Posts tagged food poisoning

• Chicken Strip Recall In Georgia

  M. Brandon Smith | February 18, 2007 9:15 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Georgia Department of Agriculture announced a recall of Oscar Mayer's Ready to Eat Chicken Breast Strips With Rib Meat after finding traces of Listeria monocytogenes in the strips. The contaminated chicken strip packages of concern contain the establishment number "19676".According to wsbtv.com:Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, an uncommon...

• Peanut Butter Recall-State By State Statistics

  M. Brandon Smith | February 18, 2007 8:04 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Centers For Disease Control (CDC) has now been in full investigation mode for the last few days concerning the peanut butter recall that has dominated the local and national news. They have identified the outbreak of Salmonella Tennessee infections that have occurred on a large multistate level and isolated the contamination site to those jars of peanut butter manufactured and distributed...

• First Peanut Butter Lawsuit Filed

  M. Brandon Smith | February 17, 2007 2:36 PM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The first of what is expected to be many peanut butter lawsuits was filed on Friday concerning the recent peanut butter salmonella outbreak by a Missouri couple. The suit names ConAgra Foods Inc. as the defendant for the gastrointestinal illnesses injuries the plaintiffs sustained after eating the manufacturer's Great Value Peanut Butter back in October. The peanut butter lawsuit on behalf of...

• Lawsuit Filed In Connection To Arby's Salmonella Outbreak

  M. Brandon Smith | February 08, 2007 4:59 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Our law firm, Childers, Buck, & Schlueter, LLP, along with Eric H. Weinberg of The Law Offices of Eric H. Weinberg, recently filed the first of what we expect to be a number of lawsuits on behalf of those adversely affected by the salmonella outbreak at an Arby's in Lowndes County Georgia this past August. As this article in the Valdosta Daily Times notes, many of those who contracted...

• Arby's Linked To Salmonella Outbreak In Valdosta, Georgia

  M. Brandon Smith | January 23, 2007 11:01 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A few short months ago in Valdosta, Georgia, the Georgia Public Health Laboratory (GPHL) received eight new Salmonella Montevideo claims from the South Georgia Medical Center between August 28, 2006 and September 5, 2006. While ordinarily these 8 cases might not seem like a reason for great concern, it raised the suspicions of the GPHL and Department of Human Resources Division of Public Health...