Daniele International Inc., an establishment with operations in Pascoag and Mapleville, R.I., is expanding its January 23 recall to include approximately 115,000 pounds of salami/salame products that may be contaminated with Salmonella, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The recall is being expanded as a result of a

Today Marler Clark filed a lawsuit on behalf of Raymond Cirimele, another victim of the Salmonella outbreak linked to salami manufactured by Daniele, Inc., and black pepper sold by Wholesome Spice Company and Overseas Spice Company.  Another suit was filed on behalf of a Missouri man named Lee Hanks last week.

Raymond Cirimele regularly purchased

We are currently investigating the illnesses of 15 people potentially sickened by Salmonella-contaminated Salami.  There is the possibility, as well, that other products are contaminated by Salmonella montevideo or other strains of salmonella, yet we know virtually nothing about the whereabouts of the pepper.  We were contacted yesterday by a young woman from Washington sickened

It is Sunday, February 7, 2010; fifteen full days since Daniele Inc announced a recall of its salami products; and almost as long since the companies and investigating health authorities involved have either suspected or known that the ultimate source of illness in this large, and possibly growing outbreak, is black pepper.  But we, the

The CDC has again revised its numbers in the Salmonella montevideo outbreak linked to Daniele Inc. salami and black pepper sold by Oversees Spices Company and Wholesome Spice.  There are currently 213 cases nationwide, stretching from July 2009 to the present.  California Washington, Illinois, and Massachussetts remain the hardest hit states, with 30, 15, 13, and

The Rhode Island Department of Health announced today that recent test results strongly suggest black pepper is the source of the Salmonella outbreak associated with Daniele Inc. salami.  According to the CDC, the outbreak has sickened at least 207 people in 42 states.

Daniele purchased black pepper from two different distributors (Mincing Oversees Spice Company and