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Investigators Say Egg Company Knew Of Salmonella
Posted on 15 Sep 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) The Iowa egg farm at the center of a massive salmonella outbreak received hundreds of positive results for salmonella in the two years before its eggs sickened more than 1,500 people, congressional investigators said Tuesday. In... Read More

Tags: bacteria , Austin "Jack" DeCoster , Food and Drug Administration , Salmonella Enteritidis , Henry Waxman , eggs , Agriculture Department , Wright County Egg , FDA , Hillandale Farms , National Veterinary Services Laboratories , House Energy and Commerce Committee , Litigation , outbreak , Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service , lawsuit , salmonella , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , foodborne illness , Bart Stupak

Lawmaker: A 'Disturbing Picture' Of Egg Production
Posted on 22 Sep 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (AP) Members of a House subcommittee showed photos of dead chickens, bugs and holes in hen houses on Wednesday as they prepared to question the heads of two egg farms linked to as many as 1,600 cases of salmonella poisoning this summer... Read More

Tags: Peter DeCoster , Hillandale Farm , Austin "Jack" DeCoster , Food and Drug Administration , Salmonella Enteritidis , eggs , Wright County Egg , FDA , Litigation , outbreak , lawsuit , House Energy and Commerce subcommittee , salmonella

First Lawsuit In Salmonella Egg Outbreak Filed By Marler Clark
Posted on 20 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

KENOSHA, Wis. — An outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) at a restaurant in Kenosha , Wis., has been linked to the recall of 380 million eggs and nearly 300 illnesses in the rapidly widening nationwide outbreak tied to Wright County Egg company... Read More

Tags: Tanja Dzinovic v. L & K Tricoli , Baker Street Restaurant and Pub , Marler Clark , Salmonella Enteritidis , tort , personal injury , eggs , Wright County Egg , salmonella outbreak , Bill Marler , Denis W. Stearns , Litigation , lawsuit , salmonella , foodborne illness

Firm Files First Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit Over Salmonella Contaminated Eggs
Posted on 16 Sep 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

CHICAGO - THE LAW GROUP, LTD. filed the first nationwide class action lawsuit against Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms on Sept. 15, a day after lab tests found hundreds of cases of salmonella contamination at the Wright County farm in a nearly two... Read More

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