Jennie-O Food Poisoning: Attorney for Salmonella Lawsuit
Jennie-O, one of the world’s largest processors and marketers of turkey products, issued a recall on April 1, 2011, on Jennie-O Turkey Store® All Natural Lean White Meat Turkey Burgers sold in 4-pound cartons, each carton containing 12 individually wrapped 1/3-pound turkey burgers distributed exclusively at Sam’s Club stores nationwide with a USE BY date of DEC 23 2011. This voluntarily recall is due to potential food poisoning from Salmonella.
Initially, one person in Wisconsin was reported to be suffering from Salmonella Hadar. Then additional people in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Washington and Wisconsin were diagnosed with Salmonella Hadar infection, with illnesses occurring between December 2010 and March 2011.
Salmonella food poisoning can cause salmonellosis, one of the most common bacterial foodborne illnesses. Salmonella infections range from mild to life-threatening, especially to those with weak immune systems, such as infants, the elderly and persons with weakened immune systems. The most common symptoms of salmonellosis are diarrhea, abdominal cramps and fever. Additional symptoms may be chills, headache, nausea and vomiting that can last up to seven days. In severe cases, salmonellosis can cause Reiter’s syndrome, a reactive arthritis.
Previous Jennie-O Recalls
Jennie-O has been involved in other turkey recalls, including:
- March 15, 2002, Jennie-O, the turkey products subsidiary of Hormel Foods Corp., voluntarily recalled 23,021 pounds of foodservice and supermarket deli turkey products because of possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
- Nov 1, 1999 1200 pounds of Jennie-O brand extra lean smoked white turkey in 12-ounce packages and Jennie-O brand extra lean turkey ham in 12-ounce packages. Results of laboratory tests conducted by the firm indicated, on October 29, 1999, that one lot of product may have been underprocessed.
Attorney for Salmonella Food Poisoning Lawsuit
Salmonella food poisoning lawyer Fred Pritzker has a national practice and represents Salmonella victims throughout the United States. To contact Fred, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit the firm’s online free consultation form.
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