listeria-cantaloupe-salmonella219x88.jpgThe Kansas Department of Health and Environment has confirmed that five isolates from recent listeriosis victims are genetic matches to the multistate outbreak linked to cantaloupes.  Since August 26 Kansas has had 8 cases of listeriosis, including 2 deaths.  These 8 illnesses in such a short period of time is marked increase from the

lawsuit award listeria.jpgIn January of this year Marler Clark filed suit on behalf of the family of Hermillo Castellano who was one four people who died as a result of consuming the contaminated Sangar celery. Castellano was in a San Antonio hospital with a previous condition in May 2010 when he consumed chopped celery. Three days after

Thumbnail image for cantaloupe-Listeria.jpgJon Ebelt of the Clark Fork Chronicle reported today that the Montana Department of the Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) is currently investigating two cases of listeriosis identified in Gallatin and Yellowstone counties. According to Montana health authorities, one case, in Yellowstone County, has been definitively linked to the outbreak of listeriosis linked to