Personal Injury Q and A

Food-borne illnesses are nothing new, but this new outbreak of tainted cantaloupe is growing by the day.

At least one death and 76 illnesses have been linked to food poisoning that may have originated from salmonella-contaminated ground turkey products.

A supplier in Northern California is recalling 64,000 pounds of chicken and pork products due to food poisoning concerns.

A San Diego meat company has recalled 925 pounds of E. coli contaminated ground beef over serious California food poisoning concerns. According to a 10News report, the Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service officials said that no illnesses have been reported so far as a result of products sold by the San Diego [...]

I was reading about the story of Linda Rivera, a teacher's aide who went into septic shock and suffered kidney failure after severe food poisoning linked to E. Coli-contaminated cookie dough.I According to a news report in the Los Angeles Times, Rivera's plight began in May after she ate several spoonfuls of Nestle Toll House [...]

Kyle Lawrence, a 17-year-old senior at Bandon High school was seriously injured in an Oregon car accident Friday morning and is currently in a medically induced coma.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed the presence of a deadly strain of E. coli bacteria in samples of Nestlé Toll House refrigerated cookie dough, which has caused food poisoning, sickening 69 consumers in 29 states including California. According to a news report in Consumeraffairs.com, the E. coli-contaminated cookie dough originated in [...]

The JBS Swift Beef Company of Colorado has expanded its beef recall to include 380,000 pounds of assorted beef products for E. coli contamination, according to an article on Consumer Reports' Web site. This expanded recall comes apparently as a result of an ongoing investigation into 24 food poisoning cases in multiple states including California. [...]

Salmonella infections and E. coli infections are among the most common food-borne illnesses we come across in the news. At least, they are the most publicized forms of food poisoning. However, a news report in Consumer Reports' Safety Blog says that salmonella is only the second most common cause of food poisoning in the United [...]