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Daniele Salami:
Lawsuit and Daniele Salami Recall Information

Food safety attorney Fred Pritzker, managing Salmonella lawyer, has appeared on CBS News, Fox News and local television stations throughout the nation. He has also been quoted by The New York Times, Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, Lawyers USA and other publications.

Daniele Salami RecallPritzker Olsen law firm is investigating the multistate Salmonella Montevideo outbreak linked to Daniele salami (salame). Attorneys at our law firm are available for a free consultation regarding your Salmonella case and a Daniele salami lawsuit that may include claims against others, including the processor of the pepper that was on the Daniele salami and the retailer who sold you the salami.

In response to this outbreak, in January and February of 2010, Daniele International Inc. recalled over 1,400,000 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) varieties of salami/salame. These products were sold under the following brands: Daniele, Black Bear of the Black Forest, Dietz and Watson, Boar’s Head, and possibly others (see the product list on this page). The retailers who received the recalled salami include the following: Costco, Fred Meyer, Fry’s Food and Drug, Haggen, Hilander, Kroger, Market Basket, Quality Food Center – Fresh Fare, Ralphs – Ralphs Fresh Fair, Sams Clubs, Scotts, Smiths – Smiths Marketplace, Stop and Shop, Top Food, Waldbaums, Walmart, Weis.

You may have eaten the salami on a deli sandwich served at one of the retailers listed above. If so and you became ill from the outbreak-strain of Salmonella Montevideo, you would have a claim against the retailer (retailers are only liable in food poisoning cases under certain circumstances). Also, if the retailer repackaged the Daniele salami and sold it under a retailer brand name, you would have a claim against the retailer.

Both the Washington and Iowa health departments found the outbreak strain of Salmonella Montevideo in the Daniele salami:

This recall followed isolation of Salmonella in a private laboratory from a retail sample of a salami product produced by Daniele International; this product was different than the sliced salami variety pack purchased at different grocery store locations by the 13 ill persons. FSIS reviewed and affirmed these private laboratory results. The Salmonella strain initially found by the private laboratory was different from the strains causing the outbreak. However, the Washington State Department of Health subsequently tested the bacterial culture provided by the private laboratory (the salami was not provided) and identified two different Salmonella serotypes, the strain found by the private lab and Salmonella Montevideo indistinguishable from the outbreak strain. In addition, the Iowa Department of Public Health and public health officials in Plymouth County, Iowa investigated a patient with Salmonella Montevideo infection indistinguishable from the outbreak strain and discovered an open sliced salami variety pack frozen at the patient's home. The patient had eaten this product before becoming ill. This sliced salami variety pack was the same as that purchased by 13 other ill persons. Using DNA analysis, the University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory (Iowa's public health laboratory) confirmed that the Salmonella isolated from this leftover salami was indistinguishable from the outbreak strain of Salmonella Montevideo.

In addition, the Rhode Island Department of Health found the outbreak-strain of Salmonella Montevideo in a sample of black pepper that is an ingredient in certain Daniele salami products:

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 products was positive for Salmonella Montevideo and that the DNA fingerprint matched the outbreak strain: http://www.ri.gov/press/view/10647.

According to the CDC, the salami Salmonella outbreak has sickened at least 245 people in 44 states:

AK (2), AL (2), AZ (7), CA (30), CO (5), CT (5), DC (1), DE (3), FL (3), GA (3), IA (1), ID (4), IL (19), IN (4), KS (5), LA (1), MA (14), MD (1), ME (1), MI (4), MN (6), MO (2), MS (1), NC (11), ND (1), NE (3), NH (2), NJ (9), NM (2), NY (18), OH (9), OK (1), OR (9), PA (7), RI (2), SC (1), SD (3), TN (5), TX (7), UT (9), VA (1), WA (17), WI (1), WV (1), and WY (2).

Daniele Salami Recall List

  • 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."
  • Packages of “DANIELE HOT SOPRESSATA CALABRESE,” produced on 11/7/09, 12/16/09 and 12/18/09.
  • Packages of “DANIELE SOPRESSATA CALABRESE,” produced on 12/16/09 and 12/18/09.
  • Packages of “BOAR’S HEAD BRAND HOT SOPRESSATA CALABRESE,” produced on 11/28/09, 12/9/09 and 12/14/09.
  • 3-ounce packages of “DANIELE NATURALE SALAME COATED WITH COARSE BLACK PEPPER.”
  • Approximately 6-pound packages of “DANIELE SALAME GRANDE COATED WITH PORK FAT & PEPPER.”

Each package of recalled Daniele salami /salame bears a label with establishment number "EST. 9992" or "EST. 54" inside the USDA mark of inspection.

Expanded salami recall list (February 16, 2010):

  • 8-ounce packages of “DANIELE HOT SALAME PANINO WITH FRESH MOZZARELLA.”
  • 8-ounce packages of “BOAR’S HEAD SALAME PANINO, SALAME ROLLED IN MOZZARELLA CHEESE.”
  • 8-ounce packages of “DANIELE ITALIAN STYLE SALAME PANINO, HOT SALAME ROLLED IN MOZZARELLA CHEESE.”
  • Random weight packages of “DANIELE ITALIAN STYLE SALAME PANINO, HOT SALAME ROLLED IN MOZZARELLA CHEESE.”
  • 8-ounce packages of “DIETZ & WATSON ARTISAN COLLECTION HOT SALAME PANINO, HOT SALAME ROLLED IN MOZZARELLA CHEESE.”
  • 8-ounce packages of “DANIELE SALAME PANINO WITH FRESH MOZZARELLA AND BASIL.”
  • 1-pound 8-ounce variety packages of “DANIELE CAPOCOLLO PANINO WITH FRESH MOZZARELLA AND BASIL; PRESIDENT’S PROSCIUTTO PANINO WITH FRESH MOZZARELLA AND BASIL; HOT SALAME PANINO WITH FRESH MOZZARELLA,” with UPC Code 736436709582. NOTE: The products contained in this variety three-pack may be sold individually as well.

Each package bears a label with establishment number “EST. 459” inside the USDA mark of inspection. The above products are sold individually packed, except as noted above. The products subject to recall have sell-by dates ranging from February 3, 2010, through May 26, 2010, and were distributed to retail establishments nationwide.

Daniele Salami Lawsuit: Salmonella Complications and Salmonella Victim Compensation

Consumption of food contaminated with Salmonella can cause salmonellosis, one of the most common bacterial foodborne illnesses. Salmonella infections can cause Reiter’s syndrome (a form of arthritis), enteric fever (typhoid fever), meningitis (infection of the brain and spinal cord), sepsis (infection of the blood, also called septicemia) and death.

Anyone sickened by Salmonella after eating a recalled Daniele product may have a claim against Daniele, a grocery store or other retailer, a food supplier to Daniele (for example, the company that sold the black pepper to Daniele) and others. Liability issues can be complex. An experienced Salmonella attorney should be contacted.

Compensation for Salmonella victims and their families can include money for the following:

  • Hospital bills and other medical expenses
  • Lost income
  • Pain and suffering
  • Emotional distress
  • Disability
  • Loss of quality of life
  • Other damages

Because the complications of Salmonella can be severe, victims should seek money for future (expected) medical expenses, lost income, pain and suffering and other damages.

To contact a Salmonella lawyer at Pritzker Olsen, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free), email Attorney Fred Pritzker or submit our online free consultation form.

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