Alfalfa Sprouts, Jimmy Johns and Salmonella Litigation
Nearly 100 people in Illinois, Missouri and 14 other states have been sickened with Salmonella linked to Tiny Greens Organic Farm’s Alfalfa Sprouts and Spicy Sprouts. Approximately half of the illnesses occurred in Illinois, where many of the ill individuals ate sandwiches containing alfalfa sprouts at various Jimmy John’s.
According to the latest CDC update on this alfalfa sprouts Salmonella outbreak associated with Jimmy Johns, 94 people have been reported from 16 states and the District of Columbia with onsets of Samonella poisoning from November 1 through December 27. The outbreak strain is Salmonella serotype I 4,[5],12:i:-. The number of ill people identified in each state with the outbreak strain is as follows: California (1), Connecticut (1), District of Columbia (1), Georgia (1), Hawaii (1), Iowa (1), Illinois (51), Indiana (9), Massachusetts (1), Missouri (17), New York (1), Pennsylvania (2), South Dakota (1), Tennessee (1), Texas (1), Virginia (1), and Wisconsin (3). About 24 percent of outbreak victims has been hospitalized.
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Jimmy John’s restaurants have voluntarily suspended serving alfalfa sprouts at their Illinois franchise locations and the Food and Drug Administration has warned consumers not to eat Tiny Greens Organic Farm’s Alfalfa Sprouts and Spicy Sprouts.
Law firm PrtizkerOlsen, P.A., is investigating this outbreak and has been in touch with victims. A claims center for members of the public can be reached at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or by completing the contact form on the side of this Web page.
If you contracted Salmonellosis after eating at Jimmy Johns, you may have a claim for money damages against Jimmy Johns, Tiny Greens Organic Farm of Urbana, Illinois, and others.. A full analysis of your case and further investigation is necessary to determine the parties that you have a right to sue and how much your case is worth.
Our law firm is considered a national leader in the area of foodborne illness litigation and we have successfully represented victims of Salmonella and E. coli outbreaks linked to alfalfa sprouts. A 2009 outbreak of Salmonella linked to contaminated alfalfa sprouts was one of the major U.S. outbreaks that compelled Congress this year to pass landmark food safety modernization legislation that will soon be signed by President Obama. Our law firm actively supported the push for stronger laws and individual clients of ours who lost loved ones to the spread of pathogens in our food were important voices in calling for change.
