Peanut Butter Salmonella Poisoning Lawyer
Salmonella Outbreak in King Nut/Parnell's Pride Peanut Butter
If you or a loved one has consumed King Nut peanut butter or Parnell's Pride Peanut Butter and you have become sick with salmonella poisoning, you may have a case against King Nut Companies foods, the maker of King Nut and Parnell's Pride peanut butter. Contact us today for a free consultation. Our firm is handling all peanut butter salmonella cases on a contingency basis, which means you pay nothing unless we win your case. Our award winning trial attorneys can help you recover money for your medical expenses and pain and suffering. We are currently helping clients nationwide. The Gomez Law Firm, together with our national co-counsel, represents hundreds of individuals that have been affected by the King Nut Salmonella Outbreak. We represent men, women, children, and elderly individuals from various states all over the country spanning from Florida to California.
About the Salmonella Outbreak
The CDC is investigating an ongoing outbreak of sickness tied to Salmonella Typhimurium and working with public health officials in several states, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to .
As of Friday, January 9, 2009, 399 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella from 42 states have been reported. Among the 380 persons with dates available, the Salmonella illnesses began between September 3 and December 31, 2008, with most illnesses beginning after October 1, 2008. Patients range in age from less than 1 to 98 years; 49% are female. Among persons with available information, 18% were hospitalized.
Although not confirmed yet that this national outbreak is directly related, officials from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) just issued a product advisory after MDA’s preliminary laboratory testing indicated the presence of Salmonella bacteria in a 5-pound container of King Nut brand creamy peanut butter. These 5 pound King Nut peanut butter containers are not known to be distributed for retail sale in grocery stores, thankfully or the numbers would be higher. State officials are urging establishments who may have the product on hand to avoid serving it, pending further instructions as the investigation progresses. State officials discovered the contamination as a result of product testing initiated after an MDH epidemiological investigation implicated King Nut creamy peanut butter as a likely source of Salmonella infections in Minnesota residents. The Minnesota cases have the same genetic fingerprint as the cases in the national outbreak mentioned above. Laboratory results for the product sample have not officially been linked to this national outbreak, but the chances are high that these Salmonella outbreaks are directly related. This isn’t the first peanut butter Salmonella outbreak in recent years. In 2007, there was a Great Value and Peter Pan peanut butter outbreak that sickened people in 47 states.
The FDA is continuing an ongoing investigation of the King Nut and Parnell's Pride Peanut Butter Salmonella contamination.
Foodborne Illness Attorney
The Gomez Law Firm is currently evaluating cases of peanut butter related Salmonella poisoning nationwide. If you or a loved one has eaten King Nut or Parnell's Pride peanut butter, contact the Salmonella lawyers at The Gomez Law Firm to have your case evaluated for free. The law in most states provides individuals with legal claims and the right to compensation for injuries they suffer as a result of a defective product or the negligence of another. The injured person may file a lawsuit seeking compensation for his or her pain and suffering, medical expenses, lost past and future wages and punitive damages.
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