Flour Recall Could Cause Consumer Injury

2013 is certainly beginning to shape up as the year when food safety has come into focus.  With so much intense scrutiny on the products we ingest and the resulting injuries, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seemingly increased its efforts to protect people.  Recently, the FDA has recalled a limited number of flour because of the presence of foreign objects in the flour bags.  

Limited lots of King Arthur Flour reportedly contain small blue polyurethane balls used in the sifting process.  These balls could potentially contaminate the flour and could provide a choking hazard.  While the company says these balls are easily viewed in the flour, they have been recalled as a precautionary measure to prevent consumer injury. 

Danger to Consumers

When food or food products are tainted with foreign objects, consumers are at significant risk for injury.  This could range from a variety of conditions, including:

• nausea, vomiting
• heart attack, stroke
• blood clots
• bacteria infection
• internal organ damage
• death

Depending upon how our food or food products are tainted, there could be a variety of illnesses or injuries that consumers could experience.  If you have ingested tainted food, you should seek immediate medical help.  You should also contact a skilled product liability attorney to help you obtain the relief you need.

Feds Charge Peanut Corp Execs for Deadly Salmonella Outbreak

If you've been scanning the news today, then you've likely seen that federal prosecutors have indicted key people in a now disbanded peanut processing corporation.  If you recall in 2009, over 700 people in 46 states were injured with salmonella from peanuts.  9 of those people later died.  It was the biggest food recall due to salmonella concerns in the history of the US.  

Today, federal prosecutors are alleging that key executives had knowledge that these peanuts were tainted with salmonella and released them anyways, endangering the lives of their customers.  This serious allegation includes charges of fraud and conspiracy. If federal prosecutors are successful in their case, executives of the former Peanut Corp of America will face jail time.  Of the 5 executives charged, one has already pled guilty.  The rest await trial.

The Danger for Consumer Injury

If the executives of Peanut Corp America knowingly released salmonella infected peanuts into the food supply, as the US Justice Dept claims, then there was a high potential for consumer injury. When people eat products tainted with salmonella, they become infected with the bacteria and are at great risk for the following injuries:

• nausea, vomiting
• dehydration
• organ damage
• liver damage
• joint pains
• painful urination
• chronic carthritis
• death

Salmonella poisoning can sound like no big deal, but knowingly infecting people with salmonella tainted products means the executives knowingly risked people's health and even death.  Salmonella may sound harmless, but it can be deadly. 

If you have become ill or have lost a loved one due to salmonella tainted products, you should contact a skilled product liability attorney today.  Protect your rights and consult a skilled product liability attorney to determine whether or not you can be compensated for these injuries.

Glass Shards in TV Dinners Cause Recall

If you're like me, some days you just don't feel like cooking.  But when you reach for those tv dinners to reheat, did you know you could be at risk for swallowing glass or other harmful substances?  Before you swallow a hunk of glass and injure yourself, read the facts about the recent Lean Cuisine recall. 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that Lean Cuisine is recalling one of its popular tv dinners over fear that there may be glass shards in the dinner.  Only applicable to the Lean Cuisine Culinary Collection Mushroom Mezzaluna Ravioli that expires in December 2013, lots numbered 2311587812 or 2312587812, consumers are at relatively low risk for swallowing hunks of glass. But to ensure complete safety, the company has issued a recall in conjunction with the FDA to enforce safety standards.

The Danger of Glass Shards in Food

When consumers bite down into their food, glass shards could present a serious hazard for injury.  These shards may appear to be small and therefore unobtrusive, but to swallow and digest glass, a person could seriously injure themselves.  This could include the following:

• cutting their throat
• perforating the lining of their stomach or intestines
• internal bleeding
• internal organ damage
• pain and swelling
• infection
• death

If a consumer swallows glass, this could cause serious injuries.  Consumers are advised to inspect their Lean Cuisine Culinary Collection Mushroom Mezzaluna Ravioli dinners to ensure that they are not included in the recalled lots.  If consumers find these recalled lots in their freezer, they should immediately return them to the supermarket explaining that they'd like a refund for the recalled item.  Or consumers should throw it out.  Consumers are advised against eating a product which may contain shards of glass for fear of injury.  

If you have been injured consuming products which contain shards of glass, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries. You should contact a skilled product liability and personal injury attorney today.  Your injuries could be severe and a skilled attorney could help you to collect the money you need to move on with your life.