A woman in Nevada faces the possibility of wrongful death after she contracted a deadly strain of E.coli bacteria from eating Nestle’ rough cookie dough prior to a recall.
The strain of E.coli — referred to as O157:H7 — has caused serious complications in Linda Rivera and nine other people who developed a condition called hemolytic uremic syndrome. The condition causes the abnormal breakdown of red blood cells, acute kidney failure and a low platelet count.
Our San Diego personal injury attorneys are well aware of the products liability problems that come from tainted food products. Recalls issued due to food contamination in cookie dough as well as pistachios and certain beef products have led to new laws being put in place to prevent them from happening again and give the government more power when contaminated goods are discovered.
Linda Rivera is one of ten people who have contracted a strain of deadly E.coli (O157:H7) that has caused her health to deteriorate.
This past July, legislation was approved by Congress that gives the Food and Drug Administration more power to find sources of outbreaks and give the government the ability to issue a recall instead of waiting for food producers to pull tainted products off the markets.
Rivera was not lucky enough, and her health began to decline a week after she ate the dough. First, Rivera’s kidneys shut down causing her to go into septic shock. After that, part of her colon became contaminated and had to be removed. Gallbladder inflammation followed which was later removed. Finally, her liver stopped working.
E.coli O157:H7 is usually linked to beef because the bacteria lives in cow intestines and the intestines of animals like goats. Recently, the bacteria has shown up in weird places, such as some leafy greens and now, cookie dough.
“People just don’t really understand how horrible food-borne illness is,” said William Marler, a Seattle-based food-safety lawyer representing Rivera’s family. “They think food-bourne illness is a tummy ache and diarrhea.”
When the Center for Disease Control made the connection between E.coli and Nestle’ cookie dough in June, the cookie company recalled almost 4 million packages of dough according to a company spokeswoman.
The personal injury lawyers at our San Diego firm warn consumers about potential food-borne illnesses because you never know what you could be putting into your body. With the recent recalls of many different food products, consumers need to be as careful as ever to prevent becoming sick with a potentially deadly disease.
If you have eaten something that you believe may be contaminated, seek out medical treatment by a physician right away to diagnose if there is a danger to your health.
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About Michael PinesMichael Pines is a former insurance company attorney who specializes in car accident injury. While he was an insurance attorney, he learned from behind the scenes on how insurance companies work and how they decided to pay injured people. Now that he works against insurance companies, Michael's inside knowledge has resulted in significant benefits to his clients injured in car accidents.
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