As of June 19, 2013, 110 people have been confirmed to have become ill from Hepatitis A after eating ‘Townsend Farms Organic Anti-oxidant Blend’ in 7 states: Arizona (15), California (55), Colorado (21), Hawaii (6), New Mexico (5), Nevada (5), and Utah (3).
65 (59%) ill people are women
Ages range from 2 – 87
A Washington state resident filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Townsend Farms of Fairview, Oregon, claiming he fell ill with a hepatitis A infection after eating the company’s frozen berry and pomegranate seed blend. The complaint was filed in Snohomish County Superior Court (Case No. 13-2-05597-8) by Marler Clark, the Seattle-based law firm that has filed
As of June 17, 2013, we are investigating acute hepatitis A illnesses in 118 people in eight states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington.
Investigation by state and local health departments, FDA, and CDC is ongoing. Costco notified its members who purchased this product since late February 2013, and has removed
LOS ANGELES, CA—Seattle-based Marler Clark, the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of foodborne illness, filed a lawsuit today against Townsend Farms, the Oregon company whose frozen berry and pomegranate seed blend has been identified as the source of a hepatitis A outbreak among residents of 8 states. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of
The CDC reports as of June 14, 2013, we are investigating acute hepatitis A illnesses in 106 people in eight states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington.
Investigation by state and local health departments, FDA, and CDC is ongoing. Costco notified its members who purchased this product since late February 2013,
Today, Lynne Terry of the Oregonian reports that a restaurant in Ashland, just blocks from the hub of the Shakespeare Festival, served food that could have been contaminated with hepatitis A as recently as this past Wednesday. Oregon health officials said Evo’s Coffee Lounge was using Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend in its Radically Free
Last week Erin Ivie of the Mercury News reported that the frozen berries from Costco recently linked to hepatitis A cases continued to cause problems this week, when Target stores in Hayward and San Leandro alerted some customers that prescriptions were filled by a technician who may have contracted the disease after eating the berries.
As of June 13, 2013, we are investigating acute hepatitis A illnesses in 99 people in eight states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington.
Based on available epidemiologic data from 87 of the 99 cases under investigation:
55 (63%) ill people are women
Ages range from 2 – 87 years
Illness
A class action lawsuit was filed today in Nevada against Townsend Farms, the company whose “Townsend Farms Organic Anti-Oxidant Blend” frozen berry and pomegranate seed mix has been identified as the source of a hepatitis A outbreak among residents of several Western states. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of named plaintiff Thomas Fiore and
A class action lawsuit was filed today in New Mexico against Townsend Farms, the company whose “Townsend Farms Organic Anti-Oxidant Blend” frozen berry and pomegranate seed mix has been identified as the source of a hepatitis A outbreak among residents of several Western states. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of named plaintiff Anthony