Eleven campers at Moshava California, a Bnei Akiva of Los Angeles summer camp, have been diagnosed with Salmonella poisoning (salmonellosis), according to the Jewish Journal. The outbreak prompted Bnei Akiva of Los Angeles to end the first week of camp on July 14 instead of July 17, 2016. The camp is being cleaned before the second session of camp.
The Department of Environmental Health of San Bernardino County is investigating the outbreak at the camp, which is located in Running Springs, California, in the San Bernardino Mountains. Possible sources of illness include contaminated food or water. In some outbreaks, one sick food handler infects many others when his or her feces gets into food. This can happen because Salmonella bacteria colonize in the intestines, where they can be incorporated into feces.
If contaminated food is the source of these illnesses, the processor of that food may be legally responsible, meaning that company would be responsible to compensate campers diagnosed with Salmonella. Our experience as Salmonella lawyers is that it generally takes a lawsuit for Salmonella victims to get full and fair compensation.
Our law firm has been contacted about this outbreak.
