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Peanut Butter Salmonella Recall Information

By PritzkerLaw

To ensure that you have the latest, most accurate information on peanut product recalls related to the ongoing Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak, PritzkerOlsen Attorneys presents this database created by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

PritzkerOlsen, a national food safety law firm, has considerable experience and a reputaiton for success in representing survivors of foodborne illnesses, including Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria and Shigella. The firm is involved in virtually every national outbreak and has collected large sums on behalf of people injured or killed by adulterated food. In addition, the firm is devoted to educating the public about food safety issues and advocating for badly needed food safety legislation.

In the current peanut butter Salmonella outbreak, PritzkerOlsen represents the families of two Minnesota women who died from infections genetically matched to the outbreak strain of bacteria. A Salmonella wrongful death lawsuit has already been filed in the death of Shirley Mae Almer, 72, of Perham, and one is pending in the death of Doris Flatgard, 87. Both were residing in nursing homes in Brainerd, Minnesota, when they ate peanut butter made at the Blakely, Georgia, plant of Peanut Corporation of America.

Federal health officials have said the Georgia plant is the cause of the outbreak, which has led to more than 550 illnesses in 43 states since September 1. The outbreak may have contributed to eight deaths and has hospitalized more than 100 people, the officials have said.

Full post as published by Food Poisoning Law Blog on February 04, 2009 (boomark / email).