Hannaford Salmonella Outbreak Expands
At least two more people have been infected with Salmonella Typhimurium in the outbreak associated with recalled Hannaford ground beef sold in Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont and Massachusetts.
National food safety law firm PritzkerOlsen, P.A., is investigating the outbreak and will provide free case consultations to individuals or families who have been hospitalized or suffered gastrointestinal illness caused by the outbreak strain of Salmonella. Our law firm is one of the very few in the United States practicing extensively in the area of foodborne illness litigation and we have collected tens of millions of dollars for victims of food poisoning.
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Eighteen people in at least seven states have been stricken by the pathogen linked to Hannaford hamburger and health officials continue to urge consumers to check their freezers for packages covered by the recall. The various ground beef packages bear sell-by dates of December. 17, 2011, or earlier. Hannaford store brand meat, Nature's Place ground beef and Taste of Inspirations Angus ground beef are all part of the recall. See complete details of the Hannaford hamburger recall.
Some of those sickened in the outbreak ate food made with Salmonella-contaminated beef at a Hannaford store. If the store had adequately cooked the beef, no one would have become ill. In cases like this, we have pursued claims of negligence, but ground beef litigation against Hannaford will also cover people sickened by packaged ground beef used at home.
One of the issues in this outbreak is the USDA's inability so far to identify the supplier of contaminated beef, which may have been sold to other retailers. Many retail chains grind their own hamburger from cuts and trim they obtain from various suppliers and Hannaford's grinding records are limited, impeding the traceback investigation, the USDA has said.
Sources include: The Portland Press Herald
