Posts tagged food poisoning

• Criminal Charges brought against Peanut Corporation of America

  Jessica Smagacz | February 02, 2009 9:44 PM | 2 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Local eyewitness news reported that authorities began a criminal investigation into the Peanut Corporation of America’s (PCA) Georgia facility because of the link to the salmonella...

• Pet Food Recall Class Action Lawsuit Planned?

  M. Brandon Smith | March 19, 2007 1:27 PM | 3 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The law firm of Childers, Buck, & Schlueter, LLP (Atlanta, Georgia), is currently investigating property damage claims relating to the recent Menu Foods, Inc., pet food recall which has lead to the serious injury and/or death of hundreds of dogs and cats all over the nation. Based on the numerous comments to our previous posting concerning the pet food recall, many owners are now becoming aware...

• Georgia Lawmaker Accidently Gives Out Contaminated Peanut Butter

  M. Brandon Smith | February 20, 2007 9:54 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Georgia State Representative Ed Ryders has now found himself in a precarious situation and the sad thing is he did not even really do anything to deserve it. The main reason he has made headlines all over Georgia recently is because he handed out jars of peanut butter to friends and colleagues that were among those recently recalled due to the salmonella outbreak. The Albany Republican who...

• 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...

• Georgia Food Inspectors Under Scrutiny from Themselves

  Jessica Smagacz | April 19, 2009 11:24 AM | 3 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the FDA now wants states to evaluate and assess their own inspection plans. FDA wants to implement this new plan even after Georgia failed to prevent the...

• New Georgia Peanut Butter Lawsuit Filed Due To Salmonella Contamination

  Jessica Smagacz | January 24, 2009 5:33 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  This past Tuesday, a lawsuit was filed against the Peanut Corporation of America in the U.S. District Court in Georgia. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a family from Vermont. This Vermont family...

• Salmonella Contamination Confirmed at Peanut Corporation of America Georgia Facility

  Jessica Smagacz | January 18, 2009 10:01 AM | 16 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  The recent salmonella outbreak has sickened hundreds of people nationwide and killed about six people. Now, the most recent news is that Peanut Corporation of America’s facility in Georgia has...

• Peanut Corporation of America Recalls Peanut Butter produced in its Georgia facility

  Jessica Smagacz | January 14, 2009 1:12 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Today, after several days since Minnesota health officials found salmonella bacteria in a five pound tub of peanut butter manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America, Peanut Corporation of America...

• Link Confirmed In The Peanut Recall Outbreak By The FDA

  M. Brandon Smith | March 01, 2007 4:32 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  After conducting an intensive investigation in ConAgra's Sylvester, Georgia processing plant, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first time officially suggested the salmonella contamination likely took place prior to the product reaching consumers. In evaluating and testing numerous jars of contaminated peanut butter from consumers last week, the FDA confirmed that the...

• 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...