San Diego Food Recall Lawyers
Defective Product Injuries : Food Recall
You Trust That the Food You Buy and Eat is Safe. When Manufacturing Companies and Restaurants Make a Mistake and Distribute Food That is Harmful and Unsafe, You Expect Them To Fix It as Quickly as Possible, No Matter What the Costs Are.
Every year, hundreds of food products and pet food products sold in San Diego and California stores and restaurants are pulled from the shelves of stores and warehouses because they are contaminated, unsafe, or have other dangerous risks.
These corrective actions by companies are known as food recalls. Food recalls are either a voluntary or forced by the government agency responsible for the product category.
The action is needed to protect consumers from potentially adverse effects of a contaminated, adulterated, or misbranded product and must be done as quickly as possible. The manufacturing company must eat all the costs of the recall process, including informing the public, recalling the product and paying for its damage.
Most Common Reasons for Food Recalls
- Salmonella
- Allergen
- Listernia
- Monocytogenes
- Manufacturing problem
- Incorrect ingredient level
- Adverse reactions
Other reasons for food recalls include undeclared ingredients, clostridium botulinium, sulfites, and many more.
Types of FDA Recalls
Class I: This type of recall involves a health hazard where a reasonable probability exists that eating the food would cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.
Class II: This type of recall indicates a potential health hazard where a remote probability of adverse health consequences from eating the food exists, or if the resulting condition is temporary or medically reversible.
Class III: This type of recall involves situations in which eating the food will not or is not likely to cause adverse health consequences.
What are the Risk Factors of a Food Recall?
Depending on the type of food recall, consumers may experience:
Salmonella
Botulism poisoning
Diarrhea
Gastro-intestinal discomfort
Infections
Abrasion/cuts of the digestive system
Choking
In some cases, it may even result it death.
How Do I Find Out About Food Recalls?
You can sign up here on the Food and Drug Administration's website to receive Recalls and Safety Alerts. The California Department of Public Health also has a list of recently recalled food products. Click on this link.
If you or a loved one has been a victim of a contaminated food product, contact an experienced food recall attorney immediately. You may be able to hold the manufacturer, distributor, or retailer of that food product responsible for some or all of the injuries you incurred. Companies will bend over backwards to protect their brand name and reputation from being tainted. If you have a case, call our San Diego expert food recall attorneys at the Jurewitz Law Group at 888-233-5020.
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