Daniele International Salame Salmonella Outbreak Lawsuit
The Salmonella lawyers at Seattle-based Marler Clark filed a lawsuit against Daniele International, Inc., on February 3, 2010. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a victim of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak traced to the consumption of pepper-coated salame (salami) products manufactured by Daniele International.
Harold Lee Hanks purchased a Daniele, Inc. salami variety pack at a Walmart in Osage Beach, Missouri. He fell ill within a day of consuming the products, with nausea and diarrhea that continued to worsen. After medications prescribed by his physician failed to give him any relief, Mr. Hanks went to the emergency room at his local hospital, where he was treated for severe dehydration and bacterial infection. Stool samples taken during his hospital visit returned positive for the Salmonella montevideo outbreak strain. The lawsuit filed by Marler Clark, and Kansas attorney Roger Nail of Goza and Honnold, is against Daniele Inc. and Wholesome Spice, the Brooklyn, NY company that sold contaminated black pepper to Daniele.
On January 22, 2010 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that at least 189 people in 40 states had fallen ill with Salmonella montevideo infections during a nationwide Salmonella outbreak between July 2009 and January 2010. The following day, Daniele International recalled its pepper salame for potential Salmonella contamination. Daniele Inc. expanded the recall to include 17,235 pounds of Italian sausage products on January 31, and 23,754 pounds of Italian sausage products on February 4. Daniele purchased black pepper from two different distributors, Mincing Overseas Spice and Wholesome Spice, who buy imported black pepper. Samples of pepper from both distributors have tested positive for Salmonella.
By early March, the CDC reported that 245 individuals infected with a matching strain of Salmonella Montevideo had been reported from 44 states and District of Columbia since July 1, 2009.
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