Category: Food Poisoning

Listeria Risk Leads to Kroger Candy Apple Recall

January 6, 2015 -- Happy Apple Co. is expanding their recall for caramel apples to include Kroger Brand candy apples that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The products include plain caramel apples and candy apples topped with nuts or...

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Whole Foods Recalls Raw Milk Cheese for Listeria Risk

January 6, 2015 -- Whole Foods has issued a recall for certain cheeses sold in California, Arizona, Hawaii, and Pennsylvania after one of their suppliers, Bleating Heart Cheeses, reported that several raw milk cheeses tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. No...

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Caramel Apple Listeria Outbreak Continues to Grow

January 5, 2015 -- The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has reported that 32 people have fallen ill and a sixth death has been linked to food poisoning from commercially-produced, pre-packaged caramel apples contaminated with Listeria. The following number of...

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Merb’s Candies Recalls Caramel Apples for Listeria Risk

December 30, 2014 -- Merb’s Candies has issued a recall for Bionic Apples and Double Dipped Apples because they may be contaminated with Listeria, a bacteria that can cause deadly food poisoning. The pre-packaged, commercially-produced caramel apples were available for...

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Safeway Hit With Lawsuit for Caramel Apple Death

December 30, 2014 -- Law360 reports that a wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Safeway Inc. by the family of a woman who died of food poisoning after eating a caramel apple contaminated with Listeria. The woman, 87 year-old...

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FDA Safety Warning for Caramel Apple Listeria Outbreak

December 29, 2014 -- The FDA has issued a warning about an outbreak of Listeria infection from eating pre-packaged, commercially produced caramel apples. Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that 29 people in 10 states were...

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Texas Caramel Apple Listeria Lawyer

Our lawyers are filing lawsuits for people who were infected with Listeria after eating recalled caramel apples.

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2 Deaths Linked to Caramel Apple Listeria Outbreak

December 19, 2014 -- The Star Tribune reports that two elderly people have died in Minnesota after eating caramel apples that were contaminated with Listeria, a bacteria that causes severe food poisoning. The Minnesota Department of Health reports that four...

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111 People Sick in Bean Sprout Salmonella Outbreak

December 17, 2014 -- The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has confirmed that 111 people in 12 states have been sickened with food poisoning after eating bean sprouts contaminated with Salmonella. The statistics were updated on December 15. Since the...