July 2, 2020
Garland Ventures Ltd. of Garland, Texas has issued a recall for Five Cheese Stuffed Shells, sold nationwide at Walmart and other stores, for Listeria risk. The company said it was unaware of any illnesses associated with the product at the…
July 1, 2020
Six people in North Dakota developed Cyclospora infections after they ate Walmart’s Marketside brand salad served at a North Dakota restaurant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This North Dakota restaurant cluster part of a multistate…
June 30, 2020
Food Safety Lawyer Fred Pritzker who is representing clients in the bagged salad Cyclospora outbreak says more testing is needed to accurately define its size. Pritzker, whose firm has represented clients in every major U.S. Cyclospora outbreak, says that based…
June 30, 2020
As the bagged salad Cyclospora outbreak grows, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun an investigation of the Fresh Express plant in Streamwood, IL where all of the salads linked to the outbreak were produced. The company issued…
June 28, 2020
UPDATED June 29, 2020 Fresh Express recalls all branded and private label products containing iceberg lettuce, carrots and red cabbage made at its Streamwood, IL facility for potential Cyclospora contamination. This bagged salad recall was issued in connection with a…
June 26, 2020
The Cyclospora outbreak linked to bagged salad produced by Fresh Express and sold under store brand names has expanded to include 206 illnesses in eight states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Twenty-three people have been…
June 26, 2020
Illinois has been hard hit by a Cyclospora outbreak linked to bagged salads sold at ALDI, Hy-Vee and Jewel-Osco stores. Thirty people in Illinois are now part of a seven-state outbreak that includes 122 people, nineteen of whom have been…
June 26, 2020
Ground beef and ground beef patties recalled for E. coli were sold at Food City, Giant Eagle, Lowe’s, Target, Walmart, Grocery Outlet and Market District stores, according to a retail distribution list published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s…
June 26, 2020
For the second time in two years, Pritzker Hageman attorneys are representing clients sickened by the parasite Cyclospora in salads made by Fresh Express. In 2018, salad mix made by the Salinas, CA-based company and sold at McDonald’s locations in…
June 24, 2020
Propane is the suspected source of a house explosion in the Blue Sky Manor mobile home park in Wurtsboro, NY that left an 81-year-old man with burns on over 50 percent of his body. The home, located at 25 Laura…
June 24, 2020
A Cyclospora outbreak linked to Fresh Express garden salads sold under store brand names now includes 122 total illnesses and a seventh state, Wisconsin. The implicated bagged salads were sold under store brand names at ALDI, Hy-Vee and Jewel-Osco stores…
June 24, 2020
Ten people in Oklahoma are sick after drinking Swan Bros. raw milk that was contaminated with Campylobacter. The Claremore-based dairy has issued a statewide recall for the milk. Consumers who have purchased raw milk products between April 9 and June 22…