Personal Injury and Wrongful Death

Salmonella Enteritidis:
Lawyer for Wright County Egg Lawsuit

The following Salmonella enteritidis inforomation is provided by Pritzker Olsen attorneys. Our lawyers have won millions for food poisoning victims, including over $6,000,000 for three families in one outbreak. Our attorneys have been quoted by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Lawyers USA and other publications. To contact a lawyer about a Salmonella enteritidis lawsuit, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free) or submit our online form for a free consultation.

Salmonella Enteritidis in Eggs

eggs-salmonellaA bacterium, Salmonella enteritidis, can be inside perfectly normal-appearing eggs, and if the eggs are eaten raw or undercooked, the bacterium can cause illness.

A person infected with the Salmonella enteritidis bacterium usually has fever, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea beginning 12 to 72 hours after consuming a contaminated food or beverage. If you have had a Salmonella enteritidis infection (salmonellosis), you know that the pain severe and the vomiting violent.  You may never have been as sick in your life.  You should be compensated for this and any medical expenses by the company that caused your pain. 

A recent Salmonella enteritidis outbreak has been linked to Wright County Egg, an Iowa producer that recalled over 200 million eggs on August 13.  Read about the Wright County Egg Salmonella outbreak.

The elderly, infants, and those with impaired immune systems may have a more severe illness. In these patients, the infection may spread from the intestines to the blood stream, and then to other body sites and can cause death unless the person is treated promptly with antibiotics.  In addition, in some cases Salmonella enteritidis victims develop a reactive arthritis called Reiter’s syndrome.

How Eggs Become Contaminated

Salmonella enteritidis silently infects the ovaries of healthy appearing hens and contaminates the eggs before the shells are formed.

Most types of Salmonella live in the intestinal tracts of animals and birds and are transmitted to humans by contaminated foods of animal origin. Stringent procedures for cleaning and inspecting eggs were implemented in the 1970s and have made salmonellosis caused by external fecal contamination of egg shells extremely rare.

However, unlike eggborne salmonellosis of past decades, the current epidemic of Salmonella enteritidis linked to Wright County Egg eggs is due to intact and disinfected grade A eggs. The reason for this is that Salmonella enteritidis silently infects the ovaries of healthy appearing hens and contaminates the eggs before the shells are formed.

Salmonella Enteritidis from a Restaurant

Many dishes made in restaurants or commercial or institutional kitchens are made from pooled eggs. If 500 eggs are pooled, one batch in 20 will be contaminated and everyone who eats eggs from that batch is at risk.

Restaurants are liable for any illnesses caused by their food.  In the Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak linked to Wright County Egg eggs, many of the people were sickened from restaurant food that used the contaminated eggs.  In these cases, those sickened can sue both the restaurant and Wright County Egg.  Contact our law firm for a free consultation.

Compensation for Salmonella Enteritidis Infection

Salmonella enteritidis victims may be able to receive compensation for the following:

  • Medical bills
  • Lost wages
  • Pain and suffering
  • Disability
  • Loss of quality of life
  • Other damage

Salmonella enteritidis lawyer Fred Pritzker has a national practice and represents Salmonella victims throughout the United States. To contact Pritzker Olsen, P.A., please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit our online form for a free consultation.

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