Lebanon Bologna Recall Retailer List Expands
On March 22, 2011, Palmyra Bologna Company, Inc. recalled about 23,000 pounds of Lebanon bologna products due to possible contamination with E. coli O157:H7. The Palmyra Bologna recall was prompted by an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections in 5 states: Maryland (3 cases), New Jersey (2 cases), North Carolina (1 case), Ohio (2 cases) and Pennsylvania (6 cases). Our law firm is investigating this outbreak. Contact our attorneys for Palmyra Bologna lawsuit information.
The list of retailers where the Palmyra Lebanon Bologna was sold initially included Walmart and BJ’s Wholesale Club. The USDA has expanded the Palmyra Bologna recall retailer list to include the following retailers (for a full list of retailers and specific locations, please see the USDA/FSIS retailer list (pdf)):
- Food Lion
- Fry’s – Arizona
- Giant Eagle – Ohio and Pennsylvania
- Ralph’s – California
- Shoprite/Wakefern – Connecticut, New Hersey, New York and Pennsylvania
- Sprouts Farmers Market – Arizona and California
- Stater Brothers – Southern CA
- Von’s – NV, and Central and Southern CA
- Walmart
E. coli Recall of Palmyra Lebanon Bologna Arrives 16 Years After Salmonella Recall and Outbreak
Palmyra Bologna Co. of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, is currently involved in recalling beef Lebanon bologna that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has associated with an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, New Jersey and North Carolina. The number of confirmed case patients was 14 in CDC’s March 23, 2011, update about the outbreak.
According to government records and reports obtained by national food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen, this same company was involved in a recall of Lebanon bologna starting on October 11, 1995, for possible contamination of Salmonella Typhimurium. The company recalled 579,000 pounds of the product and recovered 315,542 pounds by March 5, 1996, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service Recall Database.
Two years later, the Journal of Food Protection reviewed the recall and the associated Salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 26 people. The authors said the company made significant changes in their manufacturing process because of the outbreak. “The producer must follow a combination of process controls to ensure that critical factors are met in order to obtain a pathogen-free product,” the review stated.
Lebanon bologna is a traditional semi-dry fermented beef sausage that shares an appearance like salami and — at least in 1995 — was made in a smokehouse using wood chips. It will be interesting to see in the ensuing bologna E. coli litigation if the company continued to follow process controls instituted after the last outbreak.
Pritzker Olsen E. coli attorneys are continuing their own investigation of the current Pennsylvania-centered bologna E. coli outbreak and are accepting cases from individuals and families sickened in the outbreak. Our firm is one of the very few in the country practicing extensively in the area of E. coli infection and other areas of foodborne illness. To contact an attorney, call 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or complete our contact form and a lawyer will call you back. Over the years we have recovered tens of millions of dollars for victims of E. coli and related illnesses, including life-threatening hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP).
Walmart and BJ’s Wholesale Club on Lebanon Bologna Recall Retail Distribution List
Today the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), an arm of the USDA, put up the retail distribution list for the recall of Seltzer’s Lebanon Bologna issued by Palmyra Bologna Company, a Pennsylvania processor. The recall was prompted by an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 linked to the bologna that has sickened at least 14 people in 5 states: Maryland (3 cases), New Jersey (2 cases), North Carolina (1 case), Ohio (2 cases) and Pennsylvania (6 cases).
Below is the Seltzer’s bologna recall retail distribution list
New Jersey – NJ
Walmart – undisclosed locations in New Jersey
BJ’s Wholesale Club
1910 Deptford Center Rd.
Deptford, New Jersey
BJ’s Wholesale Club
152 Route 73
Voorhees, New Jersey
North Carolina – NC
BJ’s Wholesale Club
2370 Walnut St.
Cary, North Carolina
Pennsylvania – PA
Walmart – undisclosed locations in Pennsylvania
BJ’s Wholesale Club
1785 Airport Rd. South
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Maryland -MD
Walmart – undisclosed locations in Maryland
Note from the FSIS regarding this retail distribution list: “FSIS has reason to believe that the above retail location(s) received various sizes of Seltzer’s Beef Lebanon Bologna that have been recalled by Palmyra Bologna Company, Inc. This list may not include all retail locations that have received the recalled product or may include retail locations that did not actually receive the recalled product.”
We posted on this blog about grocery store liability yesterday: Bologna E. coli: Attorneys Investigate Grocery Store Liability. The same information is true for stores like Walmart and BJ’s Wholesale Club that sell grocery items and have delis.
Contact our E. coli lawyers for a free consultation: 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit our contact form for review by our attorneys.
E. coli Attorneys Call on Pennsylvania Bologna Company to Provide List of Retailers
The Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) is the food safety arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. After years of urging the FSIS to post a list of retailers along with a recall announcement, it finally does, but sometimes the lists are not published for several days after a recall announcement or not at all.
I just looked, and FSIS has still not published a list of retailers that sold recalled Seltzer’s Lebanon bologna. Palmyra Bologna Company, a Pennsylvania firm, announced the recall of Lebanon bologna on March 22 after health investigators found an epidemiological link to the bologna and cases of E. coli O157:H7. To date, there are 14 people with lab-confirmed cases from 5 states: Maryland (3 cases), New Jersey (2 cases), North Carolina (1 case), Ohio (2 cases) and Pennsylvania (6 cases).
The reported dates of illness onset for these 14 people range from January 10, 2011 to February 15, 2011, according to the CDC. State and federal health officials have been investigating this outbreak for weeks. Certainly, Palmyra has known for some time that their product was suspect and that a recall might be necessary. Palmyra, if they have not already done so, should get a list of retailers to the FSIS. And, FSIS, publish it. Consumers deserve to know.
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Bologna E. coli: Attorneys Investigate Grocery Store Liability
Palmyra Bologna Company, Inc. recalled approximately 23,000 pounds of Seltzer’s Lebanon beef bologna products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 after the bologna was implicated in an investigation of an E. coli O157 outbreak that has sickened at least 14 people. According to the Palmyra Bologna Company website, the company believes the product in question was sold to the public, mostly at grocery store deli counters. Legally, this means the E. coli victims may have claims against grocery stores as well as Palmyra Bologna Company.
The Palmyra website lists the following as retailers of their products (this does not mean all of them received recalled Palmyra bologna):
Ohio: Acme, Buehler, Fisher Foods, Fresh Market, Giant Eagle, Heinens, Kroger, Sparkle, Swiss Village Bulk Foods and Wal-Mart
Pennsylvania: Aldi, Boyers, Family Owned Markets, Food Lion, Foodland, Fresh Market, Giant, Giant Eagle, Karns, Kuhns, Martins, Pathmark, Redners, Riverside, Shop n’ Save, Shop Rite, Stauffers of Kissel Hill, Superfresh, Thriftway / Shop n’ Bag, Wal-Mart, Wegmans and Weis.
New Jersey: Foodtown, Pathmark, Shop Rite (no deli), Shopwell, Superfresh
Maryland: Aldi, Food King, Food Lion, Fresh Market, Giant, Mars, Safeway, Shoppers, Superfresh, Wal-Mart, Weis
North Carolina: Food Lion, Fresh Market, Harris Teeter, Ingles, Kroger
Pritzker Olsen attorneys are investigating whether grocery stores that sold recalled Seltzer’s Lebanon bologna at their deli counters are liable to E. coli victims. This is a complex issue that may not have the same outcome in each state. Our attorneys have represented clients in Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
Free consultation with an attorney at Pritzker Olsen: 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit our free consultation form.
