Washington parents file lawsuit against SoyNut Butter Company after E. coli outbreak
The parents of a girl sickened with a possibly life-threatening complication of E. coli have filed a lawsuit against the SoyNut Butter Company. Sixteen people from nine states have been infected with E. coli connected to SoyNut Butter. Travis and Morgan Stuller's daughter developed painful gastrointestinal symptoms in late February after regularly eating SoyNut Butter products. Most were under 18, and eight of them have required hospitalization. RELATED: Seven people at Portland Montessori school sickened with E. coliAbout two weeks later, she was hospitalized at Seattle Children's Hospital for three days for a confirmed E. coli bacterial infection, and hemolytic uremic syndrome, which is potentially life-threatening.
Marler Clark Files 4th Lawsuit Against SoyNut Butter Company and Dixie Dew Products over Nationwide E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak
In the days leading up to L.S.'s illness, she regularly consumed SoyNut Butter manufactured and sold by Dixie Dew Products and SoyNut Butter Company, respectively. Early on, SoyNut Butter Company was allowed to not disclose the name of the original manufacturer," said Bill Marler of Marler Clark, LLP. This is the fourth lawsuit filed connected to the SoyNut Butter outbreak, but the first to directly name the product's manufacturer: Dixie Dew Products of Erlanger, Kentucky. "This calls into question the integrity of not only the products sold by SoyNut Butter Company, but all of those manufactured by Dixie Dew Products. Up until recently, neither the FDA nor SoyNut Butter Company would not disclose the name of the product's manufacturer.collected by :Lucy William
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