Spartanburg Restaurant E. coli Outbreak
Attorney Fred Pritzker 
A Spartanburg restaurant E. coli outbreak is being investigated by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, which has put doctors, hospitals and clinics on alert to recognize patients who are suffering from bloody diarrhea and severe stomach pains as possible hosts of E. coli O157:H7 bacteria.
Outbreak investigators believe the center of the outbreak is a Mexican restaurant in the Spartanburg area, but for reasons that are not clear -- the state is not indentifying which Mexican restaurant is suspected. Besides identifying where outbreak patients ate before they became ill, public health investigators are digging to identify which food item is the cause of this outbreak, which started late last month.
According to the initial notification of this S.C. E. coli outbreak, 11 people have been identified as case patients and at least two individuals have been hospitalized with E. coli HUS, or hemolytic uremic syndrome. The Shiga toxins present in E. coli O157:H7 also can cause TTP, or Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura.
E. coli lawyer Fred Pritzker is monitoring the investigation as a potential representative for individuals or families sickened in this outbreak. His firm is one of the very few legal groups in the country practicing extensively in the area of foodborne illness litigation and it has collected tens of millions for HUS and TTP outbreak victims. Even if your illness was not life threatening, you will still receive substantial compensation from the companies responsible for your illness if Fred is representing you. Contact him at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or leave your contact information online and he will call you at your convenience.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture made the announcement in a news release, noting the statewide recall and quarantine of raw milk, raw skim milk (non-fat), raw cream and raw butter produced by Organic Pastures Dairy. The same agency detected E. coli in Organic Pastures raw milk late last year.
The suit filed in U.S. District Court in Boston is against Moon Marine USA, a foreign corporation organized under the laws of California. The plaintiff seeks damages in excess of $75,000, including hospital billings at Massachusetts General and lost time at work while the infection persisted.
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She told WBTV in Charlotte that Toast Cafe in Dilworth was making up hollandaise sauce without using a pasteurized egg. Once the sauce was mixed, it was allowed to sit at room temperature. "We did not have proper refrigeration. We had pooling of eggs going on," Lathan told the station.
The sleuthing in this outbreak was done by public health officials in Buncombe County, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Upwards of 50 people -- including seven who were hospitalized -- have been made ill with
Here are the states involved in the outbreak followed by the number of confirmed case patients from each state: Alabama (1), Connecticut (1), Michigan (1), Missouri (3), North Carolina (3), New Jersey (1), Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (1), and Virginia (1).
If you or a loved one has been sickened by either strain in this outbreak, you have standing to make a claim for compensation from Moon Marine and its insurance company even if your illness was not life-threatening. Pritzker Olsen Attorneys continues to accept cases for representation in a sushi
North Carolina officials found Salmonella in Smiling Hara's soybean tempeh during a routine inspection and is currently testing it against the strain that is causing the outbreak. Now the company is recalling soybean tempeh manufactured this year between January 11 and April 11. The containers are marked with a best-by date of 7/11/12 through 10/25/12. Tempeh is used as a meat substitute in vegetarian cuisine. Smiling Hara's products are raw, meaning they are meant to be cooked. It takes temperatures of 160 o 165 degrees to kill Salmonella bacteria.
Food poisoning investigators from the NC Division of Public Health, the NC Department of Agriculture and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are all collaborating to find out what item is making people sick in an attempt to thwart the outbreak.
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“Raw milk is dangerous for anyone, but especially so for children,” said Pritzker. “Their immune systems are not strong enough to fight off the pathogens often found in raw milk. It’s bad enough when adults make ill-informed decisions about consuming dangerous product; there is simply no excuse for giving it to a child.”
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