Pennsylvania Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Cargill Turkey - Attorneys Investigating
Five people from Pennsylvania contracted Salmonella Heidelberg infections in an outbreak that has been linked to Cargill ground turkey. The victims include 4 from Allegheny County and one from Philadelphia.
Our Salmonella attorneys are investigating this outbreak, which includes 78 people in 26 states. “The victims of this outbreak have suffered physical and financial pain, and they deserve compensation,” said food poisoning attorney Fred Pritzker. “What makes this outbreak worse than many Salmonella outbreaks is that the Salmonella Heidelberg strain is resistant to several antibiotics.”
The victims in Pennsylvania range from 2 to 43 years old and were infected between early April and mid-June.
Cargill Value Added Meats Retail, a business of Wichita-based Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., announced Wednesday that the company would voluntarily recall about 36 million pounds of fresh and frozen ground turkey products produced at the company’s Springdale, Arkansas, processing plant between Feb. 20 and Aug. 2.
The Cargill turkey recall includes products sold at the following Pennsylvania retailers:
- Aldi
- Giant Eagle
- Kroger
Ground turkey products that are subject to this recall were sold under the following brands:
- Honeysuckle
- Kroger
- Riverside
- Safeway
- Fit and Active
- Shady Brook Farms
- Spartan
Salmonella Pain and Suffering
Our experience is that even with “mild” cases, Salmonella victims suffer severe abdominal pain, are unable to work for days or weeks and continue to have digestive and bowel issues for weeks, months or permanently. In some cases, the severity of the Salmonella gastroenteritis causes irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and/or Rieter’s syndrome, a form of arthritis that causes inflammation of joints that may be accompanied by conjunctivitis (an inflammation of the membranes under the eyelids that can lead to blindness), urethritis (urinary tract infection), and a rash.
Pain and suffering compensation in a Cargill lawsuit or class action should include amounts for expected future pain and suffering. Contact our law firm for a free consultation if you or a loved one has been diagnosed with Salmonella Heidelberg.
