Damning FDA report intensifies salmonella lawsuit

January 30, 2009

A lawyer for a South Burlington couple whose young son was apparently sickened by contaminated peanut crackers has reinforced a lawsuit against a Georgia food processing plant that health officials say was the source of the salmonella poisoning.

Christopher Meunier, 7, was hospitalized for six days in late 2008 after he developed salmonella poisoning, said his parents, Gabrielle and Daryl Meunier. The strain of salmonella was tied to the Peanut Corp. of America, according to the federal Food and Drug Administration. The lawyer, Bill Marler, is suing the company on behalf of the Meuniers.

PCA supplied peanut butter and peanut paste to a wide variety of food companies. More than 180 peanut butter containing products produced by many companies contained ingredients from PCA and have been recalled, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Sunday, at least 501 people in 43 states had become ill from the salmonella outbreak, the CDC said. Four of the illnesses were reported in Vermont. The outbreak has contributed to eight deaths, federal health officials said.

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