Charlie's Produce cantaloupe, a Salmonella attorney should be contacted immediately, and the leftover cantaloupe should not be discarded or returned for a refund.

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Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), today warned consumers not to eat Kowalke Family brand alfalfa sprout products because they may be contaminated with Salmonella, which can cause serious illness. The firm is voluntarily recalling these products because the alfalfa sprout seeds used to produce them were found to be contaminated with Salmonella. No illnesses have been associated with Kowalke Family Sprout Inc. alfalfa sprouts.

Kowalke Family Sprouts Inc. products are distributed to retail stores, including stores in the Farmer's Markets food chain, Whole Foods and Gelson's Supermarkets.

All alfalfa, onion/alfalfa mix, cauliflower/alfalfa mix and dinner salad mix products are affected by the recall. Alfalfa products are in 4-ounce, 8-
ounce, 1-pound and 5-pound packages. The dinner salad is in an 8-ounce
package. The cauliflower/alfalfa combo and onion/alfalfa mix are in 4-ounce packages. The products in question have sell-by dates from March 4 through March 26. The codes are located on the front label of the packages.

CDPH continues to advise consumers about the risk of consuming raw sprouts.
Conditions required for sprout growing are ideal for rapid bacterial growth. Sprouts usually are eaten raw with no additional treatment such as cooking which eliminates bacteria that can cause disease.

Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Consumers who have eaten this product and are experiencing the above symptoms should consult their health care provider.

Consumers who purchased these products should immediately discard them or return them to the point of purchase for a refund. If someone has been sickened by the alfalfa sprouts, a Salmonella lawyer should be contacted immediately and the alfalfa sprouts should not be discarded or returned for a refund.

Posted March 2008.

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Cases of Salmonella in Hawaii have prompted Choyce Products of Honolulu, Hawaii to recall 5,452 pounds of frozen Yellowfin Tuna. The FDA and the state of Hawaii are conducting a joint investigation of a variety of vendors due to the state receiving Salmonella illness reports between October 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007.

Choyce Products' customers received the recalled cubed tuna in frozen form. The frozen product is packaged in labeled white cardboard shipping boxes containing 22 pounds of product. These boxes each contain 11 2-pound packages of vacuum-packed product in unlabeled plastic bags.

The frozen Yellowfin tuna was distributed on Oahu and most likely reached consumers in the form of a mixed, previously frozen, seafood product through its customers. Choyce Products received the tuna from a mainland importer who confirmed the tuna was sent from Indonesia.

We are a national law firm with extensive experience with Salmonella lawsuits. Our lawyers have been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Lawyers USA and other publications. Attorneys Fred Pritzker and Elliot Olsen have been named “Super Lawyers” by Law & Politics magazine. Fred Pritzker is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America. To contact a Salmonella lawyer at our firm, please call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900 or submit our free case consultation form.

Posted February 2008.

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Below is a list of recent Salmonella outbreaks. PritzkerOlsen is representing several victims of the Salmonella outbreaks (some of the cases have settled), and we continue to receive contacts from people regarding the outbreaks.

• Almost 50 laboratory-confirmed Salmonella cases have been linked to Safeway ground beef.
• CDC, USDA-FSIS and state health officials linked over 200 Salmonella cases to Banquet pot pies.
  
• Over 700 people reported being sickened after eating at the Pars Cove booth at Taste of Chicago. Over 150 of the cases were laboratory-confirmed Salmonella cases associated with Pars Cove food served at Taste of Chigago.
• Health officials linked over 50 laboratory-confirmed Salmonella cases to Veggie Booty, a vegetarian snack.
• Thousands of people claimed to be sickened by Peter Pan peanut butter. Over 700 cases were reported to CDC. Although the numbers may change, hundreds of cases of Salmonella have been linked to Peter Pan peanut butter.

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At least 38 people have been sickened in Arizona, California, Utah and Nevada in a Salmonella Newport outbreak associated with ground beef products sold at Safeway supermarkets in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and New Mexico between September 19 and November 5, 2007. According to the public health alert, an exhaustive and continuing investigation could not identify specific establishments, lots and products that would be subject to a recall. Therefore, in response to this outbreak USDA-FSIS has issued a public health warning in lieu of having Safeway initiate a voluntary Safeway ground beef recall.

This public health alert was initiated after epidemiological investigations and a case control study conducted by the California Department of Public Health, Arizona Department of Health Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, determined that there is an association between the fresh ground beef products and 38 illnesses reported in Arizona (16), California (18), Idaho (1) and Nevada (3). The illnesses were linked through the epidemiological investigation by their rare PFGE pattern found in PulseNet, a database maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read about a possible Safeway ground beef lawsuit.

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