National Steak and Poultry E. coli Lawsuit

Attorney Fred Pritzker has been retained by an E. coli HUS victim whose illness was linked to steak contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The steak was processed by National Steak and Poultry, an Owasso, Oklahoma meat processor and served to the woman at a chain restaurant.

Our client experienced extreme pain and suffering from E. coli O157:H7 poisoning and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a life-threatening complication of HUS that can cause kidney failure, central nervous system damage, hypertention and other serious health problems. The young woman was hospitalized for weeks and almost died. She was on dialysis for months and now suffers from decreased kidney function and hypertension. She faces a lifetime of medical problems and medical bills that should have been prevented.

Our client was on of over 20 people who contracted E. coli infections after eating steak processed by National Steak and Poultry in the fall of 2009. All of those sickened at at restaurants in California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and Washington. The following restaurants were involved in the outbreak: Applebee's, Olive Garden, Moe's, Carino's Italian Restaurant and KRM Restaurant Group, the owner of 54th Street Grill and Bar.

In response to this outbreak, National Steak and Poultry recalled 248,000 pounds of beef products on December 24, 2009.

The recalled beef products, so-called “non-intact beef products,” were mechanically tenderized. This usually involves putting rougher cuts of beef through a machine that utilizes a set of needles or blades which pierce the meat and break down connective tissue.

Unfortunately, this process is also known to push E. coli O157:H7 on the surface of the raw meat into its center (so-called “translocation”). If the meat is then served rare or medium rare, its center is not heated sufficiently to kill off the E. coli O157:H7.

“Meat companies and restaurants don’t warn consumers about mechanical tenderization and the dangers that go with it,” Pritzker said. “They don’t want consumers to be able to make informed choices because they’re afraid it will hurt sales.”

Attorney Fred Pritzker represents E. coli HUS victims nationwide. To contact him about a National Steak and Poultry lawsuit, please call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900 or submit the firm's free case consultation form.

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