Salmonella Death of Nellie Napier Inspires Family to Fight for Food Safety
It has been more than one year since Nellie Napier was taken from her loving family in Ohio by a severe Salmonella infection she contracted from contaminated peanut butter.
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Nellie, who had just recently celebrated her 80th birthday, was one of nine people who died in the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak caused by unsafe conditions and practices at the Georgia plant of Peanut Corporation of America.
Law firm Pritzker Olsen represents her family and the families of two other women who died in the outbreak. More than 700 people across the country were sickened by various products made with the contaminated nuts.
The tragedy has inspired Nellie's family, among others, to work tirelessly for safer food. They have made many lobbying trips to Washington, D.C. and conducted countless media interviews. Inside the Napier family this week there is hope Congress could vote affirmatively before Mother's Day on food safety legislation they have been pushing for.
In Nellie's memory, her children and grandchildren have established a fund to benefit S.T.O.P., Safe Tables Our Priority. S.T.O.P is a great organization that works to prevent illness from food and fights to make sure no one has to be afraid to eat.
Please visit the Napier family's Web page created in Nellie's memory. As her family says: "We don’t want anyone else to have to suffer the way she did.''
The Napier Family has done amazing things in memory and honor of their mother. Please help their cause. Thank you for helping remember Nellie this Mother's Day.