Personal Injury Law

Whittier Farms Shutting for Good in Response to Listeria Deaths

By Bill Marler, Esq.

The Associated Press reported this morning that a fifth-generation owner of a milk processing plant is shutting down after the dairy was linked to a listeria outbreak that resulted in the deaths of three people and the miscarriage of a child. State health officials identified various strains of the bacteria in milk samples and on equipment at the plant in December, when operations were suspended once the listeria link was made. In total, five people became ill from the disease, and three of them, all of them senior citizens died. One of the other victims, a woman in her 30s, miscarried.

Full post as published by Marler Blog on February 02, 2008 (boomark / email).