Two With Cantaloupe Listeria are Pregnant
Two pregnant women are victims in the Jensen Farms cantaloupe Listeria outbreak that has sickened at least 84 people in 19 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced .
The pregnancies are being closely monitored because listeriosis brings the threat of stillbirth and miscarriage -- an especially devastating twist from this type of food poisoning. Food safety lawyer Fred Pritzker, who represents the survivors of two deceased Listeria victims in New York and Illinois, previously represented a couple who not only lost a pregnancy to listeriosis, but also lost the abilitiy to have more children due to complications from the illness. Litigation resulted in a multi-million dollar settlement.
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Pregnant women typically experience only a mild, flu-like illness when they are infected with Listeria. However, the bacteria can cause neo-natal illness capable of ending the pregnancy. If you are pregnant and suspect that Rocky Ford cantaloupe from Colorado has made you ill, see a doctor immediately for testing.
CDC's disclosure of the two pregnancies coincided with an agency update that at least 15 people have died and 84 have been sickened in 19 states. Colorado, New Mexico and Texas are among the most affected of states. New Mexico has 5 of the 15 total deaths recorded so far in the outhreak by CDC. Nearly all victims have been hospitalized at one point in their illness.
Jensen Farms of Holly, Colorado, recalled millions of tainted cantaloupes on September 14. Given the fruit's limited shelf life, it's safe to assume it is no longer in stores. But officials expect the death toll and illness count to keep rising because the first symptoms might take two months to develop after eating.
Pritzker and his Listeria law team are continuing to accept additional cases from this outbreak for a Jensen Farms lawsuit. Free consultations are available at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or a lawyer will respond to your contact information. Our law firm is one of the very few in the nation practicing extensively in the area of foodborne illness litigation and Mr. Pritzker has been a resource to the media and others covering what has become one of the most deadly food poisoning outbreaks in years in the U.S.
Jensen Farms Frontera cantaloupe Listeria update October 1, 2011:
Fifteen deaths have been reported: 3 in Colorado, 1 in Kansas, 1 in Maryland, 1 in Missouri, 1 in Nebraska, 5 in New Mexico, 1 in Oklahoma, and 2 in Texas.
84 persons infected with any of the four outbreak-associated strains of Listeria monocytogenes have been reported to CDC from 19 states. All illnesses started on or after July 31, 2011. The number of infected persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arkansas (1) California (1), Colorado (17), Illinois (1), Indiana (2), Kansas (5), Maryland (1), Missouri (3), Montana (1), Nebraska (6), New Mexico (13), North Dakota (1), Oklahoma (11), Texas (14), Virginia (1), West Virginia (1), Wisconsin (2), and Wyoming (2).
