CA Salmonella Egg Outbreak Update
The Salmonella egg outbreak in California has sickened more than 200 people, including 42 confirmed illnesses in Santa Clara County.
The Santa Clara County Public Health Department issued an update on the outbreak this week, saying that six of the 42 confirmed victims in that county were hospitalized with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Enteritidis.
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As federal health officials have noted, public health investigations in California, Colorado and Minnesota were instrumental in tracking a four-fold rise in Salmonella Enteritidis illness this spring and summer to contaminated eggs sold by Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, both of Iowa. The two producers have recalled more than half a billion eggs
The Santa Clara County Public Health Department said it has participated in the joint state and federal investigation by interviewing case patients, reviewing their exposures, and collaborating with the California Department of Environmental Health and others to understand the extent of the outbreak and the source of the infections.
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to investigate this outbreak, which has sickened more than 1,400 Americans, law firm PritzkerOlsen, P.A., is continuing to accept cases from victims across the country. Our law firm is a leading practitioner of foodborne illness litigation and we have filed one of the first egg lawsuits in the country.
For a free case consultation with a Salmonella egg recall lawyer, call PritzkerOlsen at 1-888-377-8900 (TOLL FREE) or by completing the contact form on the side of this Web page.
