Salmonella Salami Lawsuit

Pritzker Olsen law firm is representing people sickened by the Salmonella Montevideo outbreak linked to Daniele salami. The firm represents Salmonella victims throughout the United States.

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Daniele Salami Recall Attorneys at our law firm are available for a free consultation regarding your Salmonella case and a salami Salmonella lawsuit.

In response to this outbreak, in January and February of 2010, Daniele International Inc. recalled over 1,400,000 pounds of ready-to-eat varieties of salami/salame. The recalled salami was distributed to the following retailers: 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.

Retailers can be liable for Salmonella infections caused by food they sell under certain circumstances, including but not limited to the following:

The contaminated food was served on a deli sandwich or other menu item at the retailer's deli;
The retailer repackaged the contaminated food (in this case, the salami) before selling it to its customers.

Salami Salmonella Lawsuit: Finding the Smoking Gun

Both the Washington and Iowa health departments found the outbreak strain of Salmonella Montevideo in two samples of Daniele salami, one from a retailer and one from the freezer of a person who is part of this outbreak. The retailer sample was initially tested by a private laboratory for Daniele and found to be contaminated with Salmonella, but not the outbreak strain, Salmonella Montevideo:

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.

The Iowa Department of Public Health tested a sample of Daniele salami found in an open package in a sickened person's freezer:

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.

The Rhode Island Department of Health found the outbreak strain of Salmonella Montevideo in a sample of black pepper, a product in the recalled Daniele salami:

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.

The above quotes are from the CDC Salmonella Montevideo update.

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 if the pepper is the source of the possible Salmonella contamination) 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 about the salami recall and a Daniele salami lawsuit, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free), email Attorney Fred Pritzker or submit our online free consultation form.

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