Texas Celery Listeria Deaths Linked to Contamination at Sangar Plant
Five Texas celery Listeria deaths have been linked to contamination found at the Sangar Fresh Cut Produce plant in San Antonio as part of an investigation that dates to the very beginning of 2010. Listeria attorneys from PritzkerOlsen, P.A., have been monitoring this food poisoning outbreak since May, when Texas health officials first announced that two of seven people who contracted the same strain of listeriosis died.
At that time, the cause wasn't known. But this week the Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed a link to Listeria bacteria found in chopped celery from the Sangar plant. The state ordered a recall of all products shipped from Sangar Fresh Cut Produce since January. The illnesses occurred in Bexar, Travis and Hidalgo counties.
In preparation for a potential celery Listeria lawsuit, PritzkerOlsen is accepting cases from families affected by this outbreak, including survivors of those who have died. Ten cases were investigated and six have been confirmed through DNA fingerprinting as having been caused by contaminated chopped celery from Sangar, officials have said. Certain victims were in fragile health with serious underlying conditions, but that has no bearing on the importance of their legal case because all who suffered did so at the hands of a company that sold adulterated food and should be held accountable.
Pritzker Olsen attorneys have won millions for the families of listeriosis victims, including $6,000,000 for wrongful death claims filed by three families. Contact Attorney Fred Pritzker, lead attorney for our listeriosis lawsuits, at 1-888-377-8900 (TOLL FREE) or complete the contact form on the side of this Web page. Our firm is one of the few in the country practicing extensively in the area of foodborne illness litigation and Mr. Pritzker is a recognized leader in this area of personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits.
